Sunday, May 05, 2013 at 14:28
Hi Trev
We did it last year late June, taveling in a HyundainTerracan towing a Full off road CT, the road was dry as a bone, lots of bull dust, rocky patches and corrogations by the millions.
The car did it without worry, but the trailer suffered a bit of damage mainly from the corrogations, both upper shock mounts broke, stones broke the cable ties holding the brake wiring up which fell down and tore off, stones/rocks also holed the
water tank.
And the bottom of the trailer was stripped of paint.
As others will tell you its a Hyway and at time suitable for your average family
sedan, but it dosnt take much to make it a horrible road.
Preparation and pre maintenance is the key for car and trailer, let down your tyres a bit and dont rush.
Its an interesting drive and will be 1000k shorter than going to Mt Isa then down to Alice.
Dont forget to stop in at
Tobermorey, Gem tree, both good stopovers alongbthe way.
I did a blog last year which may have some usefull info for you, have a look if you like.
We enjoyed the drive and it was worth the minor damage.
Cheers
Dave T
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