Do I need to take tyre levers?

I've given up taking a beadbreaker. Highlift jack or carjack does the same job if needed. I'd still take the tyre irons, but we haven't needed to use them in anger for years. Plugs are great, but it can take a little practice to use them well.

Its pretty rare to get a puncture on the common tracks in the Simpson Desert. More common on the tracks leading to and from the desert.

Gday,
Murphy's Law Mate!
If ya dont take them now, youll need them.

Cheers

Nah ya don't have to take 'em

There is a big BP Servo right on the corner of the French Line and Knolls Track and another smaller servo a few km west of Purni Bore. Both have bead breakers and tyre repair facilities.





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Idiot question!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I presume you have tubeless tyres ?

I'd say Dave that with 6 good tyres including 2 complete spares & a plug kit you would be well covered. As Phil has mentioned most serious tyre damage occurs to & from the desert so despite Willem's sarcasm you would in that case have Innamincka, Birdsville & Oodnadatta to get repairs done. The chance of destroying 3 tyres on that route when driving sensibly that couldn't be fixed using plugs would be highly unlikely. To put it in context I have destroyed only 4 tyres in 25 years that couldn't be plugged!
On the desert crossing itself it would be near impossible to wreck a tyre in the sand that couldn't be plugged. I'm yet to a single flat tyre in any group I've travelled with on the main Simpson Desert routes despite 9 crossings & that has included convoys up to 25.
I know allot of people that travel central Oz with the 2 spares & wouldn't have a clue how to take a tyre off the rim. Many would be surprised at the numbers that travel that way.
To save weight now on all but the most remote trips I run with just a single spare but carry the full repair kit, tubes & patches etc.
Cheers Craig................

The only reason you would need levers is in the case you had totally destroyed2 tyre and your 6th spare had major damge.
not fixable by plug
In this case you would need to back your levers up with BIG patches for tyres - the kind that will cover a substantial sidewall rip 2 inches pluss along with special cement rather than vulcanising glue and also a tube or 2
bottom line if you have 6 wheels and plugs by the time you reach for the levers it is because you are in deep pooo

We go out by ourselves a fair bit so I bought an r&r beadbreaker kit so that I could do a repair if needed. Despite our local tyre repair guy telling me I would never get the tyre off and on the rims on my LC100, I did it first time in about 30 minutes - too easy. I figure that for something that weighs about 8 kg and doesn't take up too much room it is pretty good insurance.

Dave if you do get the R & R Beadbreaker practice a few times before leaving home. I've done it a few times and I struggle with it. Set my lap top up next to me and watch the instructional DVD as I go. With more practice I won't need to keep watching the DVD.
Also make sure that your compressor will reset your tyres from flat. Many won't.