How much is the Sunseeker Desert Storm ATX? Topped by a Cruisemaster DO-35 coupling bolted to a 150mm x 50mm x 4mm thick A-frame that extends under its 100mm x 50mm X 3mm thick and laminated Supagal chassis, the Desert Storm has a sturdy four-arm rear bumper with its single spare wheel mounted high and centrally to maximise its departure angle when crossing gullies and river beds.įlex-resistant CNC-cut internal ply cabinetry with metal draw sides is unique to the Titanium-built Desert Storm models, while the aluminium wall framing that employs self-piercing rivets, combines the best anti-rot features of metal, with enough structural flex to avoid stress fractures from prolonged off-road travel. There's little doubt that the Sunseeker Desert Storm ATX is built to get there. Combined with the side-by-side remote control height adjustability of the air suspension, they endow the van with the off-road ability of a much smaller Hybrid, or a camper trailer. To extend them forward would have undermined the van’s inherent towing balance and light ball loading, so the axle set has been set slightly further rearward.Īpart from their ‘Big Foot’ capability and stability off road, the other benefit of the ATX’s ‘big boots’ is the extra ground clearance they provide.

The problem was that the tandem tyre set wouldn’t fit into the standard Desert Storm wheelboxes. The bigger rubber endows the Desert Storm with a unique advantage on corrugated roads and sand, as pressures can be dropped to as low as 8psi to create an exceptionally fat footprint and a remarkably smooth ride in conjunction with the breezy ride of the Cruisemaster air suspension. Those monster tyres immediately identify the ATX variants over the base model Sunseeker Desert Storm models, which roll on similarly knobbly, but smaller 33-inch (285/75) rubber, but accommodating the larger boots involved some changes to the van’s structure.

As far as Sunseeker knows, the Desert Storm ATX is the only Australian caravan running 35in tyres as standard, but its suite of ‘ATX’ options is available on any tandem axle Desert Storm model, in lengths from 18ft 6in to 22ft 6in.

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