All good advice. My wife and I did a West to East crossing of the desert at the end of July . I too was a novice ( my experience at that stage consisted of travelling Googs Track twice and going from Birdesville to Eyre Creek and back ). I found that 18 in the front and 24 in the rear tyres worked for me. Set tyre pressures on the Rigg road and didn't touch them until we came off Big Red ( I didn't take the hardest line up Big Red - too heavy ). My ute with my slide on camper and all our gear is heavy. I found that low third or 2nd was the best ( I have 43 % reduction gears fitted ) for us - crawled up at about 10-15 km/hr. Got it wrong a few times by using high first and then having to back off due to holes near the top of the dunes and running out of puff.Mines at GU 4.2Tdi leafy . Watched some bounce up dunes flat out with wheels off the ground at times which worked for them but wasn't the technique for me - worried about breaking something. As others have said have a try at different pressures and you will soon see what suits your setup. Every dune conquered builds your confidence.
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