nick disjunkt
Adventurer
Hi all,
Foe sale is my Mercedes 1823 overland expedition motorhome.
For sale at £30k, located in London, UK. Eligible for import to Canada should you wish.
I'm pained to do this, after the many hours spent building this vehicles, and the hundreds of happy nights and amazing experiences we had in the truck, but the truck is getting less and less use and its time for somebody else to use it.
Full details of the truck can be found at http://jimthetruck.blogspot.com/p/for-sale.html
The truck chassis is a 2003 Mercedes Atego 1823 now with approximately 323,000 miles on it. Mechanically it is in good condition, everything works perfectly and I put a new MOT on it in November 2019 with no issues or repairs.
The truck was originally built as a cash-in-transit vehicle for Brinks by Trumac specialist vehicles. I spent a long time converting the truck into a comfortable 2/3 person motorhome for autonomous round the world travel, and have traveled far and wide in it. There are all kinds of vehicles used for extended trips around the world, and everybody has different priorities as to what they need, for me, reliability, autonomy, and comfort were high up the list when I did the conversion. The biggest trip I used it for was a year spent travelling around America, Mexico and Canada.
The truck is approximately 7.2m long, 2.5m wide, and 3.5m high. For me this was a perfect compromise between having a large enough space to provide comfortable living accommodation, while still being small enough to travel unrestricted.
The truck has 230hp, transferred to the rear wheels through a conventional 6 speed gearbox. The truck is powerful and refined and the gearbox is very easy to use. The truck has an electronically limited top speed of 90km/h, but this can be removed by any Mercedes dealer should you wish to (I retained it to save fuel). With the limiter removed, the truck would cruise at about 110km/h at 2,100 rpm.
The truck meets Euro 3 emissions standards. The 6.37 litre OM906LA turbocharged and intercooled engine is modern and efficient (using unit injectors and engine computer control), but has no emission control equipment such as EGR, SCR/AdBlue, or DPF. Consequently the truck is less sensitive to fuel quality or altitude than newer trucks, and can be operated anywhere in the world.
- 4x2 drive configuration
- 4.2m wheelbase
- 18tonne GVW, 21.5tonne GTW
- Euro III OM906LA straight 6 diesel engine, 6.4 litre displacement producing 231 bhp
- G85-6, 6 speed manual gearbox with hydraulic gearshift, bottom ratio 6.70, top ratio 0.73
- H6 13tonne rear axle, HL4/6 5.22 diff ratio, 440 crown wheel
- Air actuated differential lock on rear axle
- 8tonne front axle
- Steel leaf springs front and rear, 8.0t front, 11.5t rear
- Air disc brakes front and rear
- 315/80 tubeless tyres on 22.5x9.00 tapered steel wheels
- 400 litre aluminium primary diesel tank, 250 litre aluminium auxiliary diesel tank
- 100a @24v alternator, charging 2 x 12v 220ah batteries
- Cruise control
- Engine/exhaust brake
- Air conditioning
The chassis itself is well suited for long-distance travel on bad roads; the in-cab air conditioning, cruise-control and air seats make it comfortable for long drives, and the steel suspension, huge fuel tanks, effective engine brake, large-tyres and locking differential make it handle rough and remote roads well. The truck weighs approximately 13.5 tonnes when full of fuel, water and travel equipment, which leaves 4.5 tonnes in spare capacity. This means that there is enough weight that the truck rides well, but is far enough under the maximum GVW that the drivetrain is never under stress.
The back of the truck is where most time is spent, and as a result I spent more than £30,000 on equipment which enabled the truck to support us for weeks off the grid in the boonies in comfort. The electric systems, water systems, heating systems, and cooking equipment, are literally top-of the line, and in some cases it would have been impossible to have bought better specified equipment. This will sound like sales talk, but if you are familiar with this equipment you will understand that it is the truth.
Foe sale is my Mercedes 1823 overland expedition motorhome.
For sale at £30k, located in London, UK. Eligible for import to Canada should you wish.
I'm pained to do this, after the many hours spent building this vehicles, and the hundreds of happy nights and amazing experiences we had in the truck, but the truck is getting less and less use and its time for somebody else to use it.
Full details of the truck can be found at http://jimthetruck.blogspot.com/p/for-sale.html
The truck chassis is a 2003 Mercedes Atego 1823 now with approximately 323,000 miles on it. Mechanically it is in good condition, everything works perfectly and I put a new MOT on it in November 2019 with no issues or repairs.
The truck was originally built as a cash-in-transit vehicle for Brinks by Trumac specialist vehicles. I spent a long time converting the truck into a comfortable 2/3 person motorhome for autonomous round the world travel, and have traveled far and wide in it. There are all kinds of vehicles used for extended trips around the world, and everybody has different priorities as to what they need, for me, reliability, autonomy, and comfort were high up the list when I did the conversion. The biggest trip I used it for was a year spent travelling around America, Mexico and Canada.
The truck is approximately 7.2m long, 2.5m wide, and 3.5m high. For me this was a perfect compromise between having a large enough space to provide comfortable living accommodation, while still being small enough to travel unrestricted.
The truck has 230hp, transferred to the rear wheels through a conventional 6 speed gearbox. The truck is powerful and refined and the gearbox is very easy to use. The truck has an electronically limited top speed of 90km/h, but this can be removed by any Mercedes dealer should you wish to (I retained it to save fuel). With the limiter removed, the truck would cruise at about 110km/h at 2,100 rpm.
The truck meets Euro 3 emissions standards. The 6.37 litre OM906LA turbocharged and intercooled engine is modern and efficient (using unit injectors and engine computer control), but has no emission control equipment such as EGR, SCR/AdBlue, or DPF. Consequently the truck is less sensitive to fuel quality or altitude than newer trucks, and can be operated anywhere in the world.
- 4x2 drive configuration
- 4.2m wheelbase
- 18tonne GVW, 21.5tonne GTW
- Euro III OM906LA straight 6 diesel engine, 6.4 litre displacement producing 231 bhp
- G85-6, 6 speed manual gearbox with hydraulic gearshift, bottom ratio 6.70, top ratio 0.73
- H6 13tonne rear axle, HL4/6 5.22 diff ratio, 440 crown wheel
- Air actuated differential lock on rear axle
- 8tonne front axle
- Steel leaf springs front and rear, 8.0t front, 11.5t rear
- Air disc brakes front and rear
- 315/80 tubeless tyres on 22.5x9.00 tapered steel wheels
- 400 litre aluminium primary diesel tank, 250 litre aluminium auxiliary diesel tank
- 100a @24v alternator, charging 2 x 12v 220ah batteries
- Cruise control
- Engine/exhaust brake
- Air conditioning
The chassis itself is well suited for long-distance travel on bad roads; the in-cab air conditioning, cruise-control and air seats make it comfortable for long drives, and the steel suspension, huge fuel tanks, effective engine brake, large-tyres and locking differential make it handle rough and remote roads well. The truck weighs approximately 13.5 tonnes when full of fuel, water and travel equipment, which leaves 4.5 tonnes in spare capacity. This means that there is enough weight that the truck rides well, but is far enough under the maximum GVW that the drivetrain is never under stress.
The back of the truck is where most time is spent, and as a result I spent more than £30,000 on equipment which enabled the truck to support us for weeks off the grid in the boonies in comfort. The electric systems, water systems, heating systems, and cooking equipment, are literally top-of the line, and in some cases it would have been impossible to have bought better specified equipment. This will sound like sales talk, but if you are familiar with this equipment you will understand that it is the truth.
