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hiya Thank you for the replies :) So, I bought a sheet of 316 stainless of about 1.5mm thick. At about 8'x4', and since I'd rather have bends than welds where possible, the sides ended up being more like 140mm high ish. 140 + 140 + 900 plus a bit for the bend. I do have a chunk of the sheet...

Snipped Unless you start chasing the racing you were next to :)

I wouldn't overlook the benefit of having really low gears just for low speed manoeuvring. Maybe what you have now is low enough, but on a few washed out gullies we had to straddle in the past on quiet back roads the working gears on our old Mog plus exhaust brake kept the vehicle and my heart...

An option from Separett is a waterless urinal that tee's into the urine drain from the loo itself. It's quite compact too.

A 3rd party making any sub-frame mount badly is not cool wether 3/4 point or rail on rail. Our Mog leant a bit on bends but that's just what it did, sub frame unchanged from Mercedes. It isn't right to say 3/4 point should be avoided if that's what Mercedes Unimogs, the "ultimate" off road truck...

You will also be making the brakes less effective with bigger diameter tyres, making the shocks work harder etc. EU army trucks usually sit at 40mph in convoy, German truck speed limits are I think 40 on most roads as a max unless on motorway. Many trucks of the 1017's era might theoretically...

snipped I'm fairly sure that's a standard option with the likes of Espar so with the built in timer on the control panel you get a warm interior and a pre-heated engine. You could also run a loop around your batteries, or Arctic Cat do an under battery tray to link up to the hydronic circuit.

Even if you insulate the cab windows with screens you won't have any heat to recover from your ventilation :p:p:p

That is a lovely truck :) I don't see why using it as you describe requires the two halves to be rigidly joined though? Why not just doors that allow free movement between but no actual connection? You can't effectively insulate all that cab glass so travel in cold places will be cold throughout...

In English walk around of a Bimobil with opening wall, internal struts seen at about 6mins in :)

One other aspect I only recently discovered was incompatible anti-freezes. Newer long life anti freeze is often not compatible with among other things copper. So an older vehicle that has copper components may have the older "original" type of antifreeze that seems to usually be blue. The long...

9500kg I certainly didn't have time to stop since it was continuously slipping, but it must have been a slower slip than Neils as well as a lot less far to fall. If I had a big drop that side would I have been so quick to turn and drive down it?!? I did study a bit of geotechnics years ago, if...

Considering the weight of truck chassis, engine, axles etc I wouldn't think a bit of extra headroom in a camper while still keeping heavy stuff low down would make a noticeable difference? When we had our Mog I gave way to a towed vehicle coming the other way on a gravel road during heavy rain...

Hiya Good luck :) German Export plates (if that's what you're getting) include third party insurance so you don't have to get more cover than that. Maybe you have to pay road tax too IIRC? Over 3500kg in the EU needs a Class C for a camper or truck without getting into trailers. As a suggestion...

??? ATV winch ??? For instance https://www.electricwinchshop.co.uk/winches/all-winch-brands/all-atv-winches/warrior-20sps12-steel.html Without knowing the current draw I was wondering about an electric (but mains) log splitter? Probably too heavy though?

I would think either having the means to make all you carry potable, or have it potable in the first place, are good plans if you end up needing it. Micropur Forte maintains water quality for six months. It comes in tablet form putting in one per litre, a liquid at higher concentration, or...

I took some photos of my then 395 85 R20 XZLs at about 20psi (road pressure being about 60psi) but I have no idea where I put them. The footprint got a little bit wider but from less than a foot long to more like a yard. Awesome tyres :)

That Safe jack base does look good :)

Just to add, I did have some solid lumps of wood as base plates or spreaders which after some time and use split. I then glued and screwed layers of plywood of maybe 5/8ths to end up with a block about 15" x 10" x 2.5" approx. This actually ended up lighter than the solid wood, and is stiffer.

Hiya The capacity of hi lift type jacks usually drops towards the top of their reach too. I think a pair of hydraulic bottle jacks is a good plan. If totally sunk I could put one under the bumper or chassis and lift until I can get the other under the axle.