MB 917AF Coming to BC, Canada
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Alloy
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I've bought / installed seats from both of these companies.
www.grammer.com
In addition to air ride there also suspension that use adjustable springs with a gas shocks.
Sales Partners | GRAMMER AG
www.grammer.com
In addition to air ride there also suspension that use adjustable springs with a gas shocks.
Well I am trying to go down a similar route, but sadly having problems finding a professional to import it. Found exporters and some importers but they either will not work with the other...or their rates are astronimical....living over on the East Coast of Canada does not help either...
I will be watching, and hope you never fully fulfill all your dreams...so you will always have something to chase after and gaze upon
I will be watching, and hope you never fully fulfill all your dreams...so you will always have something to chase after and gaze upon
Geo.Lander
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Im not gotten any real kms apart from delivery and to and from the garage - storage we have for our truck but the standard MB seats are pretty OK IMO. The ride quality in these trucks is better than my old Pajero and even better when we added the lighter parabolic suspension and new shocks 
For now we plan to keep the original seats..
For now we plan to keep the original seats..
Sitec
Adventurer
I was there later than you. I worked with Drago in 2000. Only got as far north as Uganda. Did everything below it, and loved it, and vow to return some day soon! I blame Drago for that thumping great project in my shed!!
Sand matting out of a beach camp somewhere in Malawi or Mozambique.... the latter I think!
Me (with the John Deere hat on) stood behind my 'Daf' (did you have that saying too?) on top of the world!
And on Etosha pan.
Dragoman were still going up until very recently with 20+ trucks. The company has been put into hibernation in the hopes that they can ride Covid out.
Anyway!! Re the original post on air seats... We have one, and I'll be fitting a second, as we both want to be comfortable. Another avenue to explore for air bases is Tractor Dealerships. The only draw back is most of the stuff is 12v not 24v.
philcia
Member
Gawd! Memories! Didn't know those companies continued into the '90's. I used to see them in the '70's and always marvelled that they ever made it, as the drivers tended to be learning only one step ahead of the passengers. The Siafu group that we saw in Kano had been broken down in the desert for a fortnight and several of the passengers were bailing. Hard enough trips without shepherding a dozen folks.
Braver men than I am!
I really admired the Rotel folk - all of Africa and a Pullman bed!
Haha that’s why I joined Guerba. We could even communicate with head office via “Telex” every 6 weeks or so.
philcia
Member
Thanks. l’ll check them out.I've bought / installed seats from both of these companies.
Sales Partners | GRAMMER AG
In addition to air ride there also suspension that use adjustable springs with a gas shocks.
DiploStrat
Expedition Leader
I remember typing Telex messages.
I am grateful for the internet and cell phones as I am broken down by the side of the road with a burned starter. At least I can start the search for a replacement while I figure out how to get the beast towed or carried home.
Pity, we were only 30 miles from OEXPO East. First time in 50 years that I haven't been able to limp home.
I am grateful for the internet and cell phones as I am broken down by the side of the road with a burned starter. At least I can start the search for a replacement while I figure out how to get the beast towed or carried home.
Pity, we were only 30 miles from OEXPO East. First time in 50 years that I haven't been able to limp home.
philcia
Member
Awesome photos. I was lucky to get a trans Africa for my first trip. Morocco, Algeria, Niger, Mali, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Zaire, Burundi, Tanzania and Kenya. That was one trip and took about 6 months. It’s where I met my wife and why I now live in CanadaI was there later than you. I worked with Drago in 2000. Only got as far north as Uganda. Did everything below it, and loved it, and vow to return some day soon! I blame Drago for that thumping great project in my shed!!
Sand matting out of a beach camp somewhere in Malawi or Mozambique.... the latter I think!
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Me (with the John Deere hat on) stood behind my 'Daf' (did you have that saying too?) on top of the world!
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And on Etosha pan.
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Dragoman were still going up until very recently with 20+ trucks. The company has been put into hibernation in the hopes that they can ride Covid out.
Anyway!! Re the original post on air seats... We have one, and I'll be fitting a second, as we both want to be comfortable. Another avenue to explore for air bases is Tractor Dealerships. The only draw back is most of the stuff is 12v not 24v.
She used to say I was her best souvenir from Africa…. 30years later and I’m not so sure!Zim and Bot’s where my favourite countries.
Thanks again for sharing the pictures
Sitec
Adventurer
It’s where I met my wife and why I now live in Canada
Zim and Bot’s where my favourite countries.
It must be an overland thing! I met my wife through Drago and we are still married too!!
Yeah, Zim and Bot's are awesome. Namibia got me tho! Loved it... Oh, and sitting in Joe Cools in Durban with a cold Savanna Cider at the end of a trip!
billiebob
Well-known member
It is amazing how simple it once was.
The simplicity of overlanding expeditions impress me.
The complexity of systems, comms, navigation not so much.
I was born 50 years too late. This impresses me.
and this too
who'd a thought there could be an explosion bigger than a Pinto gas tank
The simplicity of overlanding expeditions impress me.
The complexity of systems, comms, navigation not so much.
I was born 50 years too late. This impresses me.
and this too
who'd a thought there could be an explosion bigger than a Pinto gas tank