COOPERS ON THE CANNING

Sand dunes on the CSR

Anthony used Cooper STT Tyres (285/75x16) on his heavily laden 80 Series Landcruiser.

Here's what he said about tyres in Australian 4WD Monthly, Issue 49:

"Once off the major roads the sandy dunes of the CSR can become challenging to say the least. Lowering the tyre pressures is the only way you'll get through easily without damage to the tracks or your vehicle. Travelling the CSR will see your vehicle laden with heaps of fuel and food, probably more than you've ever loaded before. This scared people into thinking they can't drop their pressures down. This is evidenced by the chopped up conditions of the dunes and the literal 'runways' on either side. The corrugations formed on the flats are caused by heavy loads and high tyre pressures and unless graded, will get progressively worse with time, making travel very unpleasant.
The right tyre pressures vary greatly depending on vehicle weight, tyre size and weather conditions. When it's hot the sand becomes loose and fine, making travel over the dunes harder. Fully laden my Cruiser weighed in just under the 3500kg mark. For much of the CSR I ran tyre pressures down around 16psi on the front and 20psi on the rear. I changed these at regular intervals because of hot weather and soft sand, with the average pressure being around 22 and 24psi.
The trick to protecting your tyres when they are so low is to keep your speed down and watch where you place your tyres to avoid staking them. Rocks in places are quite sharp but with lower pressures the tyre will mould over the rocks relatively easily. These lower tyre pressures enabled the group to stop at the base of most dunes and walk up in 1st high or 2nd low depending on their fourby."

The following images are from Anthony's trip on the Canning Stock Route. At Cooper Tires, we have the most suitable tyres for outback travel.

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The Central Deserts are a magnificent place to travel	Cable Beach, Broome	Wapet Road leading to Kunnwarritji near Well 33
A flat desert scene along with CSR	Bull dust track near Canning's Cairn - CSR	A remote location along the CSR
Lake Disappointment - CSR	One of Len Beadell's plaques on the Old Gunbarrel Highway	Sand dunes on the CSR
Old Gunbarrel Highway heading towards Warakurna Roadhouse	Sand dunes on the CSR	Wapet Road leading to Kunnwarritji near Well 33

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