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Rescue Equipment
 

High lift jack (Used lots and lots!)	2 x Sand Ladders (Used)	Spade (Used)
Axe (Used)	Big Bow Saw (Used)	Chains (Snow) ok for some mud
4 Ton strop (Used lots!)	3 Ton tow rope (Used lots)	D and Bow Shackles (Used)
2 x Fire extinguishers	Wading kit

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Truck Modifications

Glad to have done all of them and will do more. Most importantly a snorkel.

Front Bull Bar

Front and Rear Differential Protectors

Steering mechanism protection

High lift jack points front and rear

Light crash protectors

Roof rack - Steel, with long runners for the roof gutters.

Aluminum mesh over radiator

Double shocks and heavy duty springs per wheel

Transfer breather hole extended to under bonnet

Front seat covers

Florescent light mounted in the rear compartment

Rear 40% seat removed (one left in for a guide if needed)

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First Aid Kit

Used most of these

Adhesive Tape	Gauze Swabs	Non adhesive Dressing
Safety Pins	Bandages	Steri-strips (paper stitches)
Broad Spectrum Antibiotic	Plasters	Strip Plaster
Antiseptic Cream	Antiseptic Spray	Anti-histamine Cream
Anti-histamine Tablets	Antibiotic Cream	Imodium
Valoid	Calamine Lotion	Eye Drops
Cold and Flu Tablets	Throat Lozenges	Cough Mixture
Multivitamins	Oral Rehydration tablets	Painkillers
Eye Bath	Dettol/Miltons	Insect Repellent
Sunscreen	Lip Ice	Water Purification Tablets
Scissors	Thermometer	Tweezers
Cold/Hot Compress	Voltarin Gel	Fungicidal Cream
Space Blanket

We are also taking some sterile equipment - various size needles and syringes, sutures with local anesthetic and drip sets to cater for possible emergencies which need professional medical attention. When Scott got ill in Ethiopia and needed 3 injections per day for 7 days (administered by Renee) we were able to buy fully sealed items.

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Tools

I used all of these.

Large pliers	Grease gun	Screwdriver set
Jewelers screwdrivers	Small long nose pliers	Small wire cutters
Hack saw and blades	Mallet	Small hammer
Electrical tape	Duct tape	Zip ties
Silicon sealant	Wire cutters	Large long nose pliers
Small water pump pliers	Large water pump pliers	Stanley knife and blades
Scalpel and blades	5m tape measure	Work gloves
Flat file	Round file	Tyre Levers
String	Rope	Diesel funnel
WD 40	2 x Warning triangles	Bow saw and blades
Wire	Hand cleaner	Lock jaw pliers
Allan key set	Brake bleed tube	Wire brush
Large adjustable wrench	Small adjustable wrench	Multitool spanner
Electrical screwdriver	Various glues
Filter removal spanner	Car workshop manual

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Camping Equipment

All used many times.

Large "Bow" tent	Spare ground sheet	Primus multifuel stove
Gas stove	Gas light	12 V fluorescent light on a long (10m) lead.
Camping table	Camping chairs	2 x mattress for camping
Wash Line and Pegs	Mosquito net	Stove wind shelter
2 medium pots	1 frying pan	4 sets of cutlery
Various cooking implements	1 kettle	2 x sleeping bags
2 x pillows	1 under sheet	1 over sheet
Cooking grid	Solar shower	2 x 25 liter water containers
Washing up bowl	Clothes washing bucket

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Trekking Equipment

We like to trek and had some plans for Kilimanjaro too. This is why we added this section.

We used most of this in the Simiens Mountains in Ethiopia. It was FRRRRREEZING.
Per Person

Mountain boots	Gaiters	Water proof trekking pants
Fleece jacket	Gore Tex mountain jacket	Thermal under wear
Fleece gloves	Outer gloves	Trekking mattress
Head torch	2 x water bottles	Back pack cover
Back packs

For both of us

Trekking tent	Trekking stove	Lightweight cook ware
Dehydrated meals	Ground sheet (bright red)

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Packing is a major pain and is done over and over again even before we begin. Our main packing is done in metal trunks, with things like the mattresses, clothes bags, and other bits lashed on top of them. We have three types of metal trunks, with a total of six, as follows (all trunks are padlocked) :
 

3 of - 685mm(L) x 330mm(H) x 330mm(W)

2 of - 660mm(L) x 320mm(H) x 370mm(W)

1 of - 535mm(L) x 290mm(H) x 290mm(W)

Clothes are packed into two "tog" or "sport" bags, one each. First aid kit is in a pretty neat bag which is 260mm(L) x 160mm(H) x 330mm(W) and is full, with the sterile equipment being kept in one of the metal trunks.

The tents are in bags of their own. The "bow" tent is pretty heavy (33kgs) and is strapped on top of the boxes, the trekking tent is light and small and at this time goes where it fits. The "bow" tent poles are in a bag on their own and this goes on the roof rack.

On the roof rack is (every thing is padlocked on) :
 

10 x jerry cans (6 to the front and 4 to the center)

1 x complete spare wheel fixed to the center right.

2 x water containers.

Tent Poles.

Spade strapped to the back.

Sand ladders strapped to each side.

High lift jack strapped to the front.

(this is what makes it look like an overland vehicle)