Jimmymad99
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@Escape hope this is helping the motivation to get your build finished
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Tough book and ozi explorer and iv got a waterproof pc built in dash its an old windows touch screen till 12v as well with GPS receiver
A garmin etrex
And a tablet for back up
Anything else u can recommend
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5 hours ago, elbekko said:
Ah, now you lot are making me want to go back...
I think I still have the maps somewhere
I'd love to see the maps
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@Daan sorry for so many questions what come did you use i know sat phone for emergency i recall the master jazz saying cb with burner amp ?
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Our one big problem is no tech crew we are going on our own backs we tried to go 10 years ago but failed after both me and co pilot got insured
So wear do you guys leave your trailers ect once u made it over there or do your tech end up towing them around
@Daan did you carry all your spares and camping kit with ?
@Escape what did u do carry all your kits and spares or did u have help
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38 minutes ago, elbekko said:
I doubt my budget stretches to preparing a vehicle. Plus, you know I'm not allowed near puddles anymore...
Co-driver I could be crazy enough for...
Best get name down for co pilot then
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4 minutes ago, Daan said:
Build thread required! I'd say the hydraulic winches are more use to you in a swamp, you need the finest degree of control, and having a pair means you carry a spare.
But I do want to see your god winch!
You also need to keep in mind, you might get in a situation were you are stuck in a swamp and all you have is a 1" thick tree to winch off. You need the most controllable winch in this situation. Dug a trench about 4 inches below swamp level to have a strop as low down as you can and get your co driver to bend the tree in the opposite way of the pulling direction. You get enough pulling power out of this, as the tree roots could be 10 metre deep.
Also, I had winch extension cables in case I got stuck in a swamp, like this:https://www.winchshop.co.uk/collections/webbing/products/50mm-webbing-with-hook
I had 3 x 180 ft and 2x 90 ft with a loop sown in the ends. The idea was you could rig them all up to about 800ft (including the winch cable), and having multiples of 90 ft, you could pick over to the next extension. (the winch has 100 ft of cable).
I only used 1 extension of 90 ft, and that was on the rear winch, when the front of the car had sunk in the swamp (bonnet under). There happened to be a tree behind us.
Also crucial are beadlocks, can you air down to 2 psi without the tyres coming of the wheels?
The problems of a computer controlled TD5 I take it you are aware of and can be solved with the ECU and throttle pedal high up and I would want some form of diagnostics in case it stops working.
I was thinking of running winch rope though a fairlead on front axle like the do in Malaysia to help pick front axle up back on to the marsh top I carry 2 crank sensors 2 throttle pedal and 2 ecus they are mounted on the roof with fuse box and pedal is on roof with a cable to it from normal pedal iv got navicom on it full time running single bead locks but busy drawing up double beadlock wheels with solid frame that will clamp bead either side
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17 minutes ago, Daan said:
I'd say euro is a good starting point if it is your first go. On the other hand, if you do open adventure, you do TR2 tracks which are done with cars on 36" tyres. You are allowed to run your 38.5 tyres on this course so should be ok.
The only reservation I have is running 38.5 inch tyres on land rover axles; you are bound to find the weak spot, so carry spares for anything that is likely to break. Either way, you need spares for anything on the truck likely to break, and have all potential scenarios of failure in you head and have a plan what you are going to do about it, should they happen.
Daan
I will be carrying spares got full ashcroft cvs shafts plus full set of spares 4.75 kam ring pinion pegged with the strong old school electric diff locks
Iv got a par of hydraulic type r winches on at moment but busy machining up god winch
Not shaw what's best or run one of each
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7 hours ago, FridgeFreezer said:
Arrrgggh the pangs!
One thing worth pointing out (and that @Escape hinted at) is that if the class you enter allows up to 40" tyres and allows portal axles you are definitely going to be following in the ruts of people with 40" tyres and portals, or if your class follows the route of a competition class it's a valid tactic for them to dig big holes so you'll fall in and hold up their competition.
The other thing worth pointing out is that anyone can get a car through a tough day's off-roading or even a tough weekend in the UK - but going out and doing that every day for a week is an entirely different thing, especially if you're 2000 miles from home and especially if Day 1 takes you more than 24 hours to get through.
BTW YouTube has killed my 2008 & 2009 HOFS videos due to the music but if you're willing to risk a couple of Gb of downloading I can throw them up on my server for anyone who's interested - 2009 shows a broader range, including @Escape and collective and @miketomcat The organisers have put a LOT of the older videos up online too.
And since we're doing piccies...
Tourist class:
More Tourist class - the L200 was a family holiday, kids in the back (you see them on the DVD), their other truck has the cartoon characters airbrushed on it:
Finnish support trucks - one full of food & coffee & longdrink, one full of tools & spares & firewood:
This is Halfordskis - they have everything:
HOFS Support crew on the "road" to the campsite:
Some advice hear would be great on group to select we are number 755 on entrance but waiting for paper work to select group its either open adventure or euro to chose from the euro is for trucks over 2100kg but it only has 100-200m swamp runs wear as open adventure follows tr2 route and we are running on 38.5 trep muds ?
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Euro adventures open
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58 minutes ago, Daan said:
Could you explain a bit about the class you are entering? Adventure TR2 you mentioned in our facebook chat. What regulations does your car need to comply to? We competed in TR2 in 2009, which was at the time 36" tyres max, modified production cars.
We had a great time doing the event and had a decent result also. I must admit, contrary to what was said above, I have no intention of going there again. These events really take over your normal life, which I cannot have anymore.
It was double income, no kids back then, it is single income 2 kids now!
That said, if you haven't done it, my advice is do it, you won't regret the experience.
TR2 pictures (all involving a winch cable!):
Daan
Open adventure is what we got our name down in allows 2 winches roll cage up to 40 follows tr2 route but not against the clock but russian translation is not the best
U got me worried now lol
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On 11/28/2020 at 9:17 PM, Retroanaconda said:
It would be fun to do either as support or in some kind of “greenlaning” equivalent class.
They do gt tourist now witch is along the lines
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I'm not shore is this in the right place ?
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I know there is alot of vets of the event on hear just wandered if any one is thinking of going in 2021 they have added alot more classes some more that are in spirt of the event instead of completing
All depends on the border being open as well
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Any one from the UK going to ladoga trophy in 2019??
25th ladoga trophy
in Getting out and about
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@FridgeFreezer its finding people that want to go to as support is the hardest bit we got a but of help with paper work co piolts better half is Latvian and her bother in law is Russian and travels lot back home they are going to help with getting that side organised with us