Tanami track

It's a 2012 outback jayco

The Tanami will kill your van.

I took my Bushtracker down there and hated it. 25psi and 20kph, and I still had to carry out maintenance at Tilmouth Wells.

Jayco's are not made for this sort of terrain.
JS.

Took mine down without any damage, outback destiny, dual axle, shower and toilet behind a patrol ute. Broke a spring on the ute but no problems with the van.
Geoff

Should have said it was 17'6"
Geoff

I thought 25foot and off road couldn't possibly be used in the same sentence.
A contradiction in terms.
I would imagine in other than ideal/favourable circumstances 25 ft would be a liability and definitely not suited to this type of road.
I have seen Jayco campervans which don't cut the mustard and they are only 12ft. They broke axles off swing arms but rated as "OFFROAD".

Hi Ross - I didn't know Jayco used the label off road- i thought they badged theirs as Outback.

Motherhen

G'day Motherhen
You are correct, Jayco do not use the term Offroad, anymore, but they used to use it and found, despite the name, the the gear couldn't be used off road without axle failures and other breakages and now use the term Outback.
So these types of vehicles are only suited to back stuff or relatively smooth gravel roads. Jayco learned the lesson and use a name change to avoid claims.
I would regard the Tanami as being off road and also outback.
Travellers must not get the name intention mixed up otherwise any form of warranty you think you might have may be in jepoardy.
Forgetting warranty, just having a 25ft van broken down on the Tanami would be quite an irritation I would suspect.
It is interesting the comments from "off road" van owners than they had to do maintenance.
I am amused at people who think, that just because it has got wheels it is suited to travel anywhere. Outback means away from the suburbs and the Stuart Highway is classed as outback, it is right in the middle of it.
Unfortunately most people think of OFFROAD and OUTBACK as meaning much the same thing. So, if you have an Outback Jayco you can't risk using it Offroad.

The term offroad is not easily defined and but does cover non-paved roads, ie; dirt/gravel. Offroad isnt just a single set difficulty of terrain but an almost limitless range of terrain that can be anywhere between a graded road to a rutted/muddy/rocky/corrugated mountainside goat track. Is a dirt road such as the Tanami reclassed from offroad to something else after the corrugations are graded out?

To say that an Outback cant be used on even the easiest type of offroad terrain because the name outback is away from a city but on a tar road such as the Stuart Hwy (in probably better condition than a city road no less) is a bit silly really.

Even caravans of some brands badged as Off Road models have disclaimers which void warranty if taken on rough or corrugated roads - they may specify as suitable only for taking off bitumen for a short way such as into a campground. We crossed a lot off our list before considering only the best of the dedicated off road manufacturers. And yes, we did have maintenance needs on the Tanami; it is a long way with a lot of corrugations and ruts.

Mh