Decision Made

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Posting, the host does not want to play.

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Assassin wrote:: Posting, the host does not want to play.

You now have 3 pics on there. I thought I would leave the Gordon Brown pic out..... Laughing

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Sorry Jason, did not realise one was on, will send you them all so you can have a good laugh.

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Did make me laugh. Laughing

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I know this is not what you were looking for but its an epic example of an all terrain camper IMO. Truly stunning inside.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Expedition-Motorhome-6x6-events-Ural-4320-Diesel-/300617172253?pt=UK_Campers_Caravans_Motorhomes&hash=item45fe2e051d

TJ

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They are nicknamed "urinals" for a reason.

Subject: Re: Decision Made Mon Nov 07, 2011 1:59 pm

"Urinals" - great! laughing pound

As for the couple escaping before the bridge together with their beloved Mog camper crashed into a ravine -

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2040498/Britons-Lesley-Norris-Bruce-Scott-Amazon-crash-say-travelling.html#ixzz1cz4i9GOA

- don't you just the comments of the quick-thinking Consul and his blatant piece of arse-covering?

"British Consul Vincent Brown said he would have advised the couple against making the trip if they had consulted him."

Yeah sure, we believe you Vincent!!! Wink

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Assassin wrote:: They are nicknamed "urinals" for a reason.

So I take that as a no......

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Any Luck on finding a Unimog?

I found this today. And I Want it. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/URAL-4320-BOX-TRUCK-UK-ROAD-REGISTERED-/150747318731?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item23193d89cb#ht_1246wt_932 , The combination of bad ass Russian truck, 10L diesel heavy oil burner, 50MPH time warp, epic camo meeting super off road is somewhat splendiferously manly.

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No, not yet but i am still looking and have many feelers out.

As for the Urals, not a very good truck as they are pretty unreliable and its the engine which gives problems, anything else can be sorted.

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I went past the Mercedes garage this morning in Swindon and they have 2x Huge brand new AMG Unimog's out the front. There was no ££££££ on them but its got the be hundreds of thousands. The looked sweet mate, this image I pulled from the net here but it looks sweet. Absolute no use to you i expect. If i was not in a rush I would have pulled up and had a good snoop around!

Jason

Subject: Re: Decision Made Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:25 am

Pig-ugly those new Mogs, looks as if a big African bull elephant sat on the front!

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Would you mind what it looked like when its pulling your Rangie out of the mud?

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I think they look sweet. They are meant to be quite rapid for a Mog, and the incab dials and switches are soooo cool.

Jas

Subject: Re: Decision Made Mon Apr 16, 2012 5:37 am

Assassin wrote:: Would you mind what it looked like when its pulling your Rangie out of the mud?

Not in the slightest, in fact I once pulled a mate's Land Rover Lightweight out of the mud with a Nissan Micra hire car! No shame at all, he was in a muddy rutted section and I was able to pull alongside him on concrete which with a 'little bit of speed' gave me enough oomph* to drag him clear as the twang* gave him enough momentum to gain forward motion.

* oomph and twang ... well know technical terms. Wink

BTW, before posting this I cut & pasted the entire text into a Word document to check the spelling (as I often do), and the only words that had a red line underneath denoting incorrect spelling were Rangie and Micra - not oomph and twang. Smile

Still think the new Mog is ugly, doesn't detract from it's immense capabilities though.

Subject: Re: Decision Made Wed Apr 18, 2012 7:27 am

Mogs - great trucks but like all the big boys - if they get stuck who gets you out

and the other problem fuel economy - or lack of it............

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With a 30 tonne hydraulic winch you get yourself out.

Subject: Re: Decision Made Wed Apr 18, 2012 12:43 pm

Assassin wrote:: With a 30 tonne hydraulic winch you get yourself out.

Can't argue with that!

Subject: Re: Decision Made Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:20 am

Tom Mc wrote:

Assassin wrote:: With a 30 tonne hydraulic winch you get yourself out.

Can't argue with that!

As long as there is something to strap the cable to. I don't think a ground anchor will take it.

Subject: Re: Decision Made Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:41 am

chally2 wrote:

Tom Mc wrote:

Assassin wrote:: With a 30 tonne hydraulic winch you get yourself out.

Can't argue with that!

As long as there is something to strap the cable to. I don't think a ground anchor will take it.

You beat me too it...... we were worried when travelling with a mog 1300 that if it got stuck it was gonna stay there in libya. so on a couple of dunes we sand matted it up

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If we worked on the basis of something getting stuck we would go nowhere, and virtually every vehicle would get stuck before a correctly driven Mog would even begin to lose its cool.

Subject: Re: Decision Made Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:42 am

An onboard Hiab crane would help too, that way you could lift yourself up to stick mats or rocks under the wheels. See it done with a 6x6 Foden as it happens. Yes it took a while, but when all options have been explored ...

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