Off-road vrs non off-road jaycos

Thanks for your advice. Yes I think an off-road is the way to go. We'll make sure we take it nice and slow!

Thanks for the advice. I'll take a look at the TVan as well as my husband to check out the suspension. He's a bit more practical than me!

Thanks for the advice. I guess we'll be much more knowledgeable next time! Without actually having done a great deal of outback touring and not knowing anyone personally who has we just have to read, read read!

Thanks for your reply. We'll make sure we have a look at the later model jaycos.

Just did the Gibb River Road which can be done with a normal vehicle and caravan - saw with my own eyes. The main challenge was the road up to Mitchell Plateau and Kalumburu. Stopped at the Drysdale station and there were 12 camper trailers lined up waiting to get towed to Kununurra on a tilt tray. One of them was even the infamous $20,000 plus Kimberley Campertrailer. For extreme 4x4 it's easier to take a tent, in our case a 30 second tent.
The Gibb River road is just that....a road city slickers say they conquered in the almighty outback while sipping chardonnay with their city friends (or country friends for that matter) - quote of another Exploroz user - few ever do the actual Plateau and Kalumburu road. I know you're doing the Cape but there's not much difference in the challenge - probably harder on the vehicle doing Mitchell/Kalumburu road, more scenic on the cape road.

Bod I'd stick with the Jayco with off-road setup - it's your choice what suspension you put in it with an additional cost. After our trip up north we've weighed up the pros and cons, if there's something "extreme" why not leave your Jayco at a caravan park or minding facility and take your tent? Trust me, for a trip around oz or anywhere the Jayco far outweighs a camper trailer.(You'll stay in non-offroad areas more than offroad) Camper trailers are an absolute sh*t to set up in bad weather (tents of course as well) but there's still plenty of areas camper trailers can't go. We're mad fans of the Jaycos and when we save up enough we'll go the dove or eagle which is perfect for the young family.
Have a great trip.
Regards

Thanks for your reply. We'll make sure we buy a later model one and check for those screws!

G'day bod, I can only agree with Anthony,we picked up our Dove about 3 weeks ago and although we haven't ventured 'off-road' yet, we intend a few shorter trips before heading for a 3-4 month trip next July.
As for being an off roader, what do we have our four wheel drives for?
Just a suggestion I can recomend having a Tregg towing hitch installed on your Jayco. I've used them a lot on other trailers and can recommend them in off-road situations.
Have fun

Thanks for your reply.I think that following everyone's advice that an off-road one is the way to go if we stick with a jayco!

Thanks,I did follow your advice and had a look at those sites. The Jayco site was a good site with lots of advice about all different sorts of things-very informative. Thanks again!

sorry about the double reply, web hickup.Regards Bob
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Thanks for the double up reply, I think you really wanted to make your point? I did look at the coromal layout but I didn't think it was as good for 3 kids as the Jayco as well as not being as readily available on the 2nd hand recent market. Thanks for the advice tho'

Thanks for the idea=I'll see if I can find it and have a read!