Category: Off-Road
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Heavy rain in the mountains
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Three days ago I made my way up to the mountains to get some more work done on our center. We prepared the frame the other week to get the cement poured for the foundation. Unfortunately when I drove towards the village I was met with a lot of water.…
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Mein kleiner Helfer
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Endlich habe ich die Zeit gefunden am Geländewagen rumzuschrauben. Beide Trittbretter hat es beim Off-Roadfahren nach ob gedrückt. Timmy hat mir geholfen die Bretter wider anzuschrauben nachdem ich die Aufhängung mit dem Hammer wieder gerade geschlagen hatte.
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Off-road driving takes it’s toll
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Yesterday I brought my truck to the Toyota garage to get fixed. I have over 200,000 km. and the "tiger" is starting to show it. Specially the off-road driving on the front wheel base. I had to replace the cooler because it had a crack all the way across. Then…
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Cleaning up
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I was cleaning up some off my work gear the other day. To put away my tools and other stuff I take up to the mountains I use old army boxes. Those are the only boxes I found in Chiang Mai that are water proof and strong enough to survive…
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Schlammfinken
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Dieses mal bin ich wirklich fast stecken geblieben. Nicht das ich mich mit Hilfe der Seilwinde rausziehen könnte. Meistens ist es aber so das wenn ich aus dem Truck aussteigen muss auch im Dreck stehe. Es ist rutschig und klebt wie ein Kaugummi.Meine "Finken" wurden echt dreckig und trieften nur…
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Sliding the truck
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Yesterday afternoon I drove back from a trip to Fang. After the police check point in Chai Prakan I entered into the mountain pass. Heavy rain started to pour down. So strong it was hard to see. Two kilometers further on it stopped. After I passed a curve the tail…
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Nail puncture
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Two days I had another nail in my tire. I stopped counting over the years. Driving off-road it happens that I drive over nails, screws or other metal spikes that puncture my tyres.What I usualy do is leave the object in the tyre, till I can get to a garage.…