Just so happens we were at a barbie tonight and a friend of ours had loads of mats he's been collecting for different things (bit of a hoarder!) - look like large square carpet tiles - we grabbed four plus have rubber mats in footwells. Think we are sorted. Soon find out when the Landy arrives...

Funny enough - have been doing some reading up on just bringing rope and about kinetic rope etc. All new to us so we busy trying to find out more. Sounds much more simple. Debate we are having is if the caravan jack-knives (most common occurence with these things) and the on-coming results of...

LR and caravan are both away getting kitted out so just waiting their return so we can try out the bag. Will go hunt down a bit of carpet meantime.

OK - have just realised - don't think will allow cheeky link was trying. Goto amazon.co.uk and type 'winch recovery' in search box and select go. Scroll down to find book. Should display an exert page 116 you can click on. If not, let me know and I'll try something else.

Thanks J - all points noted. We're still swaying about on what to do, likeliehood, still deciding etc. but found this exert from Nick Dimbleby's Off-road driving techniques book...

Kit arrived a few days ago and we are very pleased with it though yet to test it out. Thought you might like to see piccy plus the actual more detailed exert from Chris Scott about his view on these bags which makes useful reading (also included his note about using hi-lift for e.g. 'light...

We managed to set-up device with no fuss. In addition to £135, we subsribed for 1-year at additional cost of 110 Euros to provide unlimited number of check-ins and the emergency facility cover. Everything registered on line and you need to set-up password to your own account etc. Part of...

Thanks G / everyone - have to say that my last post was in response to B's post and not R's in any case. All other input am still trying to work out (right over my head). Take point about not needing winch in Morocco but it's about being able to recover the heavy caravan really - and not the...

All food for thought. We'll have the kids with us too so unsure about wanting to faff about too much (though could be fun as long as no hot sun and safe to use). Weight (lifting) could be an issue BUT the plus sounds like the flex of being able to attack from all sides - could be invaluable...

Am looking - never heard of it before - but so far so good - thanks B. Seems more portable, flexible etc., possibly a little bit more manual and dangerous. Will have better look - seems like just the thing though than all that heavy duty stuff at the front of the LR. Will come back on this.

Our inkling leans toward having the winch meantime - don't want to make things unnecessarily hard.

A bit con-fussed. We're thinking about a winch for 110 CSW. We thought 'no' at first (not for LR in any case) but given distance we're covering along with off-road caravan that weighs 1.8T GVM - thought might be a sensible decision to have afterall. Have been offered Britpart (9500i) as cheap...

Reads advised as follows: "most of the Aussie bull bars have indicators in their bull bars but there also alot that don't. I know people who have imported trucks with bull bars with out indicators and had no problem".

Re: Bull bar. Check out this link 18/8/08 NAT: Bull bar confusion to end via proposed standard Appears to be related safe citizenship (ie better design and application standards re: new build vehicles only in Oz with law coming into effect 2010). Talks about mimimising impact of killing...

Thanks G - will check it out and come back.

Sorry - meant to say - click on the link (not copy and paste)

Update on sat tracker as alternative to sat phone: We bought the findmespot satellite tracking device for £135 including postage from a company called PRS Communications in the UK. Device arrived next day - weighs only 1lb, uses 2 x small lithium batteries which should last a year without the...

Following some more research plus a second opinion, we decided to go for the diff guards and nothing else for now. We have already arranged to have a bull bar (in the process of being fitted for Oz) - so that should hopefully sort out any odd dog or kangaroo incidents along the way. Thanks for...

Thanks B - Don't want to waste too much time dithering over which one so have done and bought already!! Can't wait to receive. We do plan to carry hi-lift also as well as the bag and we had decided that anything less than 4tonne would be no good for us. We'll try it out beforehand like you said...

From what have been reading - Morocco is a bit stony. Would under protection e.g. bash plates be recommended or would this be overkill?