Silly question, but could it be done?

I would imagine the light weight of the buggy would have been a huge help.

Plus having engine in the rear, as all VW beach buggies do or did.

Yes well, he's not going to embarrass himself on telly is he??

Suppose so. Bet my Ford Ranger is more reliable than his Patrol.

nickoff,

I have not seen the Pat Callinan's show on the CSR, only driven the CSR 5 times over the past 5 years and there is no way that the tracks, despite what you have seen on TV, are that easy.

Have a look at the image at the bottom of this reply. It is of a dune on the CSR and the sand is very soft.


Wayne

This highlights the danger of TV shows like Pat Callinan's . At least nickoff had the good sense to ask about the idea.

I wonder if others may just take of and give it a go anyway, in the processes getting themselves in trouble.

The big thing we should all remember is that shows like this have heaps of backup and all the gear at their disposal.

There's nothing special about what he or any of the others on Telly do. It is a TV production. The ones I feel sorry for are the crew carting all the gear around to get the "Good Shot"

The "Show" only showed the bottom part of the CSR, The rest will be on next week.

The whole series has already been on TV - these are just repeats.

nickoff, you were not alone in your observations. I said to the handbrake that we have dragged our caravan through heaps worse than that. I am not suggesting I would take the van on the CSR though hehehehe and I am sure there is more interesting sections to come in next weeks show.

Cheers, Trevor.

Wouldn't you deflate 2wd tyres the same as for a 4wd for those conditions?

hi racinrob
back in the 50's the back tracks hardly ever saw a vehicle so they would have been more compacted
not cut up constantly as they are today
cheers

Honest question - how do corrugations make it harder for a 2WD?

Off-track

Corrugations make it harder for all vehicles of all shapes and sizes and all number of driven wheels. A vehicle that could get through a track without corrugations will find it a lot harder on a badly corrugated track on similar terrain.

There are a lot of readers who would never have been into the sandy deserts and would think corrugations are nothing much based on their experience on formed dirt roads. I must say I was a bit like that too not so long ago. I had heard of the similar corrugations in the Simpson desert and thought "how can sand get corrugations?" saw pictures that showed them and went on to really believe when I drove over them. The pictures I have seen of the Canning corrugations are very similar to the Simpson desert corrugations.

Sometimes they are so big they are more like waves in the sand than what people would normally think of as corrugations, particularly crossing a sand dune on the approach and descent. They make it hard to maintain steady momentum when cresting a dune and can cause a lot of bouncing and pitching. The wheels not in contact with the ground can not help maintain momentum. A 4X4 has twice as many powered wheels than a 2WD and is less affected.

The corrugations hammer the vehicle mercilessly and usually manage to break something sooner or later.

The sand has stories to tell. Sometimes you can see where someone has gone much too fast up a dune causing scalloping and then you can see where they touch down hard on the other side. I have often wondered how many impacts a front diff can take on sand before breaking.

Flynnie

Aah, yes. I was thinking of hard packed corrugations as opposed to sand. Good point.

Off-track,

There are plenty of them as well on the CSR, especially just North and South of well 33 and that was in 2005, they would be worse now (much more traffic).

Mike.

Thank you all for you reply's and considered input. As I said, was only and idea. Idea discarded. Ho Hum. Find something else to try....


Cheers, Nick.