The Tanami - we broke everything  

Thanks mate, yeah was heartbreaking to see the van cop it like that, but we will get it all sorted.......eventually.

Some awesome sunrises and sunets, but definitely not a track we would do again towing a van.

Thanks mate, appreciate the feedback we are learning all the time, hoping to improve our content as we go.

Thanks mate, pleased to hear you guys had a better run than us. Oh well it's all but all fixed now, and something the kids will talk about for a while. The sunsets and free camps to yourself was definitely cool though.

@@ltmm.australia definitely a road to remember. At a glance it's flat with not much to see - it's not long before you sense the isolation and realise there is actually so much to see. We had an awesome night camping just on the NT side of the border with WA. Didn't see another vehicle for about 24 hours.

Thanks mate, definitely had to take it very slow, we certainly didn't feel lucky at the end of it. But things could have definitely been alot worse. Thanks for the watch and the comment, really appreciate it.

did the Tanami 5 times to date, different every time, found another route, Alice to Port Hedland via Telfer this track not so well traveled and therefore not corrugated, the best so far and saved 3000ks from the bitumen way and fuel is available on the way@@ltmm.australia

Wow, sounds like you have seen it under all conditions.

Definitely mate,

Thanks mate.

100% mate, I actually go through this exact thing in our video we just uploaded to RU-vid about 2 hours ago haha.

You dont learn from sucess, you learn from your failures, please we could give you a giggle though.

Hard to say, I do believe it would have had an effect though, we have done the PDR and terrible dust and the ingress was definitely no where near as bad.

Was definitely a stressful few days thats for sure. The water tank straps are actually bolted to the chasis with a welded thred/bolt and nylock nuts, they are a Alko kit which I believe most caravan manufacturers use the straps actually both broke at the fold and the vertical section was still bolted on. But I do agree with you, I feel when you buy a full offroad van you get beefed up unbreakable suspension and thicker chasis, but everything else is still the same road spec van.

@@ltmm.australia Yes whenever I get under vans and campers I cant believe what I see, Tanks don't come off with 5mm flat bar as hangers or Angle iron and me being a Boilermaker I make sure. 😁😁

sounded like a sunday night A current Affair episode didnt it haha

Doesnt make alot of sense does it.

Hi Mate, van pressures were 25psi, could have possibly gone lower but it was quite Rocky in sections, and the van weight 3.5 tonne so 25 was as low as I was happy to go on the particular track. Speed ranged from 10klms on very bad areas, upto around 70 klms on some short lived better spots, couldn't really go any quicker to try and get ontop of corrugations as it was so rough and rocky and you couldn't pull up for the big washouts. One day we drove 12 hours to make 160klms but hey as you said we got there and it's all experience. Thanks for the comment.

When the Tanami gets like Hell on Earth the theory of "Speed" & tyre pressure goes out the window. On one trip we were driving on the bank at 10 to 15 kph. I have driven it 4 times.

yeah, some places are just not meant for caravans......regardless if their chinese or top shelf aussie. that track destroys standard road train trailers.............the regulars have to get super hefty over the top engineered equipment to survive, probably wouldve had 18 - 20 ib in tyres,but big picture,the result wouldve been the same...love your attitude, keep on keeping on,cheers@@ltmm.australia

Our caravan is a fortitude unfortunately unless you have the budget to step up a level to sunseeker, kedron, titanium, zone rv ect, I believe nearly all vans are going to have similar issues, we have unfortunately spoken to alot of other travellers who have had worse happen to thier van, our van did do the PDR all the way up to the tip of Cape and handled that very well, I believe the Tanami is unfortunately just a caravan wrecker depending on when you drive it, the traffic it has seen and when it was last graded. Best of luck with the van, I hope you have better luck than we have had thus far.

25psi all round as low as we can go in a very heavy setup, maybe it looks deceptive in the video but 70klms was the absolute quickest we could go. Majority of the road was litterally 10-20klm 12 hour days driving only 160klm for the day

Haha fair enough mate, you reckon driving a road 40 years ago qualifies you to comment on the condition of it now.