Huge costs when you "break" your car in remote areas

Submitted: Thursday, Jul 09, 2015 at 10:01
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There is a thread on another Aussie 4x4 forum looking for advise getting a car recovered, fixed and back home. It mentions thousands of dollars. I thought it was worth a mention on this forum as well.

Quote from that forum:

"the estimate at the moment is he is at least $7000 out of pocket Phil
getting the ute to Kununara
3 nights at the pub at $135 pn !!
trucking it to perth
flight back to perth
getting the ute to where he is camped the moment
and new or rebuilt exchange box........ not sure what will be happening there; still to be pulled apart"
endquote

We got access to a 1 mill plus property owned by a Saudi group. To do so we had to agree to phenomenal costs like $2000 an hour for a chopper and $1000 an hour per staff member if we got stuck. And that did not include any cost for repairs.

What is the alternative - Leave the car, don't go or do the drive and accept the risks and associated costs???

Just a reminder of one of the risks travelling remote.

Insurance may not help when half way down the Canning or in the middle of the Simpson or on one of the private property or "company" roads/tracks.

Phil

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