When hitting the tracks, you put yourself in a situation where the risk of tyre punctures and damage to your tyres is dramatically increased. This makes it essential that you bring with you everything you need to get your tyres, sealed and back up to pressure, to tackle the next obstacles you are heading for and keep all 4 doughnuts at the required pressure to keep you on the tracks!!

So read along and find out what bits of gear you can bring with you to ensure your tyres are taken care of no matter what you encounter on the tracks!

By carrying the right gear with you at all times, you are prepared for nearly any situation offroad, and will be able to get your 4WD up and running no matter what terrain you like to drive on. By having control over your air pressures and balance of your 4WD you have absolute control over handling and offroad manners, making some of the toughest tracks a piece of cake!

1.Thumper Air Compressor
There is one tool that is absolutely indispensable on the tracks, with the requirement to drop your tyre pressures when getting offroad to enhance your grip, sometimes you cannot plan where you will come back to the highway and relying on a nearby servo to have a functioning air compressor is a bit of a gamble. When hitting hard terrain with low pressures you can have a massive issue with damaging the sidewall of your tyres.

For reliable high pressure air no matter where you find yourself  nothing beats bringing a Thumper MKII Air Compressor with you, and no matter what you need it for, you have pressure for just about anything offroad!

2.Kwiky Tyre Deflator
When hitting the track’s it’s a good idea to carry a purpose made tyre deflator like the Kwiky Tyre Deflator with you, letting you drop your tyres accurately and quickly to the correct offroad pressures for enhanced grip, and decreased likelihood of puncture.

With a Kwiky Tyre Deflator you have the ability to drop air quickly whilst still having absolute control over the volumes of air releasing from your tyre valve, the ability to easily read the pressures in your tyre as you are deflating them, makes the Kwiky one of the FASTEST ways to reduce pressures for the tracks!

3.Hercules Tyre Repair Kit
The Hercules Tyre Repair Kit is a must have for trackside tyre repairs, being more versatile than a spare with modern directional tread, which can leave you high and dry if you have a blowout on the wrong side, carrying a tyre repair kit allows you to quickly and easily reseal your tyre in the case of a puncture or valve issues on the tracks.

The Hercules Tyre Repair Kit includes;

• Reaming tool
• Plug Insertion tool
• Screwdriver probe
• 20x Quick seal insert strips
• 1x Container of lubricant
• 1x Allen key
• Valve removal tool
• Valve housing
• 4x Valve cores
• 4x valve caps
• Small knife
• 5x innertube repair patch
• Tube of rubber cement
• Scraping tool
• 2x Thin rubber tube

The Hercules tyre repair kit gives you all of the items necessary to repair tyre punctures and replace your tyre valves if you damage them. Making sure that no matter how tough the tracks get, you have the right bits and pieces to get your 4WD up and running and safely down the tracks!

4.Offroad jack

By carrying an offroad jack you have the ability to lift your 4WD up and off the ground allowing for excellent ground clearance to get up and over, obstacles, but in the event you damage your tyres valve cores, or need to remove a tyres bead from the rim to gain access to the inside surface of your tyres, a Hercules Offroad jack gives you the ability to apply a strong downwards force using the weight of your 4WD or your mates 4WD to apply up to 1000kg of force, easily breaking your tyre bead free from the rim.

The added ability to also use an offroad jack as a clamp allows 4WDers to straighten bent rims, and can also help to reseat the bead by applying an equal force to opposite sides of the tread at the same time allowing your compressor to do the rest of the work.