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Boat Hauler Sorry for the recent (1 year) silence, but the blog had to take a back seat in my live and Wohni became more of a boat hauler and base camp at the dam than the bundu basher it was built to be. What can I say, anything for the kids, right? Right! Anyhoo, I know . . . → Read More: About Them Wheel Spacers I have basically made up my mind and ordered a pair of 2″ wheel spacers from Snake Racing Australia. By now we have now done about 5000kms through all sorts of terrain and when fully loaded for 5 days in the wilderness, we are quite heavy (close to 3.5t methinks). It was neither the dune driving, nor . . . → Read More: Wheel Spacers – I’ll have some please In true and typical raging research mode, I went on a quest on the Internet looking for answers to a seemingly simple question, Wheel Spacers – Good or Bad? I posted the question on three different bush whacking, rock smacking, hardcore 4×4 forums, one in South Africa, one in the USA and the other in Oz. . . . → Read More: About Wheel Spacers & Australia’s Largest Dune Fact is, the new Land Cruiser LC79 Bakkie has a front track 4” wider than the rear track (or axle). This was apparently done to accommodate the larger V8 Turbo Diesel engine, which absurdly may not even become available in Southern Africa. Common sense dictates, and some seem to have experienced this already, that the . . . → Read More: Wheel Spacers – Good or Bad? Because I like to sleep straight and steady and because I’d like to be able to use every drop of water, especially from a flat tank and for some various other reasons, including that I may be full of nonsense, I want the camper straight and level when stationary. That may be a bit over the . . . → Read More: Ready, Steady, Still – Leveling Jacks Pursuant to the experiences described in ” Garmin GPS or Why Me? ” I felt the urge to publish the following list of things to consider when buying a GPS: 1. Make sure what your requirements are, research available options and talk to somebody who knows (apparently not me). 2. I f you decide to buy i.e. a . . . → Read More: Things to consider when buying a GPS The day before I delivered the Landcruiser to J-Bay, and unfortunately in a hurry, I organised a Garmin GPS to be built in properly by Schroeder. I was actually lured by a special deal for a Garmin Nüvi 250 advertised by HiFi Corporation. Due to time contstraints I skipped the usual thorough research, which turned out . . . → Read More: Garmin GPS or Why Me? … that’s the question. Most in the knowing, and I tend to agree, claim that once you have it, it will be utilised mainly to help others – nothing wrong with that. Another theory and my main concern, when you really need it, i.e. sand, mud, river, etc., will there be something to hook onto. If . . . → Read More: Winch or No Winch Maybe because I was a (not half bad) plumber many many moons ago, maybe because I always have to be different or maybe not such a bad idea after all, here is what I came up with in terms of water system and layout. Tank no.1 & Battery no.1 Contrary to what you see on the layout . . . → Read More: Water System Obviously, when going off-road, especially in rough/tough terrain, be it sand, rocks or mud, weight is the first and foremost issue, centre of gravity right next to it. You will see from figures below, that we are working just about at the limit with Wohni’s configuration and outfitting: The empty cabin shell plus frame, mountings and fittings is . . . → Read More: The Weight Issue |
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