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Originally Posted by Drwnite
The smart way to save weight is to ...... Get a bike and cut the bare minimum by at least 310Kg no to mention the vehicle weight, probable savings of another what 2000 Kg. Fuel savings as well. Easy really, way more fun too!
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thankyou for that useful contribution, which is rather useless and completely misses the point, now, if I could just find somewhere to put the kids!!
good post surfy, its shocking how it all adds up, certainly makes you think. I think most vehicles are way overspecced.
A lot though depends on where you are going and what types of roads you intend doing. for example, my vehicle has a winch which is completely uneccessary in the desert, but very useful in the forests of eastern Europe and as a vehicle may be used for more than one type of trip it's tricky to get the set up right. Don't forget though if you are fitting a winch and rear bar you are removing the originals which balances out some (but not all) of the weight gain. I use a synthetic cable rather than wire on my winch which also reduces the weight a lot.
Add a rooftent which a lot of people have as well, thats a fair bit of weight uptop. Like wise a fridge will add a fair bit. even if you buy water as you go you need 20L per person in reserve so for us thats 80kg
It is suprising though how much you can do without, we travelled to the Gambia 2 up in a suzuki Sj, and there aint a lot of room in that!!
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