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Having yet to go overlanding, I can't comment too much however for day to day camping, living and working around a vehicle I have to say that one of the best things I have ever bought is my Leatherman Crunch penknife.
I never thought I would be the sort of person to carry a knife on my belt, but I have had it for about three years and have probably used it at least once a day since then. With it providing philips and flat head screwdriver blades, molegrip style pliers, wire cutters, wire stripper, bottle opener (very important), a sharp blade, etc it is ideal. Beats a swiss army knife hands down any day;-) ------------------ Cheers, Julian Euro Landcruiser Owners Club http://www.landcruisers.info/lists/ [This message has been edited by JulianVoelcker (edited 12 August 2005).] |
This should make a change from the continual LR-TLC argument:
My 1992 Leatherman super tool is still one of the most useful tools I have, I agree with Julian; for the amount of fiddling the Swiss army knives just aren't worth the effort. |
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Anyway there is no LR-TLC argument - TLCs are just better! ------------------ Cheers, Julian Euro Landcruiser Owners Club http://www.landcruisers.info/lists/ |
Second best bit of kit:
"the bit of wood" A 12"x36"x1" plank which operates as: Cooking surface. wind break. Work surface (with holes to attach vice). Seat. Jack base. Back board (for working under vehicle). Bridging plate. Back-up sand ladder. |
and body board?
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hmmm... with a bit of judicious sanding and the addition of a detachable fin...
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Agree with a lot said here so thought I'd add mine.
Best:- New Mich XS Tyres. 10,000 miles not one flat. Seriously! Oh and the Roof tent. Worst:- Foot pump. God how I laugh now! Useless:- Highlift jack without proper jack points. Cheers ------------------ Ben Leeke www.capabilityevents.co.uk [This message has been edited by benleeke (edited 19 August 2005).] |
Rob,
if youd have shaved your head - you would fit in your roof tent !!! Cheers Grif |
You think so? Maybe taking my boots off would have been enough.
Shaved my hair but sold the rooftent in the meanwhile. Don't think the little lada likes it. ;-) |
Just to keep the thread going whilst chatting - I agree with Luke and a few others -Leatherman Supertool -great bit of kit - I have had the jaws of a Gerber break while I was using them - cutting my hand open - Luckily the Gerber was a mates and I just Borrowed it !!!
The plastic flolding picnic tables with the built in seats are very good - cheap and give you seating for 4 and a table in 30 seconds -great for luch stops. Rob, shame to sell the Maggiolina - but yes a bit big on the Lada.. Are you going to buy another Land Rover in the Future ?..or have you had enough of them ! Grif |
No, I still think it's a great car, but the next trip will be with the lada (there's very little info on expedition prepping lada stadion wagons around. Probably because they don't need much...).
And I got myself a transalp for -who knows one day- a middle east and east african trip. And that's enough to keep on the road for the time being. The Disco is a great car for touring around though. We'll see... . ;-) |
Even at the end of 15 months across Africa, we were still fighting about who would get to boild the water in our Kelly Kettle (http://www.kellykettle.com) It's efficient, practical, saves on cooking fuel/gas and is always the center of interest of both locals and tourists (the only downer is that it's a bit bulky).
The other even more practical (and amasing) piece of kit was brownchurches' water purification system (http://www.brownchurch.co.uk/waterpurification.html) We had it permanently mounted to the car with a long hose and plunger going to a rack of water jerrycans. It's a really tough piece of kit that is immensely practical (we took our water from village wells, rivers and never used water purification tablets, only the filter and never got sick). The only downer was the shower-head which broke after 3 months but we replaced it with a "personal hygene" type biddet head with an on-off button which was much more practical than the original and only cost a few squids. If I would recommend a single piece of equipment that would be it, worth the money a hundred times. |
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