Bottom half of the CSR
Submitted: Friday, Aug 02, 2013 at 12:09
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Kanga1
Any ideas for the fuel consumption for the drive down from
Kunawarritji to
Wiluna on the CSR, the vehicle is a 2010 Defender 2.4 litre diesel, we have 120 litres, I am thinking a couple of 20 litre Jerrys extra may be needed, cheers, Kanga1.
Reply By: andoland - Friday, Aug 02, 2013 at 15:23
Friday, Aug 02, 2013 at 15:23
In 2011, driving a 150 series diesel Prado I used 249 litres from
Wiluna to Billiluna, a distance of just under 1800km.
Wiluna to Kunawaritji is close enough to 1100km. This section of the track was easier going than the northern section because you only hit sand dunes at around
Well 10 and they get bigger as you go north, so your fuel economy will be better than for the top 700km. I cant remember exactly but would say I used about 140 litres for the lower section.
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Follow Up By: Kanga1 - Friday, Aug 02, 2013 at 15:39
Friday, Aug 02, 2013 at 15:39
Thanks for your info, we are just planning the trip at the mo for Winter next year so any ideas are helpful at this stage, cheers. Kanga.
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Reply By: 08crd - Friday, Aug 02, 2013 at 19:30
Friday, Aug 02, 2013 at 19:30
Driving the CSR, is similar to the Simpson, you aren't slogging through soft sand all day. The sand hills are soft at the top, so you tend to get used to arriving at the bottom with a bit of speed and decellerating up and over.
Your fuel economy will be similar to what you use towing a caravan or a loaded dual axle trailer.IMO
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Reply By: Member - Warrie (NSW) - Friday, Aug 02, 2013 at 19:49
Friday, Aug 02, 2013 at 19:49
Hi Kanga 1, we did wells 5 to 22 then
Georgia Bore to
Newman in May. It seems 7km per litre or 14litres per 100km if you like is the go for 3 litre diesels. That's a minimum of 140 litres of fuel. Play it safe and take 4 jerries to allow for side trips. BTW I am putting in pix of track conditions, flowers and other items of interest besides the decaying
well infrastructures. Go into
Places for a look. But be patient as the system is a bit cantankerous at finding wells. Start with CSR
well 16 as it's in the recent updates and all you have to do is click on it's
pic. Then head south and try CSR
well 16. But as the indigenous name has been added and no-one knows it, so it usually won't come up on the search. So just type CSR and pause and bingo all the wells pop up. Good luck and enjoy the trip... W
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Follow Up By: Kanga1 - Friday, Aug 02, 2013 at 22:12
Friday, Aug 02, 2013 at 22:12
Thanks for the tips and that link, brilliant, I will get some kind of idea how much it drinks from the Simpson crossing which we are going to do on the way to the CSR and get an idea how many jerrys to buy in Alice, The Defender has a 75 and 45 litre tanks in it. I looked at putting another 100 litre tank along the sill, but it is hard to justify the price for the odd trip plus we live in Tassie and it really isn't all that far between Servo's. Cheers, Kanga.
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Follow Up By: member - mazcan - Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 at 13:00
Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 at 13:00
hi warrie
the indigenous name for
well 16 is -- lawulawa --
cheers
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Follow Up By: Zebra400 - Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 at 14:18
Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 at 14:18
We did the CSR last year from south to north. We travelled in an 80 Series TD with a roof rack.
Our fuel stats are as follows:
Wiluna - Kunnawaritji (
Well 33) 1045km - 159LT i.e. 15.22 Lt/100km
Kunnawaritji - to
Halls Creek - 862km - 140LT i.e. 16.24 Lt/100km
The sand dunes in the northern section use a little more diesel.
We carried 242Lt when we left
Wiluna.
Laurie
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Follow Up By: Kanga1 - Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 at 15:45
Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 at 15:45
Thanks for that Laurie, you must have had a heap of Jerry cans when you left
Wiluna, having too much fuel is less of a problem than not having enough, I'm thinking we'll have around 180 litres for the run down so I'll need to take 60 litres more than the car has capacity for, we'll do a little digging and see what sort of collapsible fuel containers are available for that sort of storage, or even a flattish one for up against the cargo barrier. Cheers, Kanga.
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Follow Up By: Zebra400 - Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 at 22:08
Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 at 22:08
Kanga
We carried 145Lt in the 4WD tanks & 80Lt in 4 jerries inside the 4WD. As security, we took an extra 22Lt plastic jerry which we carried on the roof rack. We emptied the plastic jerry as soon as we could (at
Well 4b). We then added 40 Lt to the main tank at
Well 29. We probably didnt need to add the 40Lt, but we would have had the low fuel light on at Kunnawaritji with only 8 Lt in the tank.
If we did it again, we would only carry the extra 80 Lt. This would have given us 66Lt spare - a safe margin in case we had to change our trip.
Laurie
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Reply By: Member - Andy T2 - Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 at 21:57
Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 at 21:57
Just got back (did north to south). As was previously stated, you willuse more fuel in the
sand dune section. We had a 200 series which came in over 3 tonnes (with on board extras). Fuel wasn't a problem as long as $3.40/litre at
Kunawarritji isn't an issue. Never put over $1000 in atva time before! LOL! We did a fuel drop as
well later on but really didn't need it.
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