Monday, Apr 07, 2014 at 15:05
Ah sorry another of my little words....by tractoring I mean not taking things like a bull at a
gate (stuff can get broken that way), it's knowing the optimum gear and revs for your vehicle and just cruising over without the need to get a big
run up and go flat strap.
Big Red aside (and you have to do the above), I found Dunes were far easily crossed fairly slowly (but constantly).
For me and my Prado this was 2nd gear high range at about 2500 RPM, to me that's about when the most Torque is being generated.
Occasionally you'd have to give it a bit more berries, but 9 out of 10 times this would get me over without the fear of breaking anything in going to hard.
Despite being a travel agent during my working life I came from a farming background and had to use the old tractor plenty of times to get out of the black soil mud!!
By the way one thing we did have to use on the CSR was a fuel filter (not me on a Cruiser 200 travelling with us), I'd say we got a bad load when we topped up at
Wiluna Traders, it wasn't long into the CSR when the warning light went on in my mates car and we changed the filter which fixed the issue.
I changed the air filter in
Alice Springs (after the CSR and the Tanamai), and then again in
Charleville (after we spent some time in the
Diamantina National Park).I still have the spare in my spacecase that I carry on the roof, these I obtained along the way.
You'll love the CSR, its got everything AND as I say some great history and just magnificent scenary....make sure you take the time to smell the roses.
Make sure you do the Gorges in and around Durba (some fantastic Aboriginal Art to see) and also the Breedon Hills up north (we camped there a night....great
spot)....it's all wonderful.
Can 100% recommend the GARD book, what we did is stopped at each well and read a little of the history out of that well (the book is very informative BUT don't take the directions in there as gospel as things have changed a bit in some areas since that was written).
I am about to head off in my caravan (7.00am in the morning) and will be away for about 4 months, I am not sure I'll have access to Explore Oz whilst away so this might be about the last communication, so all the best for the trip and hope all goes well!!
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