Canning stock route

[Yom]

Originally Posted by davidd

leave him go stockbob. no-one will talk sense to this bloke. anything is do-able and he's going todo it alone, camper in tow no matter what anyone says. he knows it all and wants to die young rather than listen to people who know, and take sensible advice. let him go. hey bloke with a camper trailer, a jerry can of water and a couple of jerry cans of fuel you can conquer the world and go where lesser men fear to tread. now i'm out of this thread. cheers.

i reckon he's probably no more than 10 years younger than you.

[DIY]

Never done it but talking to people that have done it in the last few years said it is not what it use to be, can be done fairly eaisly in a stock 4x4.
I know now that you only need 1 permit for a small fee and that covers you on the whole track.
Dont take notice of thoses people that say you cant do something, usually they have no idea, find someone that has done it and that give you some tips on how to do it the way you want to.
It is not a dangerous trip, could turn costly but not dangerous.

[BigfootBushy]

If we all listen to these "wise old men" we would stay home because sure to die if we try to go somewhere.

No where has he said he was treating it as a sunday drive, but simply asked if anyone wanted to join. Or share some feedback. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this part of preparing for a trip.

Camper trailers are not recommended but are regularly towed along the canning. How else can enough fuel and water be carried with some vehicles?

I too am planning a trip to the canning next year. No doubt I will perish too, because I will be using a 28yr old petrol Daihatsu Scat.

[stockobob]

Petrol vehicles can consume as much as four times of what they would normally use & diesel powered twice the usual consumption along the Canning.

A bulk fuel drop in 200 litre drums at Well 23 can be arranged & needs six weeks prior notice. You need your own pump ie the tanami pump to empty the drum.

It is only between Wells 2 to 5 that camper trailers are restricted.

[BigfootBushy]

Originally Posted by stockobob

Petrol vehicles can consume as much as four times of what they would normally use & diesel powered twice the usual consumption along the Canning.

A bulk fuel drop in 200 litre drums at Well 23 can be arranged & needs six weeks prior notice. You need your own pump ie the tanami pump to empty the drum.

It is only between Wells 2 to 5 that camper trailers are restricted.

The last info I found was that the fuel drop at well 23 is not happening any more. Too many poeple having fuel pinched.

[Vman]

There is a JK 4 door from Perth that did it last year. No trailer and a few issues.
They are going again next year with 2 other 4 door Rubicon's and they are already prepping the JK's for this trip. They are not taking this trip lightly! On the last trip among other things the ECU mother board cracked from the corrugation!!
So be ready for anything.


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[humdingerslammer]

Well, gee. Have I stirred up a hornet's nest or what? Anyway, I am still going. Thanks for the advice and comments everyone. I carry a satphone (epirp compatible and programmable) and UHF wherever I am out bush. The trailer is necessary for fuel and to sleep in. It weighs 800kg all up and is nowhere as heavy as the modern camper trailers that are built too much like like a brick shit house and nuclear bomb survive-able, both of which are unnecessary. The fuel dump is again operational. There is no problem with trailers after Well 5 I think it is - via Glendayle station or Gregory Station if towing a trailer.

Yes, I know owners bag JKs as gutless perishables but I have seen every make of toyotas and nissan and ford etc in garages in the outback with things that have busted. Actually, all the troubles I have had with the JK have happened on bitumen roads in the city. Go figure. My JK and trailer and I have travelled some of the roughest and most corrugated roads and have handled them with ease (like the Gibb River Road, across the Gulf of Carpentaria with corrugations at least 8 inches deep for 600 km and as rough as guts and easily the worst I have encountered, and everything the Cape York Road can throw at a vehicle. The Oodnadatta and Tanami tracks as well at a time when they were cut up the worst they have ever been, and this included the Mereenie Loop from King's Canyon to A. Springs. I am happy with and confident in my JK Rubicon Unlimited.

The thing is, I am sure that there are a lot of people who want to do trips but are reluctant to do so because they can't find others of like mind to travel with for all the good reasons for doing so. My post was an invitation for such like minded people to join me if they wanted and to share the experience. It is true that there is safety in numbers but this does not mean that numbers are essential. Yes, I could go with a tagalong tour group and pay upwards of $3500 for the privilege of doing so but why would I? Things in life are not really that difficult or impossible and a good number of tour guides etc I have come across would not know shit from clay.

Back to my original post.....