ON THE RADAR

The last thing I expected Andrew Brennen from Winjana RV to do when towing a 25ft fifth wheeler along a secondary road at over 80km/h was swerve suddenly to the right. And then the left. And then the right again. Left. Right. Left. Right. We weren’t trying out for the Winter Olympics, so I knew we weren’t on the giant slalom course.

While trying to keep my head as still as possible, I leant forward in the passenger seat to have a look in the side mirror. I expected to see the Cattai 760 being pulled behind the D-Max pitching violently from side to side, on the brink of completing a barrel roll and taking us with it.

I didn’t expect the massive fifth wheeler to follow diligently behind, mimicking the movements of the dual-cab ute. To prove it wasn’t a fluke, Andrew went through the same motions with the same result.

"While we weren't scrabbling up rocky scree slopes or tackling wombat holes that would swallow a VW Beetle, I was impressed with how the Cattai 760 handled"

OFFROAD ANTICS

With those on-road shenanigans out of the way, we took a right-hander off the New England Highway into the Geham State Forest about 15 minutes north of Toowoomba in search of red soil and deep ruts to test the offroad credentials