Expedition Rigs Encountered
- Thread starter dhackney
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Looks like a Daerr.info truck. German truck too.
Yeah, what to say about this? Higher as an average house! Just the biggest truck I've seen, 6 wheel drive MAN truck. Higher price than an average house too, must be around 250000/300000 dollars I guess, including living room, bathroom, and so on.
A brand new Unimog truck!
One of the strongest and still built in parts of Africa.. This type of truck is often used for the transsaharan Salt transports.
Easy to repair too because of the simple mechanics.
FurthurOnTheFly
Glamping Society
OMG that Mercedes Wagon is awesome!! Wagons rule!!
whatcharterboat
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A couple of FG's from Australia
adventureduo
Dave Druck [KI6LBB]
91 Eastbound in Anaheim Hills, CA on Monday around 5:15pm
dhackney
Expedition Leader
Date: 21 July 2008
Location: Chile / Peru Border
Vehicle: 1982 Ex German Police Mercedes 911 4x4.
See full overlander interview here: http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=247147#post247147
Location: Chile / Peru Border
Vehicle: 1982 Ex German Police Mercedes 911 4x4.
See full overlander interview here: http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=247147#post247147
Off topic tangent:
This would not be an expensive house. This is less than 25% the cost of a 1 bedroom apartment in Manhattan. And less even than the cost of a detached family home in a decent area of my current home, Hyderabad India. Houses here can cost millions of US dollars & of course in NYC, dozens of millions of dollars.
So a 2,500,000 or 3,000,000 USD truck... Man or Earthroamer... this is not expensive. Or at least: depends entirely on your budget, or what kind of financing you can carry. $1000/mo is dirt cheap for something you can LIVE in, and really any man in America can afford this. But can you afford to drive anywhere, with fuel going to $5 or $10/gallon in no time... you had better have a sustainable, disposable income for fuel and repairs
But you know this is true of heating a home in northern climates as well. My landlord in NYC pays $15,000 a year to heat our building. Yikes. (On the other hand she's making $100k a year in rent, or something like that.) Owning an income-producing property... this seems like a good business. Owning a primary residential property... I dunno. I wouldn't. But them I'm waiting for the zombies to come anyday now. ;-)
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blurg said:
This would not be an expensive house. This is less than 25% the cost of a 1 bedroom apartment in Manhattan. And less even than the cost of a detached family home in a decent area of my current home, Hyderabad India. Houses here can cost millions of US dollars & of course in NYC, dozens of millions of dollars.
So a 2,500,000 or 3,000,000 USD truck... Man or Earthroamer... this is not expensive. Or at least: depends entirely on your budget, or what kind of financing you can carry. $1000/mo is dirt cheap for something you can LIVE in, and really any man in America can afford this. But can you afford to drive anywhere, with fuel going to $5 or $10/gallon in no time... you had better have a sustainable, disposable income for fuel and repairs
But you know this is true of heating a home in northern climates as well. My landlord in NYC pays $15,000 a year to heat our building. Yikes. (On the other hand she's making $100k a year in rent, or something like that.) Owning an income-producing property... this seems like a good business. Owning a primary residential property... I dunno. I wouldn't. But them I'm waiting for the zombies to come anyday now. ;-)
- IT
I love these ridiculous animated smileys we have here:
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Pskhaat
2005 Expedition Trophy Champion
isaac said:
I'm sorry maybe I misunderstand, but I beg to differ on this. $1000/mo for any depreciating asset is really not affordable to any average American. I would venture the majority of Americans have full homes financed at less and many are barely making that kind of payment. I think there is a huge misunderstanding of the American wealth.
dhackney
Expedition Leader
Date: 29 July 2008
Location: Arequipa, Peru
Nationality: Belgium
Vehicle: 2002 Action Mobil / MAN
Mileage: 116,000 kilometers on chassis
Chassis: MAN LE220B 4x4
Weight: 12 metric tons
Length: 9 meters
Width: 2.5 meters
Height: 3.6 meters
Motorcycle: Honda 250
For additional details and more photos see the overlander interview here: http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17236
Location: Arequipa, Peru
Nationality: Belgium
Vehicle: 2002 Action Mobil / MAN
Mileage: 116,000 kilometers on chassis
Chassis: MAN LE220B 4x4
Weight: 12 metric tons
Length: 9 meters
Width: 2.5 meters
Height: 3.6 meters
Motorcycle: Honda 250
For additional details and more photos see the overlander interview here: http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17236
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