Vehicle & Personal Safety Equipment
- All vehicles must have completed an inspection of safety equipment and display a current certificate if it is to be used on any OR4G organised trip
- All vehicles must have current registration, warrant of fitness and where required road user charges certificate together with the following minimum equipment fitted or carried as appropriate
- Rated tow hooks, secured with 12mm high tensile bolts, fitted to the front of the vehicle (welded eyes or hooks are not acceptable)
- A safe and secure towing point at the rear of the vehicle, either a rated tow hook or tow bar with the tow ball removed (towing from a tow ball, or welded hook or eye is dangerous and will not be accepted)
- Two rated bow shackles (minimum 3250 kg) are to be carried
- One rated recovery tow strop or suitable rope, minimum length 9m (an additional longer rope is recommended)
- Fire extinguisher to be readily accessible (minimum capacity 15 kg)
- First aid kit
- Shovel or spade
- Suitable all-terrain or mud-terrain type tyres
- Spark arrester (to be fitted when required)
- Suitable leather gloves and a rope dampener if the vehicle is winch equipped
- Three litres of fresh water (suitable for drinking)
- Day/night fluro-vest
- Hands free torch
- PRS radio
Optional Equipment
- Snorkel-type high engine air intake (this may be a requirement on some trips)
- Additional recovery strops or tow ropes
- Smoke flare (marine type, hand held)
- Air compressor
- Pulley Blocks
- Snig chain
- Tyre chains
- Ground anchor
- Spare fuel for the vehicle
- Spare fan belt
- GPS
- Cellular telephone
Recommended Personal Equipment
- Change of clothing
- Two spare pairs of socks and additional dry footwear
- Hot drink pre-made
- Sufficient food for the trip
- If heating food, sufficient gas etc to operate the heating device
- Something to heat any food in
- Toilet paper
- Insect repellent
Camping out overnight
- Waterproof tent (preferably with a built in floor), pegs, hammer or small axe to drive pegs into ground
- Good quality sleeping bags and pillow
- Something to sleep on (air bed, mat etc)
- Rubbish bags or similar containers to remove all rubbish from a camp site
- Matches or lighter, and fuel to start a camp fire