googs track - border track

rick
i travelled the border track from pinnaroo to bordertown last weekend and found of the 10 or so sand dunes half of them had 90 deg. corners and found it hard to maintain the speed when the corners were at the top of the dunes !! 2nd or 3 rd gear low range 5500rpm in a 2.6 bravo petrol
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Is it possible you did it when the sand had some moisture in it or do i need a faster vehicle !!!!!

Out of the 5 different vehicles that went on the weekend diesel petrol big or small we all had to drive the same way

What type of 4wd and when did you do the track rick ?

xr500

Xr 500
I wonder at what revs the max torque is available in your Bravo? It seems to me that you'd be better off up a gear instead of 5500 rpm. I drove a Raider (same engine/gears/t-case as the Bravo, just an Oval badge) for 4 years, through similar country, and especially at Robe. So I have plenty of experience with that set up, and loved the sweet little motor. BUT I can't recall ever selecting low range in those environments!

You asked if it was damp....a little
You asked if you need more speed.....maybe, maybe not. It depends on traction, depth of ruts, how loose the sand is etc.
You asked what vehicle did I do it in......GU Patrol, 6 weeks old at the time

What you didn't mention was ...yes everyone has guessed it by now....tyres. I reckon that with correct pressures, and the highest gear possible(be practical; not 3rd gear 1000rpm) will do you fine.

In any event, enjoy & Tread Lightly

Rick

rick

the conditions of the dunes have not seen any rain for a long time and the sand was as dry as !!
when you walked in it it was ankle deep so the approach to me is flat out

some of the dunes were 2nd low range and if the rpm dropped under 3000rpm the speed wasnt there and it dropped to the diffs and lost traction and felt like it dropped out of gear!

i started with 20psi (with std bridgestone M+S tyres 8 ply ) and after 3 dunes dropped to 15psi and seemed to help a bit but if you were first up the dune you had a good chance but if you were last it was a lot harder!!!more speed

a landrover discovery turbo diesel was using sometimes one higher gear than me but most of the time the same and was having the same problems . so were the 2 patrols 3 litre and 4.2 litre petrol and a 2.8 hilux

with some rain next year we will go again and it will be totally different by what your saying .

bloody good fun though !!

thanks for the reply !!

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