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I agree completely, however do this after about 50-100 Km or so (obviously somewhere safe). If the nuts are not properly tight/seated then they can start becoming loose quickly.

We check ours every Tuesday as part of the daily check. Some recollections: Many years ago we stopped in the Kalahari when we saw a disconsolate driver with one wheel off his vehicle. The wheel nuts had become loose, come off, and disappeared into the bush. He was stuck since now he had "no...

Two more comments: 1) building on prior posts, having radio comms with others in two or more vehicles is handy, although not essential. We carried, and used, a pair of hand held UHF radios for years, although we travel on our own most of the time, so that we can use them on the occasions we do...

Skippy, Skippy - at a guess

We took them around Australia for ten months and they were like knew after the trip. We’ve been using them daily since then, at home (a year and a quarter (pandemic)), and one is now missing the tip of the blade (dropped on a tiled floor at a guess). They’re all still as sharp as when new...

We have three ceramic knives - light and always sharp.

My 404 in the Kalahari - not a good photo however it was a long time ago... added a potable water tank and welded up the cracks around the tailgate opening... nothing else.

Looks great! Memories of the year before lockdown - 10 months around Australia.

Couldn't resist - here are another "big five", four taken from our vehicle, one from a friends' vehicle (we're behind the lion):

ARB on the back, Dobinson's on the side (rear awning not extended in this photo).

Which for some reason reminds me of travelling in Southern Alberta one winter in - 40 C in a Fiat X-1/9...

Looks great! I suspect we won't be able to fit a bed inside - maybe we'll need to sleep standing up and poking through a sun-roof...

We have a shower bag - fill it with water, hang it from a tree branch (if no trees, then put out the side awning and hang it from that), open the tap - shower - simple.

Also fuel - we can get more or less anywhere we want now (in terms of the vehicle, not the pandemic) so spending it on doing so makes more sense than more kit. If it has to be "gear" then I suppose that a bigger solar panel would be the answer.

This is the key point. Destroying two tyres beyond repair is very, very, unlikely. I thought I'd add some more information and explain why we now don't now carry a second spare. On this type of trip our experience is three "big trips" and lots of shorter trips (anything from a weekend to a...

If the picture is of your vehicle then it looks as if the tyre on the ground is HT, so your first step is to change to ATs - which you have done. The next question, as others have asked, is whether you need a second spare? After 3 "big trips" South America, Africa, Australia (139,000 Km in a...

Hi and welcome! I hope I can learn from your experience. Do you have a website, blog, or other site?

I guess that my question was poorly worded, I should have asked: How big a concern is...

How big a concern is this, really? One thing is to worry about insecurity, however is there evidence that this is really a significant issue in the USA?

Thanks for the explanation.