Advise on vehicle selection

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The Falcon will handle that sized van without a problem.

It would only be the condition of the track that may restrict you on the odd occasion and let me say, I have been severely restricted in my 4WD on occasions.

Providing the track is not saturated and doesn't have deep wheel ruts you would be all right. If in doubt, walk it a ways and you will judge for yourself its condition.

4WD vehicles are great, but they are not always necessary.

Good Fishing Peter.

You'll be fine, if the suspension has been tickled to suit towing your fine. Make sure your brakes are good and perhaps the suspension/tires on the pop-top. A 12'-14' pop top is not heavy. Enjoy yourself and keep the dual fuel.

I've seen some Falcons get into some pretty out of the way spots in the hands of the Backpacker crowd. You'll be fine with that model and something like a Jayco wind up. These come in around the 1000Kg mark which is not very heavy for that car. A set of polyairs to stop it sagging would be all I'd do.
Stick with standard tyres. Most standard passenger radials actually have a higher load rating than LT types ;-( go figure.......

We had an EL futura (traded it in on the Pajero) Mate we took that car (plus the XF panel van) to places where they shouldn't go!!!!!! but she went!!! we had 4wd's passing us with the look of ' get a load of these idiots, they haven't got a clue!'
the car will do fine, especially if you don't take it through things that we did!!!
Cheers
Jo

Don't give up on the EL.
My father went all over Oz in an ED, towing a 13'6" pop top.

You may take it a bit slower, and be a bit more careful, but like the others say, you will get to quite a few places.

Limiting factor may be the rear of the van scrapping, especially if it is a standard road version. Axle over conversion on the van makes a difference, just had a friend do that.

My father is selling his millard van, after 20 years, and we are all sorry to see it go, so know the stories of places in central OZ and all sorts of other places he visited.

Then decide if you need a 4wd once you get out and about a bit more. Couple of friends did discover that some national parks are limiting acces to 4wds only, even if the tracks can be driven in a 2wd with reasonable clearance.
The new falcons and commodores are woeful on clearance.
The old 50s, 60s and 70s cars had 150mm or more of clearance, same as the new Ford Territory!

Hi there Peter, you wont have a problem towing the van with falcon,they have plenty of pulling power, sounds like youve set it up too suite, just a couple of things, do you have a transmission cooler (if auto) ( additional in front of radiator) and also keep the coolant and radiator in good nick, eg make sure you change the coolant reguarly, el & ef have head problems if the coolant is not changed by the book and also recomended to use ford coolant, also I would be changing the thermostat yearly as these were proned to stuffing up and yes when they did it was always in the closed position which as you would know if not watching the temp a blown head, every vehicle has there faults these are just a couple that are well known to these models. Regards Steve M