Doing Gibb River Road with slide-on camper
Submitted: Saturday, Apr 16, 2011 at 20:42
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Brian and Julie M
Hi, we are doing the
Gibb River Road this year with our slide-on camper and Mazda 4 wheel drive. Does anyone have any pros and cons with this type of camper. We did the
Birdsville track in 2009 without any problems but we think this might be a bit tougher.
Reply By: Navara Navvy - Saturday, Apr 16, 2011 at 20:54
Saturday, Apr 16, 2011 at 20:54
We travelled from
Wiluna across the Gunbarrel to
Warburton and then down the Connie Sue where we struck heavy rain outside
Rawlinna and atrocious road conditions. All this was with a Navarra 3.0l ute and a Traymate camper. Whilst our travelling companions suffered from cold, wet and boggy conditions we were not stressed at all and the camper allowed us to tackle some extreme conditions to rescue bogged vehicles and then have peaceful nights sleep up out of the wet.
I do admit that we have air bags and a 2" lift with mildly up rated springs and shocks running Cooper tyres. My advice is keep an eye on your tyre pressures and adjust them for the conditions and you will have a great trip.
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