It can be done

[Bush Ways]

So there we were, on an expidition in western Zambia when we came accross a river, but alas, no bridge..... after a few hours of exploration we found an old broken burnt out bridge that took 6 hours to fix and managed to get our 143" Double cab across. After returning we thought "there must be a better way", so jumped on the net, asked many people and nobody seemed to think it would be possible to float a fully rigged expedition land rover.
WE DID IT. hardly got the drivers floorboards wet. 1 hour to set up, attach, cross, detach, deflate and pack away.

[V8-110]

So there we were, on an expidition in western Zambia when we came accross a river, but alas, no bridge..... after a few hours of exploration we found an old broken burnt out bridge that took 6 hours to fix and managed to get our 143" Double cab across. After returning we thought "there must be a better way", so jumped on the net, asked many people and nobody seemed to think it would be possible to float a fully rigged expedition land rover.
WE DID IT. hardly got the drivers floorboards wet. 1 hour to set up, attach, cross, detach, deflate and pack away.



NOW THATS DETERMINATION...FOOKIN ACE FELLAS:D
WELCOME TO THE FORUM:bigwave:

[Geobloke]

:yay: Well done those men! :yay:

We need more pics though! and welcome to the forum! :D

[Spysmys]

Excellent pic, i've seen a similar thing with 44 gal drums attachet to a toyota 2.4d pickup in my home town in SA. Just shows you : An African always makes a plan.


Cheers

[whitewolf]

very good, truly an all terrain vehicle :D

[R0Y]

Cool piccie, welcome to the forums guys :bigwave:

[bigdog]

good job! hope there's nothing in the water that bites :)

[Bush Ways]

not much besides crocodiles and hippos

[Bush Ways]

nice pic spysmus, waar kry jy sukke goed??? jou ma sal jou pakslaa gee.

[ROB 110 HICAP]

Good effort! Lets have more pics of your 143" double cab. Is it a 130 double cab with a 110hicap tub on the back?

[Spysmys]

nice pic spysmus, waar kry jy sukke goed??? jou ma sal jou pakslaa gee.

dit is die naaste wat ek aan 'n ordentelike paar tiete kom. ha ha

dis goed om nog 'n afrikaner op die forum te hê. hulle HAAT dit as ons in afrikaans tik. maak hulle mal !!! :D :D

[ROB 110 HICAP]

dit is die naaste wat ek aan 'n ordentelike paar tiete kom. ha ha

dis goed om nog 'n afrikaner op die forum te hê. hulle HAAT dit as ons in afrikaans tik. maak hulle mal !!! :D :D

Thats easy for you to say!

[jjsaul]

nice one guys :)

[El Stiemo]

dit is die naaste wat ek aan 'n ordentelike paar tiete kom. ha ha

dis goed om nog 'n afrikaner op die forum te hê. hulle HAAT dit as ons in afrikaans tik. maak hulle mal !!! :D :D

Nou hoekom so... My mother tongue is German AND I had to learn English and Afrikaans and French and Latin at school... So die engelse kan mos nou Afrikaans leer as hulle wil weet wat aangaan. Soos ek moes leer. Buk, seun, drie van die bestes...;)

[Marc Lurie]

Moenie vergeet van die souties op die forum wat ook Afrikaans kan praat. (Al is dit met 'n Engelse aksent)

Bush Ways, welkom by die forum. So ver ek weet, is jy die enigste lid wat in Botswana is.

Anybody know what time the game is tomorrow?

Marc

[Spysmys]

Anybody know what time the game is tomorrow?

Marc

Marc, kick off 12:00 SA time.

Go BOKKE !!!

[K&S]

Not only kick-off but also kick-butt. Great win!! Take that Australia:)

[Spanish Bob]

¡Joder! No entiendo ná.....

great picture though, if youve got anymore dont be shy!

bob

[Sudarshan]

nice pic spysmus, waar kry jy sukke goed??? jou ma sal jou pakslaa gee.

Chann photo ,pun karti kay boltat kalat nahi. ( A GOOD PICTURE,BUT WHAT THEASE PEOPLE SAY ,CANT UNDERSTAND) :rolleyes:

[Storm]

Chann photo ,pun karti kay boltat kalat nahi. ( A GOOD PICTURE,BUT WHAT THEASE PEOPLE SAY ,CANT UNDERSTAND) :rolleyes:

Mujhe kuch samaj nahi atha (I don't understand anything):D

Excellent determination guys!

[Marc Lurie]

Not only kick-off but also kick-butt. Great win!! Take that Australia:)

What a game... what a try... what a babelaas on Sunday morning.

[Sudarshan]

Mujhe kuch samaj nahi atha (I don't understand anything):D

Excellent determination guys!

Mujhe jara atta hai , Thumahara Nam kya hai Basanti :D

[Storm]

Mujhe jara atta hai , Thumahara Nam kya hai Basanti :D

Basanti bolata hai, aur phir naam poochta hai? :D filhaal vohi tho mera naam hai.:D

[Sudarshan]

Basanti bolata hai, aur phir naam poochta hai? :D filhaal vohi tho mera naam hai.:D

Koi mil gaya ( we are from the same tribe , Landoholic )

[Bush Ways]

Good effort! Lets have more pics of your 143" double cab. Is it a 130 double cab with a 110hicap tub on the back?

Got tired of banging my knees, if you are 6'4" the LR world is too small.
I took a 110 Hi-cap, stretched it by 930mm, put in a second "front door" which I squared off (same as the 147), put a double cab roof on which I stretched by 110mm and built waterproof, non rattling roofhatches.
Then I put the Hi-cap tub on the back with the same offset as the 130. Double shocks all round, some more spring here and there.
Reinforced the rear chassis similarly to the wolf military vehicle.
Auxilary fuel tank under the rear seat and with a bit more work I will have a very usable expidition vehicle.
Boys must play

[ROB 110 HICAP]

Yum yum! I'm also 6'4" and the truck cab is tight, but raising the seat pad an inch has helped. I thought about a 130, but the tub is too short for sleeping and dirtbikes. 110 tub on the 130 with a smaller kingcab is possible, but then you can onlt take midgets. Yours is the way to go, but what about turning circle and offroad?