Cape tribulation Track

Don

How certain are you that there aren't any chicken tracks at Gunshot?

Phil

Definitely no chicken track at Gunshot. Trucks with camper trailers and boats are getting through with no trouble. We went through last week ok.

Got any pics of the chute at Gunshot?

I guess we will find out ourselves on about the 10th or 11th of August. At least all cars have winches, lockers and all the good lifts and tyres.

Thanks again

Phil

Well, apparently there is a track further down but it is worse than the chute and a couple have had some serious recovery jobs on their hands.

As for Pauls comment that trucks with trailers are getting through Gunshot..., well I heard of one in an Ultimate but he flipped it and he, let me tell you, is a complete cowboy. If you respect your vehicle at all, don't do Gunshot, don't care how good you are. I saw a couple of young guys do it in their heavily modified Patrols and even they did some damage.

Hell, I even modified my bloody running board on Canal!! Mistake, Canniball and Palm are all worse than that. According to Roothy, the OTT is the roughest he has ever seen it and I would believe that from my experience.

Hi Don ,, Thank you for your reply ,, I spent some time searching for info this morning , but nothing as informative as what you guys gave me ,, We have decides to go the long way to Cooktown ,, set up camp , and do a day, or two,, trip back down to Cape Tribulation,, without the vans,,,,
Thanking you for your information Flatty

Shouldn't we have this gunshot stuff on another thread, not Cape Trib?
Anyway I thought it was safe and easy, as did the Disco driver with us who did it the day before and the troopy driver who did it later the same day as us.
I spoke to 2 people at Punsand who did it towing campers. Both had no trouble. One in a 100 series and the other in a GQ with 2" lift towing his home made camper. They reckon the camper trailer makes it easier as it is still on the flat at the top and so slows the descent of the truck.

We are going to see before bypassing it altogether. Thanks

Yes I guess its a bit OT.

Phil

How about with a camper trailer?
Have an off road trailer with independent suspension and plenty of clearance.
Towing with a 100 series LC V8.
Or should I drop the trailer at Cooktown and do the run without it?
Regards

Plenty of campers get towed along there - we had a hardfloor Campomatic camper behind our Jackaroo. The road is very good overall, just very steep in places and ground seepage can make those steep spots a little squishy..... still a great drive...... it's fair to say that for anybody not towing, the road would be seen as straight forward. The Creb track is an alternative I'm told - but quite 'tracky' though :-o)..........I haven't been on that one (yet).

Cooktown is past the Bloomfield Track so no point leaving it there. Camper trailers can go all the way to the tip, even doing the OTT, depending on how good the trailer is and how skilled/confident you are.

Yes I agree with Alloy. The upgrades are not so steep coming from the North.
A camper trailer may be OK if you have enough vehicle power but you may still get wheelspin even in 4WD especially after even a shower.

But the Blloomfield is a lovely drive.