Essential equip for touring Oz

A decent shovel is often handy.
Cheers

Anthony,

have you checked out the articles on the EO website. They are accessible by the "Articles" tag above. here's the link to Recovery gear.

(It also covers spares and essentials to carry etc)

Cheers Mick.

G'day Anthony

I would make sure you have some form of good communications as well...

Cheers.....Borgy

Hi Anthony,

I you have not already done so, suggest do a decent 4WD course - one that teaches you how to avoid getting into a situation from where you might need recovery. It would also teach you about recovery techniques, such as letting down tyre pressure to drive out of a sticky spot, using rated shackles, how to safely use a snatch strap and so on.

Have a wonderful trip.

Cheers,

Val

UHF radio and as mentioned a shovel.
I carry spare tubes also. That way if you get a stake too big for a leather strip you can limp to the next servo/town on it if the other tyre is also gone.
I think you have the rest covered :)

GDay Anthony,

Make that spade that someone suggested, a long handled one. Very hard to get the sand out from the underbelly of the vehicle when your stuck fast if its too short.

Also a worthwhile addition to your tyre repair kit is a bead breaker (I have used a jack however). A tube if you have tubless tyres & can not get the tyre bead to reseat on the rims is essential.
There have been some "interesting" methods of reseating a tubeless tyre on the bead that I have seen on the internet lately but they are not exactly safe!

Cheers
Stu

Hi

Can't go wrong with a set of Maxtrax. Great for self recovery.

Cheers Teza

First Aid kit of course.

Other things like vehicle-specific tools, ie imperial tools aren't required on Jap vehicles, even metric sizes like 11, 15mm aren't used either (I'm pretty sure).

Also, spare belts, rad/fuel/heater hoses.

I know some people carry spares of everything including the kitchen sink (shock, wheel bearings etc) but then you'll need a trailer just for the spares.

Hi,
A travel diary, good camera ,serving tray (necessary at happy hour)
Enjoy your trip.
Mike.

Sorry Michael P, not having a go at your post. Hit follow up instead of post reply. Drrrrrrrr

Cheers
Simon.

The first thing is to set out to enjoy yourself. If you are travelling with a family try to keep out of trouble. I have never, ever, carried recovery equipment. Just a small shovel which has more uses than digging out of bogs.
Good pair of shoes/boots is handy so that if you go somewhere where it looks a bit grim, walk over the ground and make a decision on whether you can make it.
Live by the adage that mother told her daughter. If in doubt dont do it.
Things to take? CASH!!! Cash talks louder than credit cards. I rarely use mine. Cash will often get you a discount.
Have fun and talk to the people who are coming towards you. They have had the experince.

Hi Anthony

Some really great suggestions above. I do hope you mean a 25' van as opposed to a 25" van, but thanks for the giggle at the typo. May I suggest that with a van of that size, you seriously consider not taking it off sealed roads, as stones flicking up have a lot more area to strike and do damage that will be unseen unless you physically check.

Thed most important thing that you are going to need, you obviously already have because you sought advice, and that my friend is common sense. If you are not sure about an area that you are about to go through, walk through it first, stage by stage, remebering that the narrower it is, the harder it is going to be to turn around.

If you are intent on going off road, take a base plate for your jack, as jacks can quickly sink into sand and soft dirt, and you could consider a Tyre Pressure Montioring System, to allow you to know when your tyre are getting inflated from travelling, and saving yourself from heat blowouts.

You have a great trip, and enjoy this wonderful country.

Cheers

Well I took the following for our years trip.

An HF radio a Satfone a UHF
2 spare wheels plus two tubes
Set of belts
set of radiator hoses and coolant
Trolley Jack
full set of tools
quite a selection of fuses and wiring
a Compressor
An Electric rattle gun
Spare tubes for the van and two spare wheels
A shovel ,snatch strap and extension.
2 fuel Jerry cans 1 water jerry can.
Also fitted set of tyre monitors ( best thing since sliced bread)

Only had two tyres go, both in the van no punctures in car
Never used the HF so sold it halfway, used Satfone once
Out of all the rest only the Jerry cans and UHF got used.

Maybe we were lucky but thats how it was.