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Angola: I've never seen anyone driving LCs over boulders for the h**l of it - we used them for getting from A to B, on what could be tough roads, but (land mines permitting) would always take the easiest route. In that part of the world breaking something by pushing the vehicle too hard is to...

Unfortunately no personal experience, however I will say that I have seen very (very) few Hummers out and about, outside cities - a few in North America, none at all outside North America. I'd be careful in terms of service/maintenance/spares accessibility if you go outside NA.

Many thanks to all who have replied - it's helpful to hear your experience. Summary so far: - Carry a repair kit and compressor, consider carrying tubes (in which case also tyre levers etc.). Note from experience - carry a lot more "jerky" than you think you need, because you'll end up...

Overall it works out at 3 punctures with inadequate tyres in around 10,000 km (one a total loss), and 5 punctures in 240,000 km (one a total loss, one replaced for peace of mind). For comparison, we rented aa 4x4 in Uganda once and the tyres were in terrible shape, I think we had 5 punctures in...

The only concern was that we now had no spare, and had a couple of hundred km to get to a village, on a road which had already given us two punctures. Hence the decision on the next "big trip" to take two spares; on that trip we had no punctures at all. On the following "big trip" we started...

My uncle (who was in the aviation business) put two used seats from a light aircraft into a Ford Station Wagon, many years ago.

Good point - in Brazil protection of the local tyre industry means that if you can find ATs they are not cheap (USD 2500 for a set of four, 12 years ago!).

Thank you. Good advice! Yes, as you say, one could save an hour. On the other hand a second spare adds mass, affects CoG (not much, I know), and costs money.

Great advice, and thanks for sharing.

- also part of my search for understanding. On trips in the last decade(ish) we have experienced two punctures in Canada, one in Australia (with one of these three unrepairable) so 3 punctures per 100,000 km (more or less) in what most would consider the "first world" (all with good ATs). In...

Good question - I guess the intention of the thread is to judge whether a second spare is necessary. I can see that a tube would proveide a "plan C" in the event of two destroyed tyres with only one spare. The corollary is, of course, the need to have the tools and know-how to install the tube...

Yes, this is a good starting point. I'm probably over-cautious with tyres - we had two punctures on the same tyre last year, one northbound on the Dempster, then other southbound about a week later. We replaced the tyre when we reached the next town with a tyre dealer - probably unnecessary, but...

The worst we've experienced was two punctures in 13 km, on an unsurfaced "road" in Bolivia - we repaired the first and 13 km later another was destroyed, so we had to use the spare (all this in 42 deg C!).

Thanks - this is good insight. I know that one of the concerns in the African bush is tree stumps concealed in undergrowth, momentum can take you for enough to destroy both tyres on one side of the vehicle. Hasn't happedn to us (so far...).

hmm - so, check the wiring from the coil to each plug, I suggest.

I misread the posts and thought that you'd already replaced the cap, so yes - cap AND wiring.

Try replacing the wiring from the distributor cap to the plugs. You may have done this already, and I guess the distributor may have come with new wiring in which case ignore this.

Good thought - we never haul a trailer so had not thought of this, although we don't plan to do so in future so not really relevant to our situation. The point thought was to learn for others, so this is helpful.

PS: - I've reached that opinion, however want to challenge my conclusion - it's always good to listen to others.

Great - thank you!