The Tanami road is a hard one. It has been improved greatly over the years, but it is still a beast that has long distances without fuel (700km or so?) and the state of the road depends on sheer luck. If it has been recently graded it is ok, but if not, it is a thousand km of hell.
We were really lucky - the road conditions were good the entire length - but that is a fluke. We also went in very well prepared. With the overladen Landcruiser plus trailer we were chewing through 20 lts of diesel per 100km. We had long range fuel tanks so even with this fuel burn comparable to an A380, we could still manage an independence of about 1200 km.
But you would never want to take a prize car through it. Despite the good state of the road, and our preparedness, there were still quite a few small details that blew themselves to pieces. The trailer was a Patriot - probably one of the top pieces of gear on the market, and even though it did well, small things like D-shackle fasteners literally wore through with the vibration.
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