27-08-2014, 04:04 PM
Glenys
Looks like a good trip. I would suggest a couple of things having driven some of the areas you will be driving. The road from Mt Dare to Dalhousie is the most corrugated road I have ever driven. It was so bad that it broke two mounts on my roof racks that then put a hole in my roof and shook the oil line off the oil filter on another vehicle that almost ended the trip.
Letting tyre pressures down to as low as possible helped but this section had us down to very low speeds as trying to get to the magic speed to ride over was impossible due to the size of the corrugations which were more like moguls at the winter olympics.
The desert is very sparse due to fires that went through there a year or so ago but still well worth the experience and doing.
I am not trying to paint a grim picture as we had a great time but some sections - usually the more traversed ones where persons don't let tyre pressures down and chop up the crest of the bigger softer dunes, can make the going a bit tough.
I am sure you will have a great time. The Trayon will love it. My wife was stuffing jackets and other soft items into the cans and grocery cupboards to stop them shaking around which seemed to help.
Have fun and I look forward to seeing your report
Looks like a good trip. I would suggest a couple of things having driven some of the areas you will be driving. The road from Mt Dare to Dalhousie is the most corrugated road I have ever driven. It was so bad that it broke two mounts on my roof racks that then put a hole in my roof and shook the oil line off the oil filter on another vehicle that almost ended the trip.
Letting tyre pressures down to as low as possible helped but this section had us down to very low speeds as trying to get to the magic speed to ride over was impossible due to the size of the corrugations which were more like moguls at the winter olympics.
The desert is very sparse due to fires that went through there a year or so ago but still well worth the experience and doing.
I am not trying to paint a grim picture as we had a great time but some sections - usually the more traversed ones where persons don't let tyre pressures down and chop up the crest of the bigger softer dunes, can make the going a bit tough.
I am sure you will have a great time. The Trayon will love it. My wife was stuffing jackets and other soft items into the cans and grocery cupboards to stop them shaking around which seemed to help.
Have fun and I look forward to seeing your report