Canning Stock Route conquered!

[BeagleCamper]

Brag time - last month travelled the Canning Stock Route in our trusty KJ CRD, passing 210,000 km on trip. Challenging endless corrigations, but traversed the dunes with ease. Not surprisingly ours was the only Jeep (of any type) we saw. The only mechanical issue was chewing out both upper control arm/ boomerang bushes - despite these being replaced pre - trip.
We carried 120 litres extra diesel (200 L in total) as 980 km desert travel between fuel points - used 160 L so happy with 16l/100km for the conditions.
Returned to Melbourne via the Simpson Desert as we had enough time not to Black top it straight home - our KJ’s third Simpson crossing.
Hugely impressed by this car!
Like many on this forum, we love our KJ & are impressed by its abilities, but with its increasing age & our want to continue remote travel, when do we make the tough decision to move on & what to? For now, the KJ stays.

[cmohr]

Sounds like an awesome trip, You have to watch the brand of bushes people are getting for these, I know a bunch of "Crown" branded stuff I bought a few years ago, lasted 2 weeks of city driving. Best to always see what brand people are suppling.

I just had those bushes and balljoint replaced in my 2006, and the right side upper rear control arm bush has come out of the boomerang, not propoer fittment I'm thinking, or, the bush was not the correct size.

anyways looks like a great trip, these KJ's just go and go.

cmohr