DOTs around work

"TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts." (thebloody) 08/04/2017 at 15:40 • Filed to: Land Rover, Dots

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Stretched Land Rover 110 fire truck.

Not something you see on the mean streets of Manhattan every day and IIRC ol’ Doug did a video on it.

Yep;

God this would make an amazing overland rig.

benjrblant > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 08/04/2017 at 15:47

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4x locked Defender, anyone?

benjrblant > benjrblant 08/04/2017 at 15:54

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No, wait... 5x? How many differentials does that thing have?

Shoop > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 08/04/2017 at 16:01

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What does DOTs stand for?

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > benjrblant 08/04/2017 at 16:02

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Center, front, and two rear.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Shoop 08/04/2017 at 16:03

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Down on the streets.

AuthiCooper1300 > benjrblant 08/04/2017 at 16:06

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It may be 6x6 - or not. Some conversions add the second rear axle (so that it can carry heavier loads) but do not connect it to the transmission. Usually they all start life as a 127 or 130 HiCap, but not necessarily.

Three differentials if 6x4, four if 6x6.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > AuthiCooper1300 08/04/2017 at 16:10

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It’s a 6x6, my guess is that SVO stretched out a 110 back in the 80's for airport fire duty.

AuthiCooper1300 > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 08/04/2017 at 16:15

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OK, I haven’t watched the video yet (I don’t usually find Mr DeMuro very inspiring). Being 6x6 would make the car much more interesting, of course.

Could also have been a former RAF fire tender, similar to the Range Rover Carmichael?

You mentioned overland conversions...

http://foleysv.com/land-rover-overland-travel/nggallery/page/2

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > AuthiCooper1300 08/04/2017 at 16:19

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Yeah, he can be somewhat annoying sometimes. From the video he says it’s from Somerset England so probably a fire tender at Bristol Airport.

And that is an awesome overlanding rig. I’m half tempted to steal that fire truck and spend the rest of my life wandering around the Western US lol.

AuthiCooper1300 > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 08/04/2017 at 16:32

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Just watched it. The experience has confirmed, once again, my feeling that he tries too hard to be funny and becomes extremely irritating instead.

Indeed, most likely an SVO vehicle.

I cannot name any company right now that builds 6x6s as “expeditionary vehicles” but I am sure that if you do a “6x6 overland Defender conversions” GIS you are going to be very pleasantly surprised.

As much as I like 6x6 machinery I suspect a four-wheeled 130+ Land Rover would be more practical in real terms.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > AuthiCooper1300 08/04/2017 at 17:15

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A 130 is probably more practical, but still, 6x6 doe...

AuthiCooper1300 > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 08/04/2017 at 17:26

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Two images (from the Foley website mentioned before) where one can partly see the nether bits of a 6x6 (same car; this one certainly has discs on both rear axles):

BaconSandwich is tasty. > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 08/04/2017 at 19:00

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(It’s basically vehicles that people spot on the street).

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > AuthiCooper1300 08/05/2017 at 00:04

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As a former driver of a dual cab 130... it’s not really a practical overlander as the chassis is too short for a decent tray and not strong enough for a potentially heavy custom body. Making it any longer required significant chassis strengthening too as even stock 130s have a tendency to crack their chassis just forward of the rear axle when driven hard enough and loaded up. Mind you...they aren’t alone in this either.

TruSteer in Melbourne, Australia do a very nice 6x6 conversion for the Land Cruiser 70 series...

AuthiCooper1300 > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 08/05/2017 at 04:58

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Well, I actually wrote “130+”, meaning 130 and longer, but my point was that a four-wheeled one would be simpler and probably more reliable.

130s were also built in proper pickup version and as naked chassis. Surely anyone trying to do a serious conversion to go places would reinforce them accordingly? Alternatively, keeping it light and simple would help a lot towards avoiding stress cracks/fractures. It all depends on how much in the way of kit and creature comforts you want to have once out and about, of course.

I have no doubt a Land Cruiser makes a better basis for this kind of beast but that is not quite the point of the discussion! I suspect that people who spend so much money and effort on these cars and choose specifically a Land Rover wouldn’t do it any other way. Whether that is a reasonable approach is an altogether different question.