discovery 1 for year traveling Africa

[robnmandy]

You'll notice I've gained nearly 10" or so at the rear. The old tow plate was like a plough!

And considering I never tow anything either. (Need a license in uk). It was a pretty heavy not needed lump to remove

I think the difference in UK and U.S. Language has caused some confusion aswell. .

 

[Ray_G]

Wow, that is def a departure angle killing anchor there!

 

[bri]

You'll notice I've gained nearly 10" or so at the rear. The old tow plate was like a plough!

And considering I never tow anything either. (Need a license in uk). It was a pretty heavy not needed lump to remove

I think the difference in UK and U.S. Language has caused some confusion aswell. .

Oh my, you were right removing that. I have never seen anything like it.

 

[Antichrist]

Oh my, you were right removing that. I have never seen anything like it.

That's a pretty standard towing setup in the UK.

 

[robnmandy]

I think our caravans and trailers have maybe a smaller standard height than in US.

 

[bri]

That's a pretty standard towing setup in the UK.

Seriously? What is it rated at?

Don't all disco's come with a hitch like in the US?

I guess if that setup handles more than the stock hitch it could make sense, but if I needed something like that I would get a real tow vehicle.

 

[bri]

robnmandy, you mentioned in one post that you heard never to pull from a hitch. what is the reason for that. With the receiver and dring like above, I think it is ideal.

 

[robnmandy]

robnmandy, you mentioned in one post that you heard never to pull from a hitch. what is the reason for that. With the receiver and dring like above, I think it is ideal.

Your quite right. It is ideal with a D ring. I had in my mind a tow hitch. Was the ball type. Or a tow bar. Like the picture I posted.

You should never recover with that type. As there's nothing to hold the straps or ropes on.

It was simply a confusion, d1 as far as I'm aware in UK doesn't come standard with a removable "hitch" to swap between ball type and D ring. So I just assumed the toe hitch described was the type that I had previously (a ball type).

Hope that clears it up.

 

[bri]

No worries, I just wanted to know if I was missing something.

Definitely hooks and balls are not good for use with straps/winches.

Probably one of the first things I learned, fortunately I did not have to learn from experience.

 

[robnmandy]

not been up to much really, just been doing final preps ready to go... only a clutch and cambelt kit to go that ill do in the next couple weeks, order some spares and then im ready to hit the road.

finished cleaning off and paining everything underneath





made some curtains for rear windows to help keep sun out and eyes away from any valuables





sorted out some of the camera gear and mounts





replaced some broken plasitcs around the car from its life off road over the years





fitted regular sized wheels.. the muddy ones are the new ones.. second hand off of a tray back we just fitted them to



a final polish to get the outside up to scratch





and finnaly a small pic of some sponser we picked up recently... craghoppers have supplied us all with clothing from there kiwi and nosilife range!! so thanks to them we shall do some small reviews etc for them as and when we have somthing to review!!




thats all for now cheers for reading

 

[robnmandy]

so the trip is all but finished... we did what we set out to do and we made it to capetown 9 months today we have been on the road heres a few pics of the vehicle in action... and my brotherinlaws, i shall put a full write up in the appropriate section in a moment

in no particular order

morocco
















south africa



namibia





with Achi2africa and wheelie adventurous in namibia



zambia



angola





congo brazzaville



DRC





cameroon



nigeria



togo



burkina faso



mali





senegal

 

[Ray_G]

So awesome. Congrats, I look forward to the write up but the pics alone are excellent.


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[robnmandy]

Ray G ive just been looking throught your build very nice! the write up is on! oxford to capetown!

cheers for the comments

 

[Ray_G]

Thanks for the words, Coyote is def my first love in terms of rovers and its nice to have my hands on her full time again-seeing your pics renews my drive to actually take her to Alaska since I think getting her across the pond may be a bridge too far!

Imitation being the sincerest form of flattery I am likely going to be fabbing up some mesh window guards like you have in the back. Difficult to source here (or absurdly $$$), I think I'll just make them with materials I have on hand.

Look forward to the write up and please more pics!
r-
Ray

 

[Gren_T]

Welcome back.. I'll look forward to reading of your journey -it would make a great seminar at the adventure overland show in sept.

regards
Gren