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Hi I don't know how it compares but I've had Garmin Western Europe on my Iphone 5 for about 2 years and its fab. A RAM Xgrip keeps it in place, it does need 12v all the time on a trip and sometimes its routing is a bit weird to save what ends up being a very short time. It is a bit too small...

Hiya If you are referring to the oil migration issue on some 6 (wheel) bolt Mogs, there are several after market bypass pipes available that prevent that migration if it does occur, or if you buy a bigger Mog with 8 or 10 bolt axles they do not have that issue in the first place. Mogs have...

Hiya Most Euro town centre weight limits are to keep big lorries from driving straight through rather than using ring roads etc. Big lorries will usually be allowed in for deliveries, and most towns have buses so 3.5ton seems to be more to limit noise and pollution. The signs for e.g. bridge...

Hiya Are these the first two prototypes? I know the tyres might be a little larger than you want but with driver over front mounted genny plus axle travel plus clearance etc etc they can't be far off what you'll end up with for low profile surf trips? :elkgrin:

HRZ Aqualizer A different alternative? Several thousand euros it seems from google translating but an electrically driven mini sewage processor that deposits into the grey tank making cassette/black tanks redundant?? No experience of it, but a good idea??? :)...

There are quite a few ex-firetruck U1300l's on mobile.de at the moment if you search for U1300L in the under 7500kg section of trucks with nice low miles for low twenties Euros, mostly in Germany, LHD. I have no idea if this nice Mog is a U1300L but with 6 stud wheels and high mounted front...

This. There are so many areas flexing it does feel and look a bit weird. I'm told some camper conversions (not mine) have fitted dampers to slow down the sway, but I've also heard that they either need to be massive (because they're trying to stop what the truck was designed to do) or they...

Hi and thank you for replying :) I'm surprised you say the 8x8 can't turn its wheels as far as a 6x6 because the Tankograd book suggests all varients have the same axles? I also had thought a one steered axle 6x6 might be a little like trying to steer a fully locked up 4x4, it really wants to...

Hiya There are quite a few importers of RVs for resale in the UK who convert the electrics you could ask to rewire your camper perhaps? No experience but there are plenty. Some friends recently fitted something like this...

Hiya The Tankograd book on the MAN KAT explains why and how it was possible to build an otherwise too costly truck, and a little about design decisions along the way such as flex/no flex, independent vs beam axle. Printed in English and German it is a very worthwhile read :) I believe...

The big problem with Mercedes' eloquence regarding the Zetros bonnet position advantage is all the other trucks they themselves manufacture, probably citing a raft of reasons why having the cab over flat fronted design is vastly superior to anything else for those. - The one thing that can't be...

If you buy direct from Desert Winds he can autograph it for you if you ask nicely :)

Anyone interested in putting their own requirements on to wheels would do well to read Tom Shepherd's Vehicle Dependant Expedition Guide, (recently re-published as a 3rd edition). - Although mainly aimed at expeditions, the premise of how many people, for how long and in what environment is...

Two Mogs parked up back to back could be zipped together to form Biotect's 8x8 camper too :)

I'm surprised the weights appear close, but the Tatra weight above doesn't say which wheelbase that applies to, if that's just for the backbone then possibly you would add comparatively more weight mounting a rear flat bed, and the Zetros already comes on the wheel and tyre combo you would need...

At a simple level, everything bends when you apply a load. If you don't want flex you add stiffness. Vehicles with a separate ladder frame chassis are not very stiff, and mostly not because it gets you more places offroad but because its cheap and easy to bolt stuff to. The likes of a Pinz or...

:friday: The little list of my ideals is in no way covered by any Mog, since to seat 4 you need a double cab, on a square cab Mog that leaves a 3.1m rear platform, not ideal for four to sleep and eat. (although you could stretch that with a slightly bigger overhang but it would still be a...

That is a cool little truck :) I could suggest a second, one for each foot :smiley_drive: Just regarding drive by wire, the Vario Pilot on a U400/500 Mog allows the steering wheel to be either side I think with no physical connection other than wiring. The auto box is remote, and I'm sure...

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Hiya Where did you find cranes that do 65mph? Limited to 56mph or much less in Europe I would think especially heavier ones in STGO categories? And everything possible is done on a building site to try to ensure they do not experience anything like offroad. The rep will nearly always visit to...