towing a camper trailer across the simpson

do a forum search, subject has been covered heapsRegards Bob
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Paul
We towed a motorbike trailer as we had three guys on bikes with us so we had to to put them on if they broke down. This was just a standard bike trailer with wide tyres and a treg coupling. Didn't really have any trouble across the actuall desert went west to east along the french line. The trailer however didn't think much of the corregations on the way up there though (once the mudgard fell off it was OK!). I would brobably do it again but put shockers on the trailer and reinforce it. The only thing is the trailer was light I dont know how you would go with more weight. I dont think that I used any more fuel than I did the last time if I did it was minimal.
Hope this is of assistance
Tom

We travelled West to East via the French Line in October 2002. Our neighbours were doing it with us in their Suzuki Vitara 4cyl V6 & towing a light weight camp trailer. The Vitara got bogged in the soft sand on the very first dune on the French Line and there were 4-5 other dunes where we had to pull it over the top of a dune. Whilst we could just idle up the dunes with our 4.2TD Patrol with light weight slide on camper, the Vitara had to take a roaring run up to get over the bigger dunes with the trailer pulling it back. It honestly sounded like a jet plane and I am sure the taco was in the red a few times. All in all, it used 114 litres of unleaded fuel to get from Mt. Dare to Birdsville. Our Patrol did it using 94 litres of deisel and this was going backwards a bit to hook up to the Vitrara. The Birdsvillians do not like anyone taking a trailer in the Simpson and will tell you it is banned but I do not think they can legally stop you, yet.