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Photo by Andy Miller, UK, Taking a rest, Jokulsarlon, Iceland

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Photo by Andy Miller, UK,
Taking a rest,
Jokulsarlon, Iceland



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Old 7 Dec 2018
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Overland Vagabond - Unveiling

Hi there,

Excited to show the unveiling of our Overland Vagabond vehicle, an effort of 2 years of planing and 2 years of implementation:

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Please join me watching our YouTube unveiling videos of both - the exterior and interior of the vehicle:
Click here --> Exterior
Click here --> Interior

Your subscription to our YouTube channel is much appreciated, as we're going to publish soon our Season 1 videos of the adventure from Switzerland to Georgia.
Daily blogs about the completed Season 1 are to be found in Instagram, Facebook and Twitter - search for 'Overland Vagabond'.

Thank you!
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Why orange? not a good low profile colour
Colour is one of those subjective aspects, a personal preference that will never satisfy everybody... With such a rig one can't be low profile anyhow, too big and impressive when you cross it on the road. The orange stripes are beneficial though for safety reasons, somehow cars respect you more and don't get that close in traffic...

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Why don't you post here? seems you want to steer people away from the HUBB
That's a very good point I haven't thought about, let me check the "Travel Stories/Blog" option - thanks for the advice.

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All in all the truck looks great and well thought out
Thanks!

Cheers, Marcel
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It's looking good Marcel. Very nice work. Looking forward to following your adventures.

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It's looking good Marcel. Very nice work. Looking forward to following your adventures.

Robert
Thank you, Robert!

Season 1 Preview is ready to go live by Christmas for the Patreon community, around New Year for the public on YouTube... stay tuned!

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Probably one of the best shots from the front, taken in Süzbeyli, Turkey during our first season.
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Someone asked about the weight of the rig... finally got a chance to put it on a scale, it's 1'450 kg on the front, 2'000 kg on the rear for a total of 3'450 kg.
This is fully loaded weight and fully filled with 120 l of water and 140 l of diesel.
Quite happy with the result

Season 1 videos are being released on YouTube for those interested in the journey.
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Hi - Here an update from our Season 1 journey from Switzerland to Georgia with a few camp sites:

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Feel free to visit our Youtube Channel where the video episodes of Season 1 are regularly uploaded.

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