Canning Stock Route - Would you Help - How much

I would have helped him on condition of his abandoning the van.

Trekkie,

I think your mate did his best sticking with this guy for several days. The least he could do is offer to pay for the damage he caused to your mates winch.

I can't believe anyone would take a dual axle caravan on the CSR. Depending on where he is on the CSR, he may be better off to park the Caravan until he can return with a suitable towing vehicle to get it out of there.

I have a TVan towed by a Turbo Troopy and I decided it was not a good idea to attempt to tow it on the CSR.

I reckon that the insurance company for guy with the caravan should pay for the winch repair.

Could phone for someone to come and recover.
There was a vehicle stuck on the north end of the Canning in August last year. The recovery of the vehicle to Halls Creek took about 3 weeks and cost $15,000. And that was a solo vehicle and not towing.

The Pajero on the southern end was abandoned because of a burnt out clutch. The guy obviously thought the recovery was going to cost more than the vehicle was worth.

G'day Trekkie

If i was ever stuck somewhere i would hope it would be your mate that was the next vehicle to come along, what a great bloke, he went beyond the call to help this fella out. If the other bloke has any decency about him at all he should offer to get your mates winch fixed without even thinking about it....If not then i think your mate should give him a good serving along with a bill for a brand NEW winch as well as a bill for the extra fuel he would have used....

Cheers......Borgy

Make sure he had sufficient food and water (Or offer him a lift out if possible) then notify the police of his location as soon as you reached civilization .

"what would you do" As I always travel in convoy after assessing the location & difficulty of getting the van out if it was possible to do without risking further damage I'd strip all the weight out of the van & share it amounst the group, reduce tyre pressures to 12 psi then put the most powerfull vehicle up front to tow it over the dunes. Recovering a vehicle like this with a single light vehicle is not feasable & burning out a winch or clutch is all to be expected however noble the gesture to help was. The fact he got that far by himself should mean that with some minimal assistance he'd be able to get back out the way he came in.
Failing that offer the use of the Sat phone to call in the tilt tray:-)
Cheers Craig............

I'd have assisted him to turn around and go back. I assume he did not get very far down the track.

PeterD