Great central Road info requiered please

We went through the road on 24-26 Jan and although we had 2 blowouts, the road was in excellent condition.
The only mildly rough section was from Giles to Docker River.

Hi Pilbara Echo,
Just for curiosity, do you know how you had the 2 blow outs? Was it speed and tyre pressure related? We have travelled it a good number of times and the first thing that I do is drop the tyre pressure to 24psi and have never (touch wood) had any tyre trouble on the GCR. Like you mention, the area around Warakurna is usually the worst.

Cheers

Stephen

Hi Pilbara Echo,
Just for curiosity, do you know how you had the 2 blow outs? Was it speed and tyre pressure related? We have travelled it a good number of times and the first thing that I do is drop the tyre pressure to 24psi and have never (touch wood) had any tyre trouble on the GCR. Like you mention, the area around Warakurna is usually the worst.

Cheers

Stephen

Hi Stephen,

I think it was a combination of things:
We purchased the vehicle in Melbourne only a few days before the trip, and I would really like to have bought some decent tyres before we left, especially considering we live in the Pilbara!.

The tyre that blew already had a small leak prior to getting to the GCR.
The other was caused by a puncture around Warakurna.

Speed - on about 70-80km/h max
Pressure - about 38psi.

So I suppose next time we make sure we take good rubber, as we've learnt our lesson!