A van

Submitted: Thursday, Mar 17, 2005 at 15:57

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chondro

Has anyone done any extensive travel off road /corrugated road driving with an A' van fitted with the bush pack. eg. mungo nat. pk.,cameron's corner to innamincka, eulo - currawinya- hungerford, mareeba to normanton via dunbar etc. I have travelled all these roads with a goldstream crown off road van with independent suspension and with tyres on lower pressure and slower speeds had no problems except overall size issues at tight camping spots and small amounts of dust inside door area. Have sold this awhile ago and interested in buying an A van. thanks rex.

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Reply By: Brew69(SA) - Thursday, Mar 17, 2005 at 18:28

Reply By: Member - Chrispy (NSW) - Thursday, Mar 17, 2005 at 18:55

Reply By: Member - Allan - Thursday, Mar 17, 2005 at 23:21

Thursday, Mar 17, 2005 at 23:21

Rex, We travelled the Gibb River Road with a couple that had one. I was very impressed where it had been and the overall condition. They had no problems at all with the offraod version. Only downside is an inside kitchen (who wants to cook inside when it is hot?).
Bonus is no flapping canvas, no hassles when wet and no dust. I will definately be considering one when I'm ready to trade the soft top camper in.

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Follow Up By: chondro - Friday, Mar 18, 2005 at 15:04

Friday, Mar 18, 2005 at 15:04

Thanks for the reply Allan, Did you travel the western section of the Gibb, or the full length to Wyndham via Mnt. Barnett? We have only been on the western section then down to Fitzroy crossing via Tunnel Ck. That was 15yrs ago but the road was okay. The reason for enquiring about the A'vans capability is that I don't know of anyone that takes them on the type of roads that I mentioned on the forum. Most owners that I have spoken to while on the road only tour on the blacktop or good gravel roads. The reason we are getting one is that it will fit in the garage, and we are getting to old for canvas campers but still don't want a larger van. The worst road for corrugations while towing that we have ever been on was from St. George to Roma via Surat The S.W.B. Landrover that we had ,lost the whole towball and bracket. The weld just peeled of like wet cardboard, and we were only driving at about 35mph. This was 32yrs ago though, when most Qld. country roads were like this. cheers

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Follow Up By: Member - Allan - Sunday, Mar 20, 2005 at 03:42

Sunday, Mar 20, 2005 at 03:42

We travelled the whole of the Gibb River Road and through to Kalumbaru We left our camper trailer and friends A'van at King Edward river and just took one vehicle into Mitchel falls (decided not worth the hassle for one night). The A'van will handle the corrugations as good as any other camper trailer provided it is not overloaded.

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