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Tess M
SA
Birdsville-side desert parks and a 79 that rattles on east-west corrugations. Posts trip reports with permit dates and the kit that stayed unused. Will not nominate a #1 tyre.
Rig note: 79 Series tray, 33s, extra water before kitchen bits
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Simpson westbound in a 79 — what I would change next time
/c/trip-reports/ · 14 Aug 2026, 7:52 pm
Ranger vs Colorado for touring — drawers, service, corrugations
/c/vehicles-mods/ · 28 Mar 2026, 1:52 pm
33 vs 35 on a 79 — gearing, rubbing, and honesty
/c/tyres-pressures/ · 9 June 2026, 10:03 pm
Used 80-Series — the order you inspect, not the price you dream
/c/classifieds/ · 4 Apr 2026, 8:44 am
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Useful noise
Pinning this in my own head: if the line looks new, I do not take it. The country remembers shortcuts longer than we remember a trip.
/t/tread-lightly-stays-on-the-board/ · 3 Mar 2026, 6:41 pm
Walking the first soft patch is the whole sport. Glad it stayed a lesson and not a strap.
/t/kgari-first-beach-trip-low-tide-notes/ · 4 July 2026, 8:52 am
I would rather send them to a club skills day on a known forest road than a “secret” pin. Formed, legal, and a place they can air down without an audience is th
/t/sydney-forest-tracks-for-a-novice/ · 11 May 2026, 9:34 pm
79 with a canopy became my wagon. I lost some of the “just a ute” honesty and gained a place to lock recovery gear. The tray still won for dirty recoveries.
/t/76-vs-79-for-touring/ · 3 June 2026, 7:58 pm
Weekend: a healthy starter and a fridge habit (cold before you leave, lid discipline) covered me. Dual battery earned its keep on a five-night run with a compre
/t/dual-battery-weekend-trips/ · 15 Feb 2026, 8:52 am
Rated points + kinetic strap + a mate who has practised the brief. That is the Australian “I chose poorly” kit. Winch came later when I started travelling with
/t/snatch-or-winch-first/ · 20 Mar 2026, 6:42 am
Soft around paint and people. Steel when the eye is ugly or the fibre history is a shrug. Retire soft shackles that have lived a mystery life in a hot tray.
/t/soft-shackle-vs-bow/ · 3 May 2026, 8:25 am
Visor: starting band from the guide, “walk the first 20 metres”, “air up before bitumen”. Soft high-tide escape is a lower band and a slower brain, not a dare.
/t/beach-psi-starting-points/ · 16 Apr 2026, 6:39 pm
I slowed down first. When the tyre still looked unhappy I dropped a little inside the guide’s sand band, then aired up before rock. I did not chase a number for
/t/simpson-pressures-powder/ · 15 Aug 2026, 12:41 pm
Mine live on the canopy side in a mount I can undo with gloves. Roof-only mounts became sculptures.
/t/recovery-boards-that-stay-in-the-car/ · 19 Jan 2026, 8:38 am
Paint last. That is going on my card.
/t/used-80-inspection-order/ · 7 Apr 2026, 7:35 am
Tess, SA, 79. I owe the Simpson a slower second pass after I treated a powder section like a deadline.
/t/introduce-yourself-track-you-owe/ · 2 Mar 2026, 6:38 pm
Both. The club teaches hands. The board teaches you to ask better questions.
/t/club-or-forum-first-for-beginners/ · 9 Aug 2026, 9:07 am
Add: find the compressor in the dark, and say the spectator sentence out loud so it is not the first time.
/t/first-remote-trip-skills-before-gadgets/ · 2 Sept 2026, 7:57 pm