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DcNexus
Member Since: 04 Jan 2010
Location: Luebeck
Posts: 78
  
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one hell of a ride 
still would not want to see garage's bill Mods: snow chains, Spacers, MTR's, Roof top tent, Dual battery, iBS, Sump guard, Rock slider, Front Runner, Rods
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 Mon Sep 05 2011 11:41am |
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geomysl
Member Since: 28 Jul 2011
Location: Moscow
Posts: 11
 
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DcNexus wrote:one hell of a ride
still would not want to see garage's bill
One of the participants is the owner of the garage  The deep, long scratches are the best tuning for the real 4x4!
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| Mon Sep 05 2011 11:52am |
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grzesiul
Member Since: 11 May 2008
Location: Berks
Posts: 2831
 
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hmm that old GAZ made it look so easy didn't it
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| Mon Sep 05 2011 12:01pm |
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geomysl
Member Since: 28 Jul 2011
Location: Moscow
Posts: 11
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grzesiul wrote:hmm that old GAZ made it look so easy didn't it
Good hippo, sure... But Disco is very good for long travels.
It is comfortable and fast on the highway and CAN go there, where no roads at all.
Now my friends, on two D3, are in the expedition: Altai Mountains, Mongolia, then back to Russia - Sayan Mountains, east bank of Baykal Lake... and back to Moscow. Reports from this trip with photos are here: http://forum.britanica-auto.ru/viewtopic.p...p;start=90 (and the pages nearby).
Written in Russian, but pictures explain everything... And Google can help to translate the comments. World is big! The deep, long scratches are the best tuning for the real 4x4!
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| Mon Sep 05 2011 12:41pm |
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grzesiul
Member Since: 11 May 2008
Location: Berks
Posts: 2831
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yea disco is awesome
love the pictures on your mates expedition site wicked open spaces
would be so cool to have a bit of free time to do something like that
cheers for sharing
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| Mon Sep 05 2011 2:26pm |
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DcNexus
Member Since: 04 Jan 2010
Location: Luebeck
Posts: 78
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geomysl wrote:grzesiul wrote:hmm that old GAZ made it look so easy didn't it
Good hippo, sure... But Disco is very good for long travels.
It is comfortable and fast on the highway and CAN go there, where no roads at all.
Now my friends, on two D3, are in the expedition: Altai Mountains, Mongolia, then back to Russia - Sayan Mountains, east bank of Baykal Lake... and back to Moscow. Reports from this trip with photos are here: http://forum.britanica-auto.ru/viewtopic.p...p;start=90 (and the pages nearby).
Written in Russian, but pictures explain everything... And Google can help to translate the comments. World is big!
...now that sounds like a real overland trip!!
can you tell sth about their modifications?
..just got back from my trip to Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia - really nice landscapes and lots of offroading possible. Ulan Bator is next [/quote] Mods: snow chains, Spacers, MTR's, Roof top tent, Dual battery, iBS, Sump guard, Rock slider, Front Runner, Rods
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| Mon Sep 05 2011 2:39pm |
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geomysl
Member Since: 28 Jul 2011
Location: Moscow
Posts: 11
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DcNexus wrote:
...now that sounds like a real overland trip!!
can you tell sth about their modifications?
Ulan Bator is next
Ok.
1. First of all, full aluminium protection of belly, including tank and compressor!
2. Snorkel.
3. Mud tyres. Here is the problem. 275/65/18 works, but, if suspension system will be totally dead, you will get unwanted, but good parking brake. Another way is to use smaller MT tyres on 17" discs... (loss of clearence).
4. Aluminium bumpers, both front and rear.
5. Additional fuel tank (in the place of spare wheel) - very important part in wild places!
6. Front and rear electric winches.
7. Spare wheel holder on the rear bumper.
8. Reinforced aluminium side protection tubes (allow "HiJack" usage).
Something else:
1. CB radio, satellite phone... shockproof laptop with OzyEzplorer, etc.
2. Additional, independent battery (there is the free place for it in the engine bay!)
3. One of them is equipped with a small electronic device which allows to lift up the suspension 35 mm more by pressing the button. It is Matzker http://www.matzker.de/product_info.php?products_id=750... The deep, long scratches are the best tuning for the real 4x4!
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| Mon Sep 05 2011 3:58pm |
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TC
Member Since: 26 Oct 2005
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 223
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Great to see them being used
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| Mon Sep 05 2011 8:26pm |
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Big Dave
Member Since: 30 Jun 2011
Location: cheshire
Posts: 5
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Wow!! what an amazing trip it really shows what these Chelsea tractors can do, how I envy your friends. Why cnat we just trek across Scotland or Wales? Forgot the tree huggers!
Pass my congratulations onto your friends
 tallyho
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| Mon Sep 05 2011 10:17pm |
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