"Dirt road" vans

Hi Ev,
I have a Windsor Rapid off road van and have travelled extensively on dirt roads and corrugations and the van has been brilliant. I have taken it to places that the manufacturer would be amazed but it has handled it superbly.
I've had the van for 6 years now from new.
Regards from Big Col.

We are looking for the same kind of van, we have not bought one as yet but after 12 months research we are looking at the Lotus Trackvan and their variants or an Evernew.

There are a lot of vans out there and very little hard information about how they preform on dirt tracks.

Hi Ev,
I have a Royal Flair Discovery off road pop-top van. It has done track such as Brisbane -Innamincka - Strzelecki - Flinders, Brisbane - Noccundra - Cameron Corner, the Morgan mail run, and the Darling run without any problems. It has independent coil suspension, Landcruiser wheels and a Hyland hitch. I feel it is capable of much more without any issues but I haven't yet had the time to test it fully.

We have a Coromal Pioneer XC 600 .... have had no problems with it, when on bad corrugations I slow down & let tyres down .... worst corrugations were off Tanami into Wolfe Creek crater ... that last 20 k's !!!!!

Ev we have a 2002 17ft Evernew single axle van, ours is fitted with suger glider coil/shocker suspension has travelled around 110,00km so far, much of it over many many dirt roads, including Tanami, Gibb River, Oodnadatta, Birsdville, Plenty, Great Central etc and is currently on the way to Cape York.2009 Cape York Trip. As already stated/noted, drive to conditions, lower tyre pressures & speeds are some of the main ways to ensure van survives ok, but I do think for rough roads on a single axle van coil/shocker suspension is the way to go, for tandem if going leaf spring Simplicity works well.

cya
Graham