From Norway to Kola Peninsula, Russia

[Berglid]

Good morning, the weather was nice. Time to pack down the camp, and travel on. I got in my car, started it. But no matter what I did, I could not get it in gear. I didn’t want to force it. We had a small group meeting. What could it be? We stopped the car and then it worked without any problems. We thought maybe it could be water in the clutch making it jam up? Since we parked our cars, right after the river crossings. Well we ended up stopping the car, putting the gear in 1 low, low. Then I started the car and it actually could start up like that. And we just went on in 10km/h. The plan was to drive a bit and see when the car got hot, if the clutch started working again. After 35minutes driving it finally worked!!! What a good feeling, since we were only 4000km from home.


Well the next plan was to go higher up into the mountains, just a short trip to get a good view.


Just cruising.


Nice roads, where are they leading?

 

[Berglid]

Front page picture for expo?


Getting up the last bit with the 60 series


Group photo, the road just went up to a small drilling place in the mountain. Dead road.


I the next update I will take you back down from the mountain and into the streets of Murmansk

 

[profdlp]

Sorry for being dense, but what did you have to bury to avoid smuggling it into Norway?

Looking forward to the next installment! :ylsmoke:

 

[grogie]

Great trip report! Thanks for sharing it and I look forward to reading more. You really have an awesome truck. :smiley_drive:

 

[k9lestat]

tick tock your readers are waiting.....:drool:

 

[Berglid]

Here is second part of the movie, made by Wiberg. Also added it to the first post

[video=vimeo;81114572]http://vimeo.com/81114572[/video]

 

[k9lestat]

love the video

 

[Berglid]

It was time to get back down.




Most likely our last day driving offroad in Russia.


The Russians are mining the mountains; they are digging away the whole mountains!!

 

[Rumpig]

Thanks for taking the time to put this report together, i am really enjoying the read and pics
Cheers
RP

 

[Berglid]

Thx, there will come some more. But I have to sort alot of pictures first.

 

[Wiberg]

Kola Peninsula 2013 part III is now online:
http://vimeo.com/81534718

Enjoy

 

[k9lestat]

Man thats something I wish I could do. If ever I have the means to do anything remotely similar, I'll be all over it. (like dirt on a fender well)


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[jds0912]

This was ************. Love your arctic truck, those 42" MTRs are sex.

 

[Berglid]

Nice movie Jon!!

 

[DocentD]

Hi guys, nice trip, well documented. I have few questions in relation to TLC120 (non-arctic version) setups. What kind of shocks did they run, tires (size and brand), lockers? Any mechanical issues? I am considering preparing TLC120 or Hilux to tackle the same route as you did in May 2014, then Russia/Kazachstan/Mongolia.