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We had a wide light bar on our Defender for a month, and took if off after a trip to the beach on evening, with a slight bit of evening mist or dust, the light bar was useless, just throwing a solid white curtain right in front of the car. These are the outer light the smaller 7" light the we...

We were given a set of Auxbeam headlights and spotlight to test out for our YouTube Channel. The headlights are OK, and whilst better than the old LED headlight we had, are still not in the same league as the Xenon headlights we have in the other cars. The spot light however are fantastic. We...

I decided to add another pickup line to the secondary fuel tank to enable me to transfer every last drop to the main tank. Whilst I can run the truck from either tank, the left tank has quite a high pickup, and is not baffled, so there is around 25-30lt of fuel left in the tank when it start...

Having a custom built truck is difficult, not many people will work on anything like that because it is going to cost you a lot of money for them just to understand what is going on with the systems, let alone try to diagnose the problem, and unless you have a circuit diagram and all the various...

Fully loaded with fuel, food and water we weigh around 8 tons - which is the max GVM of our U1250. Box is 3.6m L x 2.2M W and 2m H. Inside it is 1.9 - 1.95m high. Ours is quite modified compared to most Unimogs, and we cruise at 100kph all day long. I have a speed alarm to stop me going...

Just got back from a week out in the middle of nowhere. The new drone worked great, the active track and collision avoidance working well. It raised itself above the trees at over 40kph. We went to Hell Hole Gorge in western Queensland, about 1000km from home. It was a a beautiful...

We had the diesel stove, which was great, apart form taking a long time to heat up and cool down. Then it stopped working - I diagnosed the problem one of circuit boards, which would cost $900 + shipping to replace, with no guarantee. Just to look at it was a $500 fee, and local tech shop...

We have decided to do shorter trips in the truck, until we can get away for a longer break later this year hopefully. Here is our new video from one of these short trips, hopefully one every month from now on.

Just one sensor on the exhaust manifold just before the turbo.

Fully loaded, we are 600mm at the lowest point ( which is the chassis itself) and we have a 3250mm wheelbase. We have never bottomed out, closest we came was driving over a fallen tree, and hit the step which I had to bend down a bit afterwards. As you can see below, the step is about 150mm...

I never bothered with bearings on mine, just used normal zinc plated bolts with a tight fit - steel to steel and some occasional grease or spray oil. So far, I have never had to replace even one of the bolts, and give it a spray with some Ballistol every couple of months, especially when we...

The problem I can see is that the lever arm for the ladder trying to fold it in (assuming the lower step is on the bottom) is so much more than the lever arm length available to push the ladder out. It looks like at least 10:1 - so if I stood on it, my 82kg would exert 820kg onto the lever...

When I was designing my steps, I used cardboard, as it is a lot easier to work with for the first concepts. All you need to do is prove the concept works, if you are getting someone else to make it, then the plywood would be great, as you could get it fully functional with all the right...

We had a long weekend testing the new cook top - and it works great. Our battery monitor can display the charging/discharging cycles. This is a typical meal, lamb chops frying in one pan, then a bean mix, and 750ml of water in the other plate at the same time, and this is the power...

He posts on Facebook now and again, seen some photos of him driving his truck around on the beach.

Our diesel stove decided not to work on our last trip. From what I can tell, the main control board is not working. The parts along are over $1000 AUD, and that's if it is just the main board. We decided to switch over to an induction cooktop. It was a bit more complicated than just...

Not sure if this will help, but on the Unimog, the Hazard switch supplies the power to the turn signal, so if there is anything wrong with one of the contacts on the switch, you lose your indicators. YOu can take the switch apart and clean the contacts, but what out for the tiny springs and...

Clicked on my first post, and both my wife and I had a laugh about the comment - "....what it will look like in a few month time" little did I know it would be five more years

Looks like an ideal setup, something I could have used 10 years ago when I was doing my truck.