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Old 31 Mar 2007
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What do you pack everything in?
I'm torn over what to pack stuff in. Part of me thinks pack clothes in soft bags, and everything else in boxes, part of me thinks why not just pack everything in boxes clothes and all, and the lazy part says "ah go on just throw it all in the back, it'll get messed up anyway".

So what do people pack things in?
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Hi Alex,
Firstly, what vehicle are you packing your gear into ? did you get a Panda ?

I have used rectangular boxes in the back of the Defender 90 - as the inside is the same shape - for clothes, food and spares - clothes boxes have lids to keep sand/dust out - well worth doing.

look at the vehicle interior shape and go from there - a few boxes for cooking gear/ food(easy to access), with some soft bags for clothes to fill in around any curves - strap things down too to stop them bouncing around - or worse taking your head off in an accident.

The Defender has 3 levels of storage - heavy vehicle spares and service gear goes at the bottom - under alloy shelf - then food and cooking boxes above, easy to pull out and access. Bolted permanantly above, to another alloy shelf are the clothes boxes.

Its easy to drill holes etc in a LR - its a big mecchano kit !

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Having done Tunisia twice using soft holdalls for clothes, boxes for spares/tools and a drawer for the food, I decided this time to use boxes. Plastic storage boxes from Staples, in fact.

We had a Mobile Storage Solutions drawer to store the food, on the Discovery boot floor, with the boxes on either side holding the tools. Food was always easily accessible for either a quick stop or an overnight. Weight of tools at bottom.

On top of this we had the wooden wine boxes with the spares.

Finally, the plastic boxes, one per person (4 of us), no loose bits shoved in the gaps, blankets, cooking utensils and plates were all in boxes as well.

The boxes were clear so you could see at a glance what was inside. They stacked 3 high by 3 across.

This was the best option for us, never really couldn't find something and even if what we wanted was in the bottom box it only took seconds to remove those on the top.

For me it'll be boxes every time.
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Having travelled extensively in 4wd's from crossing the Simpson Desert and the goat track to Cape York, I can highly recommend either clear or opaque (hope that's how you spell it) stackable plastic boxes. I have tried full drawer systems (lose too much usable space and are heavy), wooden home made creations (vibrate to bits and rattle), the clear plastic boxes do not rattle and you can see what you have put in the wrong box the night before when you were drinking. Soft and light gear like clothes and tent etc are good in soft bags inside a dust and water proof roof rack bag.

Works for me

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boxes every time. make sure they are square sided, not tapered so that when you tie it all down they stay put and if they interlock with the one above then a ratchet strap will hold it all in place when something goes wrong. I use euro size 600x400 in a range of depths from Karcher - these have been used and abused for five years now and are as good as new.
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Panda it is
So you can see space is going to be at a bit of a premium.



Actually that's one of the reasons I joined up here, I figured I could learn from the bikers, after all they pack light.

It's not actually arrived yet, but having pored over one for the weekend, I think it'll be a case of taking the rear seat out and packing, it's only held on with two bolts. Drilling holes? well we'll see. Thanks for the tips on straight sided boxes, I'd just thought of something similar to the storage boxes I use at home but I can see the wasted space all round their tapering sides.
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