<span class="highlight">Gibb</span> <span class="highlight">River</span> <span class="highlight">Road</span>
Submitted: Tuesday, Aug 09, 2022 at 22:44
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Member - Murray R (VIC)
Has anyone been on the
Gibb in last week. I met a bloke that l know and his report was that anything not Toyota on his 79 series ute had broken and turned back as the
road was that bad. So l,m looking for other current opinions as l,ve already been on some crap roads and suffered some damage myself.
Murray
Reply By: Member - nickb boab - Wednesday, Aug 10, 2022 at 09:28
Wednesday, Aug 10, 2022 at 09:28
Probably more to do with how people drive not what they drive ..
Thousands of travellers every year seem to manage ok on the GRR
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Reply By: Member - rocco2010 - Wednesday, Aug 10, 2022 at 09:59
Wednesday, Aug 10, 2022 at 09:59
What NickB said.
I was there last week.
My first impression at the
Derby end was that it was better than six years ago but age dulls the pain maybe.
The worst bits seem to be either side of
Ellenbrae when the
road seemed salted with razor sharp stones (
well that's what they looked like) ready to reduce tyres to ribbons. They didn't.
On this section one of those rocks thrown up up a ute towing a car trailer was going to hit me between the eyes before the windscreen intervened. No chip thankfully.
I sometimes used to think the the outback
grader was a mythical creature often talked of but never seen but there were two (!) working on the run in to
Home Valley so the
road around there was fine.
Across the Pentecost there were major
road roadworks before
El Questro and I'd think the bitumen will reach the
river soon.
My experience of a few years travelling is your friend may be right, after market accessories are the bits more likely to fall off on the roughest tracks.
I have loose and missing bolts on the undertray of the ARB bullbar, one driving light is at a crazy angle but I can't move it by hand and I lost a UHF aerial.
I have personal knowledge on this trip of broken welds on the passenger side step of a stretched 200 series and a few other minor breakages.
It's a rough dusty track. Any rougher than any other? Who knows?
Prepare as
well as you can, keep weight down and lower the tyres pressures ... and maybe lower them some more.
Hope you can enjoy it. It's a great part of Australia.
Rocco
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Follow Up By: Member - Murray R (VIC) - Wednesday, Aug 10, 2022 at 21:13
Wednesday, Aug 10, 2022 at 21:13
Rocco
Thanks for the informitive reply, my only damage so far has been stone punture equalled new tyre and HF ariel came loose on the Tanami. So the GRR sounds ok from what you have said just drive to the conditions low tyre pressures and speed
Thanks Murray
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Reply By: AlbyNSW - Wednesday, Aug 10, 2022 at 20:31
Wednesday, Aug 10, 2022 at 20:31
Did it last month in a 79 ( not towing ) and don’t see what the drama is all about, it is no better/ worse than many other outback roads
The
road up to
Mitchell Falls was heavily corrugated though but certainly doable
I see a lot of people driving in the corrugations not on them which makes it far worse
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Follow Up By: Member - Jim S1 - Saturday, Aug 13, 2022 at 15:55
Saturday, Aug 13, 2022 at 15:55
I know what you mean about driving "on" the corrugations, but I must say that I feel quite uncomfortable with the slightly unnerving feeling of sliding when doing this.
However, going at 10-15km/h is not an option, unless for really bad short sections.
Cheers
Jim
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Reply By: Member - LeighW - Saturday, Aug 13, 2022 at 13:56
Saturday, Aug 13, 2022 at 13:56
Agree with above, also tire pressures make a big differnce, usually drop
mine about 10PSI on
gravel but on some sections into birsdville have dropped them 15PSI this trip to smooth the ride.
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