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Here is a MAN KAT 1A1 6x6 camper ready to go for sale.

For an "overland" camper it is fine. If you want to go through small communities and visit tight spaces, then it is the wrong vehicle, because the turning circle is about 88 ft. The advantages are the available size for a cabin and the high off-road capabilities. MAN KAT 1 vehicles were...

Especially the Winston LiFeYPO4 have a temperature range of -45° up to 85°. But I would never use the full range. Even this batteries probably work below zero with much lower power, charging below 0° C with high power may cause lithium plating and shorten lifetime considerably. This is not...

@tooFATtoDRIVE: Sorry, I wasn't here for a long time and missed your posting. But in the meantime you are registered at https://www.kat-forum.de anyway. :) I had never driven the Saurer, so I cannot compare both trucks. Beside the truck of the driving school I have never driven any other truck...

The regular way to transport an 8x8 on a trailer looks like this: Source BTW, some members of the KAT community own similar trailers and may help with the transport. :ylsmoke:

That the ECU ic known to fail is new to me. I know certainly more than 50 % of all private KAT users here in Germany and have never ever heard that one has failed. Last time I saw one sold the price was about 300 €. As a lot of KAT in bad shape are getting dismantled, spare ECU should be...

$117,000 looks like very expensive compared to the prices that are paid here in Germany. You may have to take some money to do a service for the engine, but that may be only a few thousand bucks. Of course, you have to transport and import it to the States. With Roll-On-Roll-Off this may be...

Hi All Parts are available in Germany at MAN dealers, but of course they will probably not send the parts to US. But there are some KAT specialists, like Marcel Kley http://www.kley-mobile-werkstatt.de/ that may provide parts to you. He helps KAT travelers with advice and parts all over the...

I never wrote that air-conditioning is useless, but I question your 100 kWh/day figure for a mobile vehicle, and the need to run a high-power generator for hours in an environment, where other people want to enjoy their live. You should also think about whether the use of the main propulsion...

It seems to be that you think fuel economy is the main point in favor of a parallel-hybrid drive drain, and thinks like energy for air conditioning and energy recovery from regenerative braking are arguments against. First of all, I don't think that your arguments against parallel-hybrids are...

The best coal power stations reach 47 %, the best combined-cycle gas power stations 60 %, and even the best engine driven oil power stations reach more than 50 % efficiency. This doesn't include the use of heat for other purpose. So in the end we may be better of with full electric propulsion in...

The MAN KAT is no typical truck. It is more like a brick with no aerodynamic. :sombrero: Look here for typical CD. Other CD examples. Regarding rolling resistance you should keep in mind that off-road tires are used. They are much worse than modern street tires. The used value is probably...

The fuel economy shown is only valid for the current gear. Actually it shows the fuel economy depending on rpm. The efficiency gets increasingly lower above 1700 rpm because the air cooling fan needs more and more power. It is estimated that a maximum of 30 kW is used for driving the air...

Great Videos! Thanks! That brings back memories! :drool: I think we have to plan for a new trip. :wings:

I didn't compress the image as it is just a screenshot. Expo seems to change the image in some way. Anyway, I have uploaded it to another website and used a link and this works.