Another caravan question

There's off-road vans and off road vans !
I agree with Warren, you drive to the conditions but in a van that stronger than your average off the hook van. In my opinion you should be looking at something with really good independant suspension, off-road coupling, good clearance, good departure angle, full 150mm chassis, water tank protection and that's just for starters. Others will claim I've overstated the basics but depending where you go it's better to be overprepared. My van a Royal Flair Tuff Roder has all the above plus and I've never been stuck.

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Do not take any normal sized (width) on the Anne Beadell you will destroy it. Track is very overgrown and narrow in spots coupled with huge corrugations on the eastern end especially. Most of the narrow sections have plenty of mirrors, window visors, flares etc lying around off normal width 4wd's let alone a caravan.
Someone asked a few months back about taking a Jayco type camper across and was also advised not to as there is already at least two abandoned out there.

G'day J.T. and Motherhen

I don't think I would make a fair and just promoter for Coromal Caravans, but I do own and use an "Off road" Coromal Caravan.

Why would I not be a fair and just promoter of Coromal Caravans.

Firstly Coromal are quiet pathetic regarding backing up their product, I had issues with my Pioneer Corvair caravan with what might be considered cosmetic details, things like pop rivets left on the floor and then the vinyl floor covering put down, cupboard hinge screws over tightened to the point of being useless at holding the hinge in place, leaking taps and piss poor nylon mains pressure water hoses. I resolved all the issues with very little imput from Coromal themselves, but at the time they definately knew who I was and how much I valued their product support !!

I purchased my Pioneer Corvar Off Road caravan ~ brand spanking new.

The independent suspension has never given me an ounce of trouble and yes I do take the van off road admittedly not "Off Road" like the Gall Boys and their Kedron Caravans. I tend to treat my caravan and vehicle with respect and not as a battering ram, I don't have a business to bail me out when I break something.

The Pioneer Corvair is a very good unit for what it is ~ a compromise off roader. Treat it with respect and it should last you many years.
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Safe Travels :

Yes , Motherhen , the Pioneer - thats the model we had (Capri , now called something else) .... they call them off rd vans , but I prefer the term - dirt road capable van ... you are not going to tow a 2-3t van very far off rd ... Even the Bushtrackers & Kedrons will develop problems if abused ....
low tyre pressures & low speed saves a lot of heartache .

Hi Lizard

All very true - none are unbreakable.

"Even the Bushtrackers & Kedrons will develop problems if abused ....

low tyre pressures & low speed saves a lot of heartache."

While the term off road is not correct - it is never intended to mean truly where there are and never have been any roads, but can mean unmaintained tracks. To other brands, it means 'capable of going off the bitumen for a short way to a campsite', or travel on well maintained unsealed roads such as through our rural areas where normal sedans travel regularly. In fact to go off road would be far less damaging than the relentless corrugations over hundreds of kilometres which we be doing harm to any rig.

Mh

Hi John,
The Anne Beadell, Absolutely worth doing. Just magic in some places. We did it a few yrs. ago now.
Just beautiful but the corrugations would shake your own teeth out of your head particularly around Emu unless things have changed. We took our tent & the road gets better as you get closer to W.A.
I reckon you'd be better off not towing a van, on that section.
Coober Pedy is full of wrecks.
Not all of them were from wreckless drivers either!
Even if you do all the correct things it's a Vehicles, Nightmare bit of road.
Take care, safe travels. Ma.

Hi all,
We're in the same situation.
We've never heard of The River Caravan either. Must look
However there is a company in Adelaide called "Desert sky."We're planning to have a look at, when we get to Adelaide. They were in our price range, the smaller ones.
Now they're a little bit out. Do any of you know of these vans?.
They're not a though,which is good in some ways.
We've heard that after 2000 the Coromals deteriorated as with another very reliable make. We almost bought one 2nd hand, but were told that they had changed hands & were no longer the good Quality & the service was now bad.
Take care, safe travels.
Bye for now Ma.

hi ma and pa
google is your friend
www,rivercaravans.com.au
they are in somerton victoria
cheers

sorry that should be
www.rivercaravans.com.au
a dot instead of a comma

Thank you Mazcan,
Yes I found the site. We only want a small off road caravan but it must be a proper go anywhere your 4by.can.
They only seemed to have a dirtroader & I couldn't get it's price nor any information on it to come up.

The others did.
Thanks again .
Take care, safe Travels.
Bye for now Ma.