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RACV has this listed as the weight/length limits. But not sure you can get cover if not living in Vic?
Size and Weight Restrictions
Weight
(GVM*) Height Width Length^

TOTAL CARE 8 Tn
3.3m 2.5m 9.0m
10’9” 8’2” 29’6”
* GVM (gross vehicle mass) of a vehicle means the maximum loaded mass
of the vehicle, including passengers and cargo regardless of whether the
vehicle is loaded at the time of the incident.
^ For caravans and trailers, length refers to the entire length of any tow vehicle,
including the A-frame.

I had need to claim against my RACV Total Care about 5 years ago. We had been remote but fortunately we were back on the black top when the breakdown occurred. Because we were in Qld it was the RACQ who attended.

For all intents and purposes it was the gearbox that had failed. Under escort I managed to drive the 10ks or so back to the mechanics workshop. We disconnected the van and put the car on the hoist. It still sounded like bearing/s in the gearbox. The RACQ agent said he couldn't look at it for at least 3 weeks.

RACV put us up in a motel (the caravan parks were all full) until they could fly us home - there was a weekly FIFO plane for mine workers. The car and van arrived a few days later.

A friend who lived outside Vic enquired after hearing my story and he was able to take out the same cover. You don't have to reside in the state.

I just read their policy and it references safety for recoveries to roads where vehicles can safely pass. It also refers to "in Victoria". My take is that whilst the RACV attend they would go "remote" (subject to size limits etc) but they contract their equivalent in other states ie NRMA, RAA, RACQ etc to perform recoveries in those states. It would then be limited by the contracted coy's particular position.

Call each of them and enquire but I think you will struggle to find a roadside assist coy who will attend the roads you have listed. There are of course others who will but at a considerable cost.

My van is only around 5m and <2t so fitted snugly on a flat top with the 4wd.
A note for the unwary. Check your van insurance to see if your van is covered when it is being transported (as opposed to towed). Mine doesn't unless I call and nominate the dates and times and pay an extra premium. Real handy when you are on the side of the road somewhere. The towing coy including RACV generally don't insure them.

Club 4x4 will cover you and from memory also Shannon's.

https://www.club4x4.com.au/

NRMA lists a larger vehicle towing add on as an option. Says it's for vehicles with a gross mass over 3.5t. It adds $11 a month though.

Scroll down to "add ons":

NRMA road service

I have just made a few enquiries directly with 24/7 Roadservices Australia and yes, they have a car + caravan roadside assist package that would cover your car and off-road van. The same as NRMA, nowhere in their published terms and conditions do they tell you what roads their service covers so I asked both of them "Can you tell me please whether your car + caravan road assistance service covers all gazetted roads in Australia?" (A gazetted road being "a sealed or unsealed road regularly maintained by a local, state or government body or council and upon which the general public have unlimited rights of access. “) NRMA said "Your service is nation wide and available to all gazetted roads as long as they are safely accessible." and 24/7 said "We cover all sealed roads all over Australia. Other roads are serviced on a case by case basis, depending if our service vehicles are able to travel on them." I went back to 24/7 and asked them if they would be able to make a similar statement to NRMA and their response was "Yes, 24/7 Roadservices would be able to make the same statement. As long as the road is easily accessible to our service vehicles, we will provide service nationwide." So, in answer to your 2nd question, yes, 24/7 covers gazetted roads like the Birdsville Track, Strezleki, Gibb River Road, etc.

Have a friend who broke down in the Great Victoria Desert a few km from the SA-NT-WA border intersection in SA when the torque converter in his (5T) OKA failed.
He had a private tow with a bit of rope about 200km to to Oak Valley Community then privately arranged for a Dial-a-Tow flat top from Ceduna to get him from there and take him to Ceduna where the driver's family lived. They stayed there for the week end with them and then continued to Adelaide. Spectacular service.
NRMA subsequently made a large contribution to the large bill.
On the basis of that experience, I have taken out cover with the NRMA, despite being a SA resident.
Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 motorhome