An expedition truck on portals...

[LRD130PUMA]

Hi Robert,
Are the Method Race Wheels you've ordered the 101 series beadlocks? I noticed on the internet that they're for off road use only, are you planning to travel with a full set of extra wheels?
Nice kit that RIVAL underbody protection.
Post some pics when all is installed.

 

[mk216v]

Hi Robert,

Are Method drilling new blanks for you, or filling/drilling an off the shelf wheel for you?

Thanks for the info,
Jeremy

 

[LRD130PUMA]

Hi Robert,

Just came across this site http://www.4x4store.nl/wa-1816.html. might be of interest for you.

 

[kotton]

Came across this thread while searching for aftermarket portals for the g-class, and ended up reading all 102 pages from start to finish. Now im divorced living in a studio apartment, and my child who was a toddler when I started reading this is about to graduate high school.

It was still worth it.

 

[Oilworker]

Love that and thanks ;-)
I am off for a weekend camping close to the Alps and will commence work next week!

 

[The Rover Shop]

Came across this thread while searching for aftermarket portals for the g-class, and ended up reading all 102 pages from start to finish. Now im divorced living in a studio apartment, and my child who was a toddler when I started reading this is about to graduate high school.

It was still worth it.

Could be worse, this could have inspired you to build your own truck..then you would be living in your truck and your children would have disowned you a long time ago and tried to have you committed to an assylum saying that you had gone out of your freaking mind...wandering around mumbling about gearbox to axle and portal ratios, break over and approach angles, muttering things like 16.1 gigawatts and 18 inches of ground clearance .......and spent all of their inheritance...

 

[Ferdinando]

Hi Robert.W.Kranz,

i have seen your post , from your Defender, whar a machine.

well 1st i also have a mantec snorkel however i cannot fit it with a safetydevices rollcage, how did you fit them in your car?


hope you can help me,

best regards

Ferdinando

 

[The Rover Shop]

Take a look in my defender 130 build thread, I had a similar problem so I made my own..

 

[Oilworker]

Hi Robert.W.Kranz,

i have seen your post , from your Defender, whar a machine.

well 1st i also have a mantec snorkel however i cannot fit it with a safetydevices rollcage, how did you fit them in your car?


hope you can help me,

best regards

Ferdinando

Hi Ferdinando,

you can find the instructions here on page 34:
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/37713-An-expedition-truck-on-portals/page34



I modified my Mantec Snorkel with the Safari Intake...

Hope this helps?

 

[Oilworker]

Having just returned from Levi, Finland, where I was working for the Porsche Driving Experience 2017, I am back home (still with a tiny makeshift office), but I found my login to this forum again...YEAH ;-)



If you don´t mind, here´s a little look back to what happened in 2016....

June 2nd, 2016
Big workday today on the LR130CC-R(hino)
Hell, swapping a twin motor winch on an ARB bumper, all alone, is a helluva job...looking forward to that beer now after I've cleaned up the workspace







More on the Red Winches Hornet 2 can be found here:
http://www.red-winches.com/products/hornet2/4/

...and it´s available in the US, too, if you´re interested in the pretty awesome products developed and build by Neal and his team.
Just visit www.redwinchesusa.com or our friends at www.lucky8llc.com


More later....

 

[Oilworker]

After swapping twin-motor winches I got back on my tray setup.

I was´t happy with the old Frontrunner Tray and had been sourcing for an alternative the first 6 months of 2016.
I did find find a great solution, but being custom made, it proved rather pricy :-(

My friend Daniel luckily declined buying my old Frontrunner tray, so I went for a low budget alternative, based on what I had and booked myself in at CCF (close to my place) where I had access to a full carpenter´s shop too





I cleaned and properly greased my old Frontrunner tray and modified it to accommodate 4 standard Zarges Boxes with proper tie-down latches.
This was very important for me as I really learned to hate the original boxes and the lack of "quality"





I also used the time to install the new RIVAL underbody protection kit....





Since then, it´s been through it´s paces and sofar has proven worth it´s money!

 

[Oilworker]

...early summer 2016....

After a wonderful surprise with this birthday cake...



...we hit the road to discover Sardinia.
A first shattering sound, just 60mls after leaving home, almost ended our trip, but miraculously, after a brief stop, the Rhino went on....until about 600 yards before the ferry :-(



...not how I expected to get on the ferry...

To make a long story short, we managed to discuss our way onto the ferry, towed by a russian courier driver, and then the next morning, limbed to the only Land Rover dealership on the island.
There we installed ourselves on the parking and dismantled the front axle and transfer case....finding both problems (broken CV and broken shift lever)....fixing both in time before kicked out the LR premises at 18:15h

Thus a wonderful vacation began....

 

[mk216v]

Robert, which cargo boxes did you have originally; Zarges, Front Runner, another brand?

 

[Outback]

Hey OILWORKER,
How do you like the portals now that have had them for a few years or so. Are they holding up pretty well. What kind of maintenance do you need to do to them? Thanks for your posts. Great thread!

 

[Oilworker]

Originally, I used the original Frontrunner boxes which came with the tray.
They made me mad whenever I had to open them and their sizes is so unique that I could´t find any other box to easily replace them.
Now the modified tray holds 4 standard Zarges boxes which I can tie down separately, too.
The setup proved itself during our 2 weeks in Sardinia last summer and will be a little more fine tuned next month....