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Offroad caravanning can be challenging and rewarding, leading you to some of the country’ s most spectacular remote areas, but it’ s hard on you, your gear and your caravan.
You can see a lot of Australia by sticking to the sealed roads. The problem is that you’ ll be sharing them with many other people. That is not necessarily a bad thing. What I am saying is that, if you ' re prepared to be a little adventurous by venturing off sealed roads, you will experience so much more than you would otherwise, and a lot of the time, you’ ll have those experiences all to yourself. Offroad caravanning is incredibly rewarding.
If you do a lot of remote-area travel, you can encounter poor quality fuel. Fitting a pre-filter to your engine adds extra protection.
Extra protection on all our plumbing and wiring.
But offroad caravanning is not easy, and don’ t let anyone tell you otherwise. It ' s dirty, mentally and physically demanding, and it’ s very hard on all your equipment. For many caravanners, their first offroad travelling experience may well be their last. The main reason will boil down to a lack of experience and being completely unprepared for the adventure.
If you’ d like to try your hand at offroad caravanning, here are five things you should do before turning down that dirt road …
PLUMBING AND WIRING PROTECTION
I’ ve seen a lot of caravans marketed as‘ offroad capable’ and yet they lack some basic protection to the vulnerable parts like the wiring and plumbing running underneath the van. These are easily damaged by the constant bombardment of stones thrown up by the tow vehicle and the caravan’ s wheels. This damage can be catastrophic if vital electrical cables are broken, particularly to the caravan’ s brakes.
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