The Great Central Road

Friend of mine spent 10 DAYS bogged to the belly near Docker in January.

Doug, the locals also break down in alarming numbers. Often they are not well prepared for the trip, but they do know the country.

Same as any other track, dead easy until something goes wrong and then it can bite you big time.

Footloose
Ah haaa yes they do, and that's where we silly tourists enter situation , but are you then suggesting the F250 is as unroad worthy as the locals , I don't think he will have any drama's, and then on the other hand he could have one terrible journey but that's the risk we all take , it's not as if he was going to tackle the SD or CSR , this is a well maintained road, I have used the Oodnadatta Track & BT in mid summer, you drive by the T/O to the Yelpawaralina Track takes you to the K1 and think...gee that would be a good run to Birdsville but when alone you just do that

No Doug, you're reading things into my post that were never intended. I'm no expert on F250's, thats for sure.
I'm sure Popeye would be happy to know he was working on that road through Xmas..NOT. Without the grader, a bit of rain and traffic soon sees a different story.
All I advised him was to try and stay out of that area if there is a lot of heavy rain around.
As you say, probably a dream run but get stuck in the red stuff around Docker and a man can run out of supplies and into trouble. Even the Docker supplies truck gets bogged around there from time to time.
I make no apologies for my negative attitude towards people setting out into the bush during summer. If even one person thinks "hmm..maybe I'll take extra water and comms" then it's all good.

haha "Popeye the Grader Man", nows there's an outback icon and character. Bit strange but I guess that goes with the territory.

Thanks guys for your opinions, much appreciated. My rig is well setup with a tonne of fuel (near on 2000km), water and winch. Even if I did get stuck I would have enough fuel to spin the wheels for a day....hehehe! But if I couldnt be bothered doing that a Sat Phone is close by. I am presuming that once the road is wet it doesnt take much to dry up? Would this be a fair comment? Also I do have at the moment BFG Muds, and they are coming to the end of their life, so this why I asked about the tyres. Good ideas then would be then to check at local cop stations on the road ahead! Any driving tips, or things to look out for example holes?

The Locals run anything

What ever you have on it now will do the trick, as with any tyre just run over the bigger stones