The Simpson, aussie super springs and other gear

Just returned from a Simpson Desert crossing with the Simpson Desert Bike Challenge. Great bunch of people doing a wonderful job to raise money for Paraplegics. Also an excellent way to do some 4WDing. We were carrying a lot of weightas we needed plenty of water for a pushbike rider, therefore also more gear as we took longer to get across staying with the bikes. This provided a real test of the Aussie Super springs TJM talked me into adding to the shackle spring set up on the rear of my 60 series cruiser instead of polyairs. They worked beautifully, handling the load, the corrugations and the dunes smoothly. Vehicle handling much improved as well. The drive was more comfortable than last years in a hired standard 100 series where clearly the vehicle was struggling with the weight.
I also have an auto lokka fitted at the front. This was a blessing on sand dunes where the looka was in use on twisting tracks and didn't need to be turned on and off at every bend.
Not sure whether I used the right tyres or not. Sumitomo MT Serangetti's. Just happened to have them so put them on rather than my new set of Kellys. Last year we had masses of mud and the outlook for weather this year was a bit dodgy. The Sumitomos, running at about 24psi in the desert, seemed fine. Can't find any evidence of chipped lugs from the gibber sections either.
Do it.