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LEGS....THE VERY BEST FORM OV TRAVEL.... :idea:
Quietly paddling in my sea kayak comes close. At one with the ocean and you can get really close to the wildlife.
Sculling silently in my skiff, sneaking up on the ducks, looking out for the mink and terrapin, ducking the heron as it glides into land, or even Shackletoning through a snowstorm (which looks weird from low down on a river)
Doesn't get any better than that
Buckshot
11-06-2004, 08:20
Quietly paddling in my sea kayak comes close. At one with the ocean and you can get really close to the wildlife.
Hmmm, not sure that qualifies as 'All Terrain' but still fun I'm sure
Cheers
Mark
Pah!
You obviously haven't seen the maximog.
http://www.conversion-vans.net/van-conversion-links/maximog.htm
LEGS....THE VERY BEST FORM OV TRAVEL.... :idea:
someone else's can be even better
Pah!
You obviously haven't seen the maximog.
http://www.conversion-vans.net/van-conversion-links/maximog.htm
Oh My GOD !!!........ (starts doing the lottery) 8-)
THAT MACHINE IS THE PUPPYS PEAS!! :shock:
MartiniDave
11-06-2004, 14:55
Now I want a Maximog!
Dear Santa,
I bin a very good boy...
The car in front......BUMP!!!
was a Toyota! :clap: :clap:
Dave
when my brother was at leeds festival He had a unimog next to him. the peope didn't pitch a tent on the ground, they put a caravan on the back of their "car" as it was a steep slope they used the hydrolic rams to make it level. they also gave him a hand getting his car out of the mud
ANDYLASER
11-06-2004, 19:57
I quite like this:
http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/ecars/Conv/Campers/Pinzgauer6x6.html
TheViking
10-09-2004, 22:09
Hi...
Canoe... mmm... :nana: :biggthump The thing being able just to jump in the water if it's hot is super. It's more expensive if you rent it/them but also a much better nature experience IMO. :D
Keith_Beef
12-09-2004, 23:12
Shanks's pony, absolutely.
An Alvis Stalwart would have been my dream machine, but the gov't changed the rules, and it's now 2" too wide to be driven on the road.
Maybe I could get a Tatra 6×6...
I'll probably settle for another Landie, or maybe a Plushmobile.
Keith.
SleepyWeasel
13-09-2004, 20:24
The good old LPC Mk1, this will get you everywhere you want to go, made by people, for other people(Leather Personnel Carriers!- boots!)
Personaly, I use a Landy to get me to places, then I park up and use my LPC to get me to the places the tourists don't even know exist.
bothyman
13-09-2004, 20:33
WORT anyone??
http://www.robgray.com/motorhomes/worts/worts.htm :roll:
arctic hobo
17-10-2004, 21:56
What a selection of wimpy vehicles!
This baby is up for sale:
http://www.tanksforsale.co.uk/T72/T72-yardlargeweb2.gif
Engine V46 V12 diesel
Engine power 840 BHP
Length 9240 mm
Width 3600 mm
Height 2370 mm
Weight Combat 44500kg
Gun 1 x125mm, 1 x 7.62mm MG 1 x 12.7mm MG
Max speed 80km/hour (road)
Gradient 60%
It's camoflaged too... just right for deer-stalking :rolmao:
Plus I expect it'd have little trouble with the kill :rolmao:
Seriously though, I'll be buying a Defender very shortly... can't wait!
Personally I prefer horses for all terrain travel. :super:
TheViking
18-10-2004, 21:07
All terrain travel: legs.
Preferred way of travel: canoe. :biggthump
My Uncle invented and builds these, take a look..
http://www.supacat.com/
arctic hobo
11-12-2004, 18:33
In a real contest of the ultimate off road vehicle, you couldn't beat a Hagglund BV206. It puts less than half the pressure on the ground than a man, so it goes happily over soft snow. It is fully amphibious and can cross bodies of water as wide as the petrol tank will give it range to. It can climb a 60 degree incline, 60 degree as in more than 45! It can carry over four tons of load while doing all this or seat 20 odd people.
My future car. :super:
This might be considered cheating but it has to be said that these things are built to travel over some incredibly rough terrain. :roll:
Iv seen drivers operating the foot pedals with their hands as they stand on the inside of the 'windshield' and push the body of the machine up an 80 degree incline with that huge arm.
http://news.thomasnet.com/images/large/2002/05/9616.jpg
They get big too - some weigh upwards of 100 tonnes, and you could probably park your landrover in the bucket of one of those.
On the upside - Dig your own tank trap
On the downside - top speed of about 7mph and mpg is awful.
A Unimog,now i would like one of those.
I quite like this:
http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/ecars/Conv/Campers/Pinzgauer6x6.html
did anyone here ever watch The Wild Thornberrys..?
I'm with artic hobo, give me a hagglund thats the ultimate off road survival rig, anywhere you want to go , anytime you want to get there, anyplace,any season.
Bushmaster
21-02-2005, 23:47
Yeah I love the hagglund too but what do you think of this?http://www.bowler-offroad.com/
Have you seen the 0-60 :yikes:
Geoff
The pizgauer is currantley in use with the British army , and the Swedish have used them since the seventies i belive . they look like a wicked off roader .
http://www.pinzgauer.uk.com/
this company have the maufacture contract in the uk
http://www.buypinzgauer.com/
and these guys have some video footage of the Swedish ones in action
They look well cool , and thats from a landy lover !
Pumbaa
R-Bowskill
22-02-2005, 14:38
What about flying?
Harrier or helecopter for VTOL ability, now they're things that really can go anywhere. I mean if you want to spend a fair bit on some ex MOD kit wait till they sell a few harrier G5s off. Shouldn't cost much the Vulcans went for about £5,000 each for scrap value and they weighed alot more.
havingagiraffe
06-08-2005, 23:04
I quite like this:
http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/ecars/Conv/Campers/Pinzgauer6x6.html
Steyr Puch used to make a smaller version of the Pinzgauer called the Haflinger. Diff locks front and rear, 10" of ground clearance under portal axles, and an unladen weight under 600kg. They laugh at terrain that defeats bigger, more macho 4x4s. Check out www.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk/~ppzcad/haf.html
havingagiraffe
06-08-2005, 23:20
Pah!
You obviously haven't seen the maximog.
http://www.conversion-vans.net/van-conversion-links/maximog.htm
What a fantastic bit of kit. Makes my Land Rover and tent seem completely inadequate.....
I don't think I'd enjoy owning a Maximog. I'd feel very decadent looking at the third world from the air conditioned comfort of such an extravagant truck. In fact, I'd feel pretty decadent driving one in the UK - a standard agri-spec Unimog would costs more than my house, goodness knows how many pounds a Maximog and trailer weighs in at. I'm only jealous because I can't afford one...... :o
havingagiraffe
06-08-2005, 23:28
LEGS....THE VERY BEST FORM OV TRAVEL.... :idea:
Ever slid down a snowy mountainside on an offcut of Lino? Great fun 'till you realise you can't steer. Then you realise you can't stop. Then you realise that the scenery is surprisingly hard, no matter how delicate it looks under a dusting of snow. :eek: Still more smiles per mile than anything else I've tried though :D
Roving Rich
08-08-2005, 16:06
Yup Hafflingers are the ultimate off road vehicle ! With a serious set of tyres (preferably off a dumper truck) they will go virtually anywhere, and when they get stuck, you just pick em up and shift them.
The Pinzgauer is like its big brother, and ideal for a camper conversion IMO.
Then the big daddy the Unimog - but I certainly wouldn't want to try and fix one if it broke !
Missing from this list is of course the Russian Zil truck - absolutely fantastic bit of indestructible kit check out
http://www.russiantruck.co.uk/film_clips.html
available on ebay as ever.....
I watched Ewan McGregor and Charlie Waite doing "the long way around" motorbiking around the world. They used BMW touring bikes -top kit as KTM blew them out (fools). But still ended up crossing the Siberian rivers in the back of the Zil trucks.
Cheers
Rich
arctic hobo
08-08-2005, 16:46
Tatras are even better - they've been bought by Terex now. Have a look at www.americantruckco.com (videos) :)
havingagiraffe
08-08-2005, 22:48
Glad to see I'm not the only bushcraftuk member with a diff lock fetish :) A local tree surgeon once to offered swap his ex Italian army Iveco 4x4 truck for my old Defender Hi Cap. I can pretend I need a Landy, but I can't really justify a lorry on the driveway :(
BorderReiver
09-08-2005, 13:43
Pah!
You obviously haven't seen the maximog.
http://www.conversion-vans.net/van-conversion-links/maximog.htm
:eek: :cool: :D
the bowler wildcat is the way to go! i love my legs, if i had the room i'd have a horse, the VFR is fun and my puffin lkayak is superb. but i had the money and wanted the ultimate transport, it'd be a wild cat!
how about this 'little' puppy that jack and i saw at the shot show in vegas???? cant remember the name, but it was a beast!!
http://www.woodlandorganics.com/bcuk/truck1.jpg
http://www.woodlandorganics.com/bcuk/truck2.jpg