Mereenie Loop Feedback

Give me corrigations any day to black top.
I hope the road never gets sealed or any outback icon roads.

True. The Ernest Giles and Sandy Blight did have corrugations just as bad but for nowhere near as long.

Hi Fatso

I was in an XTrail (standard suspension). I think the ride was better this time but only slightly (as much as I can remember things a quarter or a century ago). Then again, this time I was by myself and had half a tonne of luggage where as in the Kingswood I had three passengers and one tonne of luggage, not counting the trailer (yes, I know, I have lernt since those days).

I should add that I was running 28psi in the XTrail's Coopers. On the Kingswood I had Goodyear Wranglers at 40psi (on the rear they still looked flat because of the overloading but 41 was their maximum)

Alex

Bloody hell mate
The corrugations tell me to drop pressures to about 22 psi.. and drop speed to 60 km/h

In the Canning, we run 12 front 15 rear and 12 on the camper, and the last bit either side of Kunawarratji, were doozies...Wolfe Creek Crater, and at the start of the Canning, near Billiluna...I have discovered a new trick, on heavy corrugations..

I use electrical tape, and bound my wiper control stick to the steering column..
Never had to do that before.. never been that bad .

Needed to do something, as it was driving me nuts..

Cheres
Bucky

Mick
Have to agree about that one...!
Do not forget to add in the road to Wolfe Creek Crater too !

Even at low tyre pressures it managed to shake the be-jesus out of everything....

but even so I woould do it again .

Cheers
Bucky

Bucky, my memory of Wolfe Ck Crater Rd tells me it was "shocking" to say the least even back in the mid 90's when I did it in a Pathfinder.

Mick, this is to you regarding the Gunbarrel. Would you even consider taking a true offroad caravan on this track? or would it just shake to bits? This would be the most direct route to Wiluna for me here on the east coast and am just toying with the idea of whether I can make this years National EO gathering. I know I could take Great Central Rd but that is the prefered route home and I did not want to drive it both ways if at all possible.

Thanks, Trevor.

Mick O, that photo is starting to get into a grey area - borderline between corrugations and sand dunes!

And Bucky/Trevor, we didn't see any corrugations on the road to Wolfe Creek in May 2007...Image Could Not Be Found (perhaps they were hiding under the water!)

sorry about the grammar

Hi Mark

It shows how subjective my memory is - I did both those roads around Dalhousie in August (the same trip) and don't remember them as bad as Mereenie. Maybe I was used to it by then?

you probably had a break in between.... funny how the memory plays tricks on you... lol.

Mark
From what I remember the first 5 KM or so from Mt Dare to Dalhousie were as "good" as it gets .. too !

But that's part of it, and I woiuld not pass it up for the world.


Cheers
Bucky

Ps...I cant believe they are even considering sealing it....I don't know a single local who wants it sealed (tax payer that is).....complete waste of tax payers money in my opinion.

Hi Hairy
Well said. Exactly my thoughts. If you see a similar forum post a few more up, I have said similar.

Cheers

Stephen

Perhaps it's the tour companies that want to make an easy round trip from Alice Springs via Ayers Rock, Kings Canyon and West MacDonnells?

G day Hairy..

Hows it all going ?
Didn't get too tippsy over the break ?...

We has a good one !

Merrennie Loop bad.... I don't think so either.. it's one of the better roads,

The old tyre pressure thing...and speed

We did it with 24 psi I think, and had no probs..


Me thinks some people do not want to drop pressures.
We had a guy call us up on the UHF, screaming about the condition of the Great Central Road,,,

We didn't have any problems with that road either, especially around Docker River, and we did another 250 km or so on the "really bad" bit .
I do not know

Cheers mate
Bucky

Bucky,
Didnt get a break this year...too busy packing! Cant wait to get to the coast!
Did manage to slip in a few though. Cheers Mate

Timbo,
Quite the opposite...most the tour companies own 4wd buses and make their living from driving dirt roads....get rid of dirt roads and the big boys get all the work.

Cheers

Ah, it must be the 'big boys' who want it sealed then :-)