Friday, Dec 10, 2010 at 16:17
A WDH is a Weight distribution hitch and may or may not be able to be used on your vehicle.
As for fuel get a head wind in the west and fuel consumption can double from what we have suggested.
It does blow Its not the windsurfing capital of Aussie for fun.
We were coming back up to
Norseman from
Esperance and the side wind was so bad it pulled the van and the rear of the car across bad enough to scrub the inside of one tyre on the inside and the opposite one on the outside.
Head winds on the Nullarbor can be a real experience as
well
I would say 300k a tank would be very marginal in some
places even keeping speeds at no more than 90kph
Prices at roadhouses will make you cry .
We have a 145litre capacity and even then carried 40 L extra. $1.85 for diesel at
Wycliffe Well and
Erldunda
With your weights and lack of room it will be difficult.
lots of
places well over $1.40 $1.64-70 in
places.
We tried to get between larger or in fact any town without filling at roadhouses.
Eg
Coober Pedy to
Erldunda is about 500k Only roadhouses in between We made it with a bit to spare.
We did 55,000k and I reckon we spent $12,500 on fuel alone The trip cost AT LEAST $1 per K in total , stayed in van parks every night though.
That was for 2 only. Sightseeing some days we did in excess of 500k at
Geraldton looking for
wildflowers and at Kalgoorlie looking for ???? but we did it.
I would think long periods in a small vehicle will make for a most unpleasant trip and unnecessary worry as to loadings of both vehicles. Some thinking for you but a larger vehicle would be much better and safer.
Just my thoughts but others will no doubt rubbish this.
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