Alice to Oodnadatta

Thanks Brian, Sorry we missed you the morning you left at the Muster, I was walking up to see you and you were driving out the gate,hope to catch up again soon. Did you leave BT inside the fence and drive into Chambers pillar, that's what we will do, will be to heavy for the sand dunes. Is there any dunes from Finke to Dalhousie? did you go Charlotte waters, Mt Dare to Dalhousie, hope you see this today, Monday as we will be heading off from Alice later today or in morning, Regards, Eric & Gail

Thanks Neil & Pat
Isn't it great to get all this info from fellow members, would have been a bit hesitant to tackle the tracks south of Finke, I thought it may have been sand dune country, too much weight for that in a 21ft BT and F250 loaded to the rafters. Came across the Plenty with BT tyers at 30psi hot and F250 at 50psi F250 is about 4,600kg all up with BT on the back and Gail & I in it, I run them at 65psi on the black top. Is there anyone running F250 tyres with this weight any less than 50psi, what weight is the Landcruiser all up, might try the F250 tyres a little less. Sounds like we will have an interesting trip, will leave Alice in the morning, so will keep checking BOG site untill we go, guess there is no Next G range along the way.
Regards
Eric & Gail

Hi Eric & Gail,
Not sure what you sould be running in the 250, i know that we are around 4.5 legal and our GMC says that we need an E rated tyre with 80PSI cold, would have thought that your truck would have been the same or there abouts, hard to find a good tyre that will take 80psi cold here in Aussie, BFG will only do 65psi we ended up with MT FC 2 that have 1550kg rating , in the states you can get the BFG but not here in Aussie. I would not be dropping mine to 30psi with 4.5 tonne truck.
Regards

Hi Brian,
What brand and size tyre are you running on the truck and van

We have Goodyear wranglers (Silent Armour) with a kevlar band around them. They have been on for about 10 to 15,000 ks and I am very happy with them.

I have 285 by 16" tyres but I cannot get any more details off them as we are 2000 km away from home where the truck is at the moment.

Brian

Our F250 runs 48 - 50 psi and Van 40psi on the bitumen, I drop to 35 & 28 psi when on the dirt.

Tyres on the Van are the 265x16 Wranglers RT/S off the Truck when it was new, they are wearing extremely well. Too bloody well as i want to go 285 next. LOL

Tyres on the F250 are 285x16 Cooper STT and though we have had no punctures nor chipping they have performed extremely well in the muddy black soil country of FNQ they seem to be wearing down quickly on the bitumen. We did have issues getting them balanced correctly also, my head says next time try something else.

Gail and I are back home on the Gold Coast after our trip to Alice Springs via Boulia and Plenty highway, then on down the Old Gahn railway track to Chambers Pillar, Finke, Mt Dare, Delhousie Springs, Oodnadatta, Cooba Peedy, Eyre peninsula then back through NSW to Qld. I would like to thank all BOG members, Noosa Fox, Bushtucker man,Boystoy,44,Nik N Off and Black Cobra for there advice on track conditions, points of interest and tyre pressures. All of this advice was most welcome, particularly tyre pressures as we did not have one puncture on the whole trip, which says a lot for low tyre pressures on those horror tracks, this is our third BT but I have never let our pressures down as far before, probably explains why I have had more damage to items from the vibrations before. I ran BT tyres at 25 PSI cold and F250 with GVM weight of around 4600kg at 35PSI cold, just wasn't game to come down to the 30PSI that you are running Noosa Fox, but then your truck is a bit lighter than mine, guess I just carry too much. i have had my GVM increased to 4,490 kg so I am only over when i have all my extra jerry cans of fuel full. Some days I did not average 20KPH which is very boring but its that or lots of damage to the rig, once again thanks and will now start to get rig ready for Tassie after Xmas, we will be there for Jan and Feb so hope to see some of you down there, anyone know the cost of the ship for BT and Truck
Eric and Gail