Thread: Spudboy's super-sized camper replacement for a 130 - and no it's not a Unimog!

Originally Posted by Judo

^ I'd also like to see where that truck with triple diff locks will get stuck... Trying to cross a lake?

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCen8gn0OBQ"]It does matter how powerful is the machine when pushing the limits it will get bogged [/ame]

nice music..............

Originally Posted by PTC

You also mentioned having a tow car for it. Though with such a big unit on the back. Why not just get a small car and drive it straight up into there.

There is another link floating around the web with a modified Mini inside a motor home.

Better yet, a small suzuki on the back mounted sideways with a hydraulic lift.
But where do you carry the tinnie???

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

This might be a dumb question ... but if you manage to bog something that big ..........How on earth are you going to recover it! You'd need bulldozer to get the traction/pulling power to move it

You dig!!! Sometimes there isn't another truck about.. Dragoman 6x4 Merc stuck in sand.. These were known as the 'Super Trucks'. V6 and V8's, loads of room, but they still get bogged.. Several days spent digging, sand ladders, jacks etc and you can get them out! The black cotton soil in Africa is the stuff to watch out for... Going well one min, chassis deep, stationary with lions looking at you the next!!

Awesome truck you have! Very envious. Always wanted to build a body on a Merc 2448 6x6, but would probably loose a wife if I turned up with one of those... She's getting her head around a 101!!!

I've been bogged a few times in a Defender in Black Cotton. Kenya had quite a bit of it. Very very nasty stuff.

Na all you need is a Land Cruiser on Coopers, the combination can snatch a semi out. Seen it in a magazine advertisement.

Well done Spud, do you sell drugs when your not building things?

The truck thing is certainly gaining momentum in Aus. We had a MAN 8ton Dakka special come across us on the Warbution Track. Unfortunately the owners were commenting on how rough the tracks were. They turned around on the french line for the same reason. Of course we could not work out what they were talking about in the Defenders, but we though it may have been because they were cutting there own tracks. Given the tracks are wide enough for 4x4's generally, and not trucks just yet.
It did look comfortable, capable, BIG and heavy. I recall commenting I'm not pulling the arse of my car helping that thing get out of the ****.

Good work Spud, look forward to the build and hope this baby ticks all the boxes.

Not drugs - I'm an old software geek, and owned a company that got bought out by a big American multinational, which was a huge stroke of luck

My brother's got a LandCruiser on Coopers, so I better take him with me if it looks like getting boggy....

Watching this thread with interest... Also need to get my HR licence.

As for boggings... Plenty of stories from old timers and outback truck drivers (including the guy who does/did fuel dumps and recoveries on the CSR) of needing to camp by the vehicle for a week or two at a time until the ground was dry enough to drive out...