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Thanks for another good event over the weekend, particularly as once again, we ended up lucky with the weather, here's our promo for the Round 5 DVD, which will be available soon.
Enjoy,
Nick & Ollie
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We've now got the promo for the final round of the Mud Monsters/ Gigglepin Championship, DVD's will be available to purchase soon from Mud Monsters.
Enjoy,
Nick & Ollie.
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The Wolf has now been sold
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Full report (courtesy of Daniel Moylan) out now in this months LRM....
We hope you enjoyed his two articles on Challenger 4x4 and the Outback Challenge as much as we did!! We were also really pleased that Dan's photos made the front cover!
Nick and Dan from the Lone Wolf Transglobal Expedition team
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Hello everyone,As some may know, Dan was at the Outback Challenge in Morocco this year covering the event for LRM, which should be out next month, along with features on several of the cars.
He has compiled a short video from clips he took between photos, which I thought I'd share here.
Thanks,
Nick
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Yeah really enjoyed the weekend. Not surprised intrested in your truck nice truck, nicely thought out
Had some really nice trucks to look after , so that kept me busy but found the whole show interesting.
Did not miss the trade stands, as someone put it to me, It was an enthuriast show anyway
Thanks to 'reads90' and julian for pointing out where we could wash the wolf on the saturday morning, it was great fun being able to see all the different Land Rovers, and meeting some new faces with familiar names.
We even met and chatted with Tim Slessor, who wrote 'First Overland' and I suspect that is the same for many people at the show. Thanks to everyone who came over and said hello.
Nick
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Through the grapevine i heard that paul and doms ( challenger crew ) as of yesterday were first in class and second overall
More info on the challenger 4x4 web site
I believe I have more information on the rolled vehicle mentioned on the Challenger 4x4 website. Daniel is there covering the event for LRM magazine.
Daniel had changed from one press vehicle to another, and a few minutes later, the one he was no longer in, broke a ball joint at 50mph, and rolled over twice at speed. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured, but he was pulling people out of the wreckage at 4am.
Other than that, he says the event is going very well, and has plenty of material for a couple of articles on the event.
(paraphrased from a text message from Dan)
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It has been mentioned a couple of times, but not really followed up. Been following them with interest. Seems like they have run out of spare shock absorbers though!
The are approaching the Bering Strait, where they will convert the truck into amphibious mode to cross the sea!
I'm waiting with eager anticipation to see the tracks in action after all the testing, should be good!
From the Cape to Cape Expedition website- Looks VERY cold!:
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Nick
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Think I have found the perfect example of "Wolf" part mickey taking!!
£125!!!!!
Does anyone think they can knock these out for £10 a set? Fancy setting up a business??!! Just imagine on Dragons Den... Profit margins, 1000%
Nick
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Hi Nick and Daniel.
My wife Carol and I have just got home from your lecture and would just like to say thank you.
It was interesting and informative. Although having followed you in the Landy mag, we were still able to learn more by being there, and talking to you afterwards.
The Wolf is a serious bit of kit! We will email you the pics of our 130 Pulse/radio comms Landy soon.
Thanks again.......
Bob and Carol.
Thank you for coming down, we look forward to seeing some pictures of your 130 pulse. Discussing it after the lecture, Dan and I thought this could be made into the most impressive and capable camper ever!!
We hope you enjoyed the talk, and hope to hear more about your endeavours in the near future,
Thanks,
Nick and Dan
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Just a reminder to anyone who is interested, the expedition talk by Daniel Moylan is tomorrow in Bristol (23/ 01/08) in the University of Bristol Chemistry department main lecture theatre as part of the Wilderness Lecture Series.
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Thanks for that Nick. It could be interesting and I might just go along.
(By the way, the Wilderness Lectures website gives the date as January 23rd).
Cheers,
Bob.
Oops, I wish I could put that down to a typo, but it clearly is my mistake.. Yes, it is the 23rd,
Thanks,
Nick and the Lone Wolf team
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Not sure where this should go, "Out and about" just didn't seem to fit.
Anyway, Daniel is giving a talk about his expedition with the Wilderness Lectures in Bristol on the 23rd January.
He will be talking about the Lone Wolf Transglobal Expedition, and there will be a chance to talk to him and have a quick look round the Wolf for anyone interested.
Unfortunately, I can't arrange free tickets for anyone, but I can recommend it as a good evening talking about travel to far flung places in a Land Rover.
Thanks for your interest,
Nick Moylan
Also, thought you all might enjoy this...
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We have one in our Wolf, it has performed excellently so far, and has yet to do anything other than what we want it to do. Ours is not plumbed into the brakes, as we believe the risk of being taken to court is not worth the extra security.
As one of our major concerns is carjacking, the clutch mechlock deals with the problem almost completely, though a better system would allow the system to be engaged remotely as we currently have to remove the key without the thief noticing (well practiced though)
I would recommend it if you feel your vehicle is likely to be pinched from your driveway or while you are still in it!
Nick and the Lone Wolf team
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i thought it was good why not post them up here as well?
We keep a copy of the Lone Wolf expedition press on our website (to the best of our ability)
Thanks,
Nick
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I know its slightly OT, but fishing for some feedback, did you guys see the Lone Wolf expedition article (pages 52-56)? What did you think?
We've got a more articles to follow in the next few months, so keep an eye out for them...
Thanks,
Nick
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You will need to press or cut some out.
I've gone Superpro on my 110. Great on road performance.
I'm not by any means an accomplished driver off-road so not looking for great articulation but others have suggested they don't last as long when used off-road or at winch events.
Mine not been in long so can't talk about longevity yet....
Neil
I too will advocate the excellent performance of Superpro, we have them everywhere on our wolf, there is only one location that is still Land Rover genuine bushes, (as superpro don't make one yet) and it just doesn't stand up to what we are putting it through compared to the superpro stuff, we have had to replace it already. We have so far driven 30000 miles on them, about 1/3 that can be said to be off road/ bad roads. There doesn't really seem to be any need to replace the superpro bushes yet.
Hope this helps,
Nick
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We have been making use of an off road trailer on our expedition, and have aquired a fair bit of experience in the ups and downs of their use.
To be 100% honest, our main experience is, only have it if you absolutely need it.
Assuming you need the trailer, make sure the axle you use is of good quality steel, and the hubs and bearings are of good quality and are strong. We found that the trailer gets a much tougher ride than the leading car because it is more lightly laden. This leads to the trailer bouncing round more, so metal fatigue is a problem.
The brakes you have sound good, we found that a good test of the brakes is to slowly reverse, the brakes should not impede this, and should not engage unevenly, (also bad going forwards, but exacerbated going backwards) Going forwards under braking, the trailer should brake, and continue to brake even under heavier braking. We found that some sort of disengage for the braking would be ideal for when off road, as it is more of a hinderance.
We have put the same wheels and tyres on the trailer as we did on the truck, expecting to get much lower wear on the trailer tyres, with experience, we have noticed much worse wear on the trailer tyres, making them less use as 'fresh spares'.
The suspension on our trailer is leaf springs, this has been good, as it makes a more sturdy base for the trailer tent. Possibly an advantage to this is: if you drop a wheel in a pothole, the axle will more likely slide back on the springs than snap or bend the axle, as long as you keep the correct sockets for the bolts, you should be able to temporarily repair this.
We have made use of both the Howling moon trailer tent and a Maggiolina roof tent (on the vehicle itself). For its use, the roof tent is much quicker to set up, (30 seconds), but for basic sleeping only, the trailer tent can be secured in as little as 2 minutes, and can be set up in full (with all awnings, attachments and rooms) in 30 minutes. As a trailer tent, the Howling moon is more versatile.
We keep a kitchen (and table) in the trailer, which, is fully fitted. Good fitting units prevent bottles, cups, glasses, and plates from smashing (or spilling), even when we rolled the trailer. The cooker is gas fuelled, and in Europe, there is no problem refilling the gas canisters, though it has no spark on the hob, so you still need matches.
For more details on our trailer, please visit our website, though most of the information on our experience is contained in the journal, (usually when the trailer goes wrong)
Suspension shifting from pothole
Hope this helps, sorry for the lengthy response. By the way, we paid £2,500 for our trailer.
Nick
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Go on then how much roughly for something like that?
The trailer? We got it for £2300 on ebay, which was probably worth it, but the fridge stopped working before we even left the UK
Nick
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I like the look of the Maggiolina roof tent and I think Lone Wolf are using one. However, there does not seem to be much room for anything else up top. I suppose this would be offset with having the trailer.
We do have the maggiolina on the top of the wolf, which goes up in 30 seconds, it is also very robust, we accidently punctured the fibreglass with a branch, but it still remained waterproof, we then patched with fibreglass tape and strengthened the area with chequer plate.
We also make use of the Trek Overland Globemaster trailer. This has proven to be a good design in terms of camping design, but we found the strength of the axle was its downfall. If you intend to use the trailer off road, and over any serious distance, I would reccomend getting a good quality, strong axle.
I will try to get Dan to write a review of the trailer and all it's features, which will probably be most helpful to you here. Though we have a lot of information on our website and in the journal about our experiences. I have attached pictures of the trailer in use, and of the tents.
Hope this helps,
Nick
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Great photos. What is the deal on entering Vietnam? A while back I spoke to a UK couple travelling around the world in an ex military 101 ambulance who told me they could not get permission to take their truck into Vietnam under any circumstances.
Bill.
We had been informed that the ruling was that the vehicles had to be left hand drive. Unfortunately, we also were turned away from the Vietnamese border, at this time I have no reason for why. Unfortunately, we had arranged all our shipping from Hanoi. We have had to turn back to Bangkok and start from scratch there. This means that we will be at best 4 days late in LA, at worst 2 weeks late.
I guess, we had been misinformed before and there is NO entry into vietnam, though, I had been informed that the only major bar was RHD vehicles were not permitted.
Thanks,
Nick
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Blimey.....most of them shots could be anywhere in the Uk right now!
Yes, we didn't want you to feel like you were the only ones getting your feet wet, particularly with other parts of Europe having a full on heatwave!
Nick
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Hello everyone,
Recieved some photos and journals from the team, who are now in Vietnam. The roads in Cambodia are amongst the worst in the world, and last weekend, Daniel drove to a waterfall, along "the hardest road I have ever driven in my life"
Also, for everyone suffering from flooding, I have attached a picture of the wolf wading, this is a screenshot from a video. The video itself is too big to e-mail, so I will upload it next month in USA. There are also a couple of photos from Angkor Wat, which you can read and see more of in our journal.
For more photos, please go to the July Journal on our website.
Many Thanks,
Nick Moylan
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We're headed out there in a month with the Wolf, if only to see the place as opposed to do anything insane. I have yet to do too much research on the place, as we have been concentrating on other parts of the itinerary. Though I hear most of the famous trails have been closed and bought for housing development. Hopefully the place won't look too much like a building site when we get there...
Nick
AWDC CHALLENGER 4X4 SERIES - FINAL ROUND
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Here's the Trailer for the Sixth and Final Round.
Rounds 1-5 are available for purchase from Challenger 4x4 and Round 6 will be ready soon.
Thanks for a great event guys! All the best,
Ollie and Nick