As a result of one or two questions on a forum I thought, or rather hoped, it might be useful to see what your intrepid desert explorer would normally carry with him (or her).
This is what I'd carry with me as a minimum for the day. Obviously it'll be the same for more than that but what I've not included is things like the extra water (and compass 'cos I can't for the life of me remember where it is).
Most of the stuff is kept in a recess in the rear floor of the car designed to house the extra seats. I keep it there all the time. The car is a Mitsubishi Pajero which though not an ideal overland vehicle is surprisingly good in sand and yet a comfortable highway cruiser.
If I don't need the 6th and 7th seat I just take them out completely.
The stuff in the first picture I either sling in the back or put on the roof rack depending on circumstances.
So - extra diesel tank which fits in a rack on the outside of the rear door (gives me a total range taking it steady of 900 - 1000km), tarpaulin in a bag, electric cooler for chocolate and sweets (Ok, I suppose I put sandwiches in there and water as well sometimes), metal heavy duty sand mats for recovery, high lift jack (the red long thing) for if I really, really get stuck.
This is what I'd carry with me as a minimum for the day. Obviously it'll be the same for more than that but what I've not included is things like the extra water (and compass 'cos I can't for the life of me remember where it is).
Most of the stuff is kept in a recess in the rear floor of the car designed to house the extra seats. I keep it there all the time. The car is a Mitsubishi Pajero which though not an ideal overland vehicle is surprisingly good in sand and yet a comfortable highway cruiser.
If I don't need the 6th and 7th seat I just take them out completely.
The stuff in the first picture I either sling in the back or put on the roof rack depending on circumstances.
So - extra diesel tank which fits in a rack on the outside of the rear door (gives me a total range taking it steady of 900 - 1000km), tarpaulin in a bag, electric cooler for chocolate and sweets (Ok, I suppose I put sandwiches in there and water as well sometimes), metal heavy duty sand mats for recovery, high lift jack (the red long thing) for if I really, really get stuck.
Inside the back door are two fire extinguishers, good first aid kit, small camping light, various tie down straps and bungees, odd bits and bobs.
Two pictures of what I normally have under where the fold down seat fits in the rear floor.
Too much to mention really but - folding shovel, normal shovel (actually that goes on the roof), sod off big compressor for pumping up my tyres (in soft sand let them down), spare small compressor, foot pump (belt and braces approach, why have one of something when you can fit three in), spare fan belts, oil and fuel filters, radiator leak repairer, bits of pipe, nuts and bolts, tools and more tools (note the orange IKEA tools as well as the proper heavy duty well used ones!), warning triangle for when on the road, smaller first aid kit, towing cable x 2, the orange square thing is the stand for the high lift jack, two hydraulic jacks and the normal manufactures jack which isn't very good (three again!), glue and bits and bobs, GPS, map, tyre pressure gauge (normally those are in the front of the car), a couple of torches, and, err, can't remember, just other small stuff that I seem to accumulate. I work on the rule that if I haven't got it, I'll need it and if I have one of them I might as well carry at least a couple to be sure. It's a bit like it never rains when you take your umbrella but as soon as you leave it at home.......
Too much to mention really but - folding shovel, normal shovel (actually that goes on the roof), sod off big compressor for pumping up my tyres (in soft sand let them down), spare small compressor, foot pump (belt and braces approach, why have one of something when you can fit three in), spare fan belts, oil and fuel filters, radiator leak repairer, bits of pipe, nuts and bolts, tools and more tools (note the orange IKEA tools as well as the proper heavy duty well used ones!), warning triangle for when on the road, smaller first aid kit, towing cable x 2, the orange square thing is the stand for the high lift jack, two hydraulic jacks and the normal manufactures jack which isn't very good (three again!), glue and bits and bobs, GPS, map, tyre pressure gauge (normally those are in the front of the car), a couple of torches, and, err, can't remember, just other small stuff that I seem to accumulate. I work on the rule that if I haven't got it, I'll need it and if I have one of them I might as well carry at least a couple to be sure. It's a bit like it never rains when you take your umbrella but as soon as you leave it at home.......
Out near Siwa on the way to Bir Wahid -