Gibb River Road with Jayco camper

Hi Old Turk
Just reading how hard it has been to get tyres and parts up the Gibb River Road and just thought I would let you know we are starting a new bus service along the Gibb River Road from May to September carrying passengers and freight.

3 days a week from Derby to Kununurra and 3 days a week from Kununurra to Derby, so your goods are only ever a day away, wherever you are camped along the road.

Check out our website at www.gibbriverbus.com.au or contact us on Ph: (08) 9169 1880

Enjoy your trek in the Kimbeley's
Julie

Well done Julie and good luck with the new business.
Any thoughts on a Kalumburu or Drysdale detour ??

Thanks Carpe
If all goes well this year we are looking into running another bus on the Kalumburu Road at a later date and having it meet up with the Derby/Kununurra bus.
Julie

Good point about the bearings Ray. I can't think of everything. Doesn't hurt to carry a spare one of these also and know how to remove the old ones and put the newies in. Tools also.

Re the speed issue, I have no experience with trailers over corrugations so I do not pesume to be an advisor on that topic and hope that the wise Old Turk does not take my comments to be mandatory.
However I do stand by what I say in relation to driving a 4x4 on the particular roads in question. Of course if you are on a winding type road, the circumstances are completly different and speed should be adjusted to suit safe driving, and all the more reason to be driving in 4WD-H. If you feel that you are floating on the tops of the bumps then your tyre pressures are probably higher than necessary or your speed is excessive. You should be able to feel the road through the seat of your pants and a light grip on the steering wheel.

Traffic is also a self administering factor and one never presumes there is nothing around the next corner to impede your progress. I back right off when another vehicle approaches and stop when the big trucks & trains come along.

And about the scary comment of how many roll on these roads, it's driver incompetence and not the vehicle that's the problem. Just ask all of them what tyre pressurs they have & you will find most have never adjusted their pressures down since leaving the bitumen 500k's ago, they bounce and slide all over the road.
Just to demonstrate a point, two vehicles stopped beside us on the GRR at the Kalumburu turnoff, they commented on what a bitch of a road it was from Pentecoste River to here (about 250k's). One had spun his vehicle (no damage) the other had ripped apart two tyres and couldn't risk going up to Kalumburu, they reaconed they were not speeding, when I asked what tyre pressures they had both were on 47psi all round. I said reduce by 15psi and stay out of the gutters. I saw them in a camp 2 weeks later and they said thanks and noted what a huge difference it had made.