Mt Augustus

why not? that is a nice road I travelled from yalgoo the mt augustus then on the karanjini a few months ago and all the roads were nothing less than superb

Thanks for the tip Zolle. I haven't heard of the Supreme warning about mild corrugations before, what's this all about?

I travelled the Fitzroy Developmental Rd & the road in to Cobbold Gorge in Queensland a few years ago with the van without any probs.

When I was searching for a van in 2007 I was interested in a Supreme Territory but noticed a sticker in the boot that warned that using the van on dirt roads with more than mild corrugations would invalidate the warranty. I had numerous discussions with the local supplier and a manager at the Supreme works but never could get a definition of mild corrugations. I also could not get names of local owners who used their Supreme Territory on dirt roads from the retailer ( I was not aware of this website then). Consequently I decided to only consider manufacturers who actually stated their vans were suitable for dirt road/off-road use. That does not mean the Supreme vans are not capable if used sensibly hence my comments were intended to convey that if you were not trying to comply with the Supreme warning and you drove to suit the road conditions and you vans capability you will be ok and enjoy the run.

Have fun

No worries, thanks for that. We had no trouble with the Supreme & the corrugation, other than the fridge falling out of the cabinetary, water filter coming adrift from it's mounting & losing a parking light. The van handles well with the Nissan towing it (although the old Nissan is a little low on power - 2000 3l turbo diesel). No dust problems in the van which is good. Not sure if I'd buy another one though.

When I was looking at buying the Supreme at the caravan show in Perth before I bought it, the bloke from Supreme told me that it would be great as an off-road van & it would handle roads like the Gibb River Road without any probs. typicle sales talk. No mention of any warning about corrugatiions. I'll have to check the now!

What did you end up buying?

Ah the patter from George Day caravans I did get similar verbal assurances but as I said nothing to specifically clarify the sticker condition to convince me to buy. I bought a Kedron XC2 17ft which did not cost many more $$$ than a Territory if brought up to the same spec by adding solar power dual HD batteries, extra water tanks, upgraded suspension wheels & tyres, TV & sat tv wiring etc. At the time I had a Terracan and was limited to towing 2500kg but as with caravans I found it impossible to limit loading to 2500kg so bought a manual Patrol CRD which now with a few mods tows the van loaded to 2.7t easily on and off-road and fairly economically.
Have you had any problems with the "grenade" as the Patrol website refers to your model Patrol as?

My Supreme is 20' & has 16" rims & matching tyres to the Nissan (Coopers)
Solar panel, Dual bateries, water filter, duel water tanks etc. Stuffed up with the telly though, got the old fashioned type but it is video & DVD all in one. Flat screens were still pretty new back in 2003 when i got the van.

No probs with the old Nissan (touch wood) so far. She's only done about 136,000km, about 20,000 towing the brick. I'm lookin after it though & treating it with kid gloves, not putting it under too much pressure. Don't tow in 5th gear & rarely tow above 90 kph. I'm getting about 12 lp 100k cruising & 17/18 lp 100k towing. Haven't been game to weigh the van when its loaded?? It's probably somewhere between 2.7 & 3 tonne?