AnswerID: 78636 Submitted: Saturday, Oct 02, 2004 at 21:48
KiwiAngler
replied:
I did it just over a month ago in a Toyota 100 series.
Things to consider:
sufficient water
allow 3 days of corrugations and fine dust
tape up the rear vents (if your vehicle has them)
have the windows closed and the air on re-cycled, full
bore.
bulldust (easy to see but potentially dangerous)
establish 'correct speed' this you find by speeding up until the corrogation effect is at it's least effect. You can 'tune' the speed to the changes in corrogations to give the best ride.
drop air pressure in
tyres and check them EVERY morning beofre starting off.
get under vehicle each day and check for loose nuts/bolts etc.
carry an additional spare tyre (at least) as well as a spare wheel. Check the spare wheel nuts once a day. Mine came loose at one stage.
Start looking for campsite about 3:30pm to allow time to find and setup before dark.
fuel at Rabbit Flats was $1:67, will be more now that oil is over US$50 per barrell.
take lots of pictures
keep sufficient space between you and next vehicle to keep dust down
turn top of
snorkel to face behind you.
clean filter each day.
lead vehicle to 'talk up' on UHF, the
road conditions to allow second vehicle a smoother ride.
Have fun
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FollowupID: 338117 Submitted:
Sunday, Oct 03, 2004 at 07:45
Member - Cocka posted:
ditto to most of the above.
It's not a killer road, just gets a bit corrugated sometimes more that other times.
Remember your in indigenous peoples country here and there are tribes who still camp out in the scrub, most likely you wont see them. However respect their territory, there is a 100 meter wide corridor through which the track runs so your
camping shouldn't be any further than 50meters from either side of the highway.
Slow right down if you see on comming traffic & stop totally for the road trains.
Check the
tyres any time you stop, and the oil (carry spare) etc daily before heading off.
In the tool kit beside a good pair of pliers throw in a roll of tie wire.
Don't aim at the big gibbers
on the road, and stay out of the road side drains/dishes - they might look nice and smooth without correcations but there a stakes 'n gibbers in there waiting to rip the sides outa y'
tyres.
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