Cape Leveque WA

Know the exact section your referring to sand ridge maybe towards 8-10m high both sides. I had same fuel tanker so just called him up said keep coming I'll wait

just heard a couple of clicks in acknowledgement.

Cape levque unless they have changed status only allows 27.5m b-double or 25m truck and trailer, not that I would recommend taking a b-double on that road semi is big enough

Middle lagoon a little place in paradise (2014 visit) drive as you see it like everything had some decent yumps semi filed with water from previous weeks thunderstorm

Hi Dean yes those beeping humps were definitely in evidence last year but this year they had been ironed out almost to the point where you didn't notice them.

cheers

Dunc

Long stretches of dust and corro will also damage or prematurely wear so-called offroad vans, CTs or 4WD vehicles. It's a fact of life in the outback.

Absolutely right. Some makes however will deteriorate much more and much faster than others. I guess the point I was making was that just because "you see them on that road" should not imply that they survive that road without damage.
S to get back to the OP, you do not mention whether what van you are referring to. If you have a TVan for example the replies will be different to if you had a 21ft duel axle onroad van.

FWIW I stayed at Midnight Lagoon and there was all manner of trailer. Lots of double axle units whose offroad cred was as deep as their black checker plate skirt. A few ancient Jayco poptops. A swag of cheap CTs.
(BTW don't go there in the school hols or if you don't like the noise and smell of gennnies.) I'd say there were regulars there used to doing repairs. And re the OP if that's not your cuppa leave the van behind.

I towed my Pioneer offroad CT. That's pretty tough. But by last year c 3000 kms of outback dirt, including some of the popular but punishing roads, was enough to trash both Pedders shocks. Hatch locks jammed with dust. This year they did again. The water filler leaked (both ways). My Isuzu 4WD had been breathing dust, had developed a couple of engine oil leaks (and it's known as a tough engine) and a couple of of front inner guard cracks.

Well you soon learn that standard shocks don't cope out there. Neither do standard air filters regardless of how they're fed. Panel types on some models don't seal well enough and paper elements have trouble with bull dust.
Anything exposed on undersides will cop a hail of stones and probably some snags.
I could go on.