earth_roamer
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Guys, girls and friends to be.
5 years ago I got on board with the expedition scene. Life changes bought me to buying a truck for living and travelling in.
So I ended up buying a few trucks over the years with great plans for each one of them but ended up selling for various reasons.
I started with a 2001 atego 1823ak then moved onto a 2005 814 lwb mercedes vario to which I converted to 4x4.
I didn't even up finishing the 814 off as I got offered a price I couldn't turn down.
Moved onto a 2013 MAN Hx60 4x4 8,000miles but after some real long thinking I decided this wasn't going to work either.
The good thing is I made a great amount of cash on every one of them to move onto buying a Mercedes zetros 2733 6x6.
A Zetros was a pipeline dream 5 years back but as of September 2021 I now own one with the help of all the other truck sales that I had done.
So I'm starting a post with my build to share and gather information from all those who can help if I get stuck but also for myself to help in some of the communities.
So the Zetros is year 2015 6x6 covered only 40,000miles. Its the manual 8 speed with crawler gear.
Its a ex gritter but I can say its never seen grit in it.
The gritter box still has the stickers on the conveyor belts and the paint inside the box has not one mark on it.
The only thing I can think of is its had a brand new unit on it or it was only used as a plough behind a gritting truck.
Either way I'm not fussed as it needs a complete sand blast and chassis re-paint.
I have started stripping the truck back in some spare time getting it ready for the blast.
So in short even though its long ? I'm Jon and I look forward to speaking to those who will take a interest and those I can also help out.
I plan to build the truck over the next 2 to 3 years.
Thanks in advance ✌
5 years ago I got on board with the expedition scene. Life changes bought me to buying a truck for living and travelling in.
So I ended up buying a few trucks over the years with great plans for each one of them but ended up selling for various reasons.
I started with a 2001 atego 1823ak then moved onto a 2005 814 lwb mercedes vario to which I converted to 4x4.
I didn't even up finishing the 814 off as I got offered a price I couldn't turn down.
Moved onto a 2013 MAN Hx60 4x4 8,000miles but after some real long thinking I decided this wasn't going to work either.
The good thing is I made a great amount of cash on every one of them to move onto buying a Mercedes zetros 2733 6x6.
A Zetros was a pipeline dream 5 years back but as of September 2021 I now own one with the help of all the other truck sales that I had done.
So I'm starting a post with my build to share and gather information from all those who can help if I get stuck but also for myself to help in some of the communities.
So the Zetros is year 2015 6x6 covered only 40,000miles. Its the manual 8 speed with crawler gear.
Its a ex gritter but I can say its never seen grit in it.
The gritter box still has the stickers on the conveyor belts and the paint inside the box has not one mark on it.
The only thing I can think of is its had a brand new unit on it or it was only used as a plough behind a gritting truck.
Either way I'm not fussed as it needs a complete sand blast and chassis re-paint.
I have started stripping the truck back in some spare time getting it ready for the blast.
So in short even though its long ? I'm Jon and I look forward to speaking to those who will take a interest and those I can also help out.
I plan to build the truck over the next 2 to 3 years.
Thanks in advance ✌
