Campervans on the Canning!

I'm not too sure where this came from, but I have heard that they are planning to ban trailers on the canning? Could be just an urban myth, but most of this stories have some truth in em somewhere.

signman

Yep, no problem with your vehicles. It has been done before numerous times with larger trucks

I suggest you buy the book Canning Stock Route- A Travellers Guide by Ronel and Eric Gard ISBN: 0 9586715 1 6 for comprehensive information.

You may also have a read here on my website Canning Stock Route


Cheers

Hi signman,
With those vehicles you should have no trouble at all.I think there will be no dune that will give you any trouble with your low gearing in the bigger units.
We did the trip with 8 Toyota's and one Nissan Patrol. and were heavily laden due to 280 litres fuel and 100 litres of water.We came up from south to North .We all had tents.The Nissan was only a year old but is driven hard and was the only vehicle to suffer any real damage.We re welded the top spring mount back in place with 3 batteries linked.Luckily we had an excellent welder in the group and some skilled mechanics as well.
Just get your fuel and water requirements right and every thing else will fall into place.Regards Paul.

One issue the group may have is with tyre damagae. Vehicles with a track wider than that of the usual Landcruisers & Patrols will tend to always have one pair of wheels just off the worn path & do sustain additional punctures.
As for suggestions just read the Canning Book & apply for permits to all side trips along the way as for us many of the highlights were off the usual beaten track.
Cheers Craig..............

Gidday

How big are these campers?

I am surprised that no one has mentioned this already ... the section of the CSR through Cunyu Station -- the southern end -- is barred to large vehicles, ie anything with a track bigger than a troopy. They bar trailers too. It is a pastoral lease and they can decide who drives their tracks. So you may have to start/finish via Granite Peake or Glenayle.


And before anybody fires up, this information comes from the Exploroz trek notes on this site and I have seen it elsewhere

It is a magic part of the world and like so many of Australia's outback explorations if you wrote the story of how Alf Canning built the stock route as a novel no publisher would touch it on the grounds that it was unbelievable. He was an amazing man.


Cheers

Rocco

The two issues that I feel you need to think about are height and track width. Be prepared for some major overgrown sections that will scratch and stake tyres.

Peter

hi there .
if your vehicles are any wider than a toyota or nissan then you will have a
problem with wheels off the tyre tracks an into the sticks and things that destroy paint an tyres .
mechpete

NO dramas with getting a camper trailer through on dry paddocks, however when we did it in Jun there were several wetspots which required us to do some snatching and winching. A bit more work when trailers are involved but overall I reckon 80% of the track you can get a good 4wd trailer through no problems. Just take it easy and enjoy yourselves.
Next hot tip is to gather firewood prior to night spot as most of the well known camps have none around.
CSR is a must do.

signman

We did the Canning in August, this year, with trailers, ans out loaded weight was 4.7 tonne. Never had an issue with getting bogged on the dunes. Never once had to be winched. and only 3 times did we have to have a second go, at the dunes, in which case it was our fault caused by a blazzeee attitude, or just lack of concentration.

If you read some of our earlier posts,

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you will find out that we found it rather easy, and very beautiful. However that is not to say that we did not do out homework. We had low tyre pressured ,, ie 12 psi front;...15 psi rear;....12 psi in the camper.. and was prepared to drop them to 8 psi, in a pinch, but never had to go there once..

Never once had to use those hideous run ups, that you will see, as we called them the " 55 psi club" or the " jumbo jet landing strips "..

Our friends Viv & Ray, and Bails did the same.


We did North to Well 33..... out to the Pilbra, and up to Broome and the GRR. Wyndham & Kunnanurra, then the Bungles, Hall's Creek. to Billiluna and down the Canning to Well 33 and back to alice along the Gary junction Rd, and then home to Wonthaggi, Vic )

Enjoy, and do not listen to the knockers about trailers, as thay do not know what they are on about ....

Cheers
Bucky