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Clouds on Tres Cerros and
Mount Fitzroy, Argentinian Patagonia



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Old 30 Aug 2015
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Hi again.

I promised some more pictures. Here they are

The safari snorkel is made from 110mm high pressure sewage piping.

The front mounted sandladders are made from used gratings from an oil rig. 38mm glasfiber reinforced.

Been quite busy lately since I got my second daughter just over a week ago.

Right now we are contemplating a departure date around December this year. We live in a very privileged country where we can get both paternity leave and maternity leave for almost a year :-)
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Spare tires are insanely heavy! I use a boat winch (cheapest option) that can pull around 800kg. I started out with a 350kg one, and it couldn't take the beating. I am no super hero but no weakling either. I can just lift the tire and the rim, when they are apart. But not at all when they are combined :-)
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Think having sandtracks mounted there will cause you problems as headlights are obscured so not legal for road use in EU or most other countries come to that !
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The rack is made to be easily removed/installed. When driving in countries with lots of rules and few stray animals I plan to put them on the roof. I have 8 in total and only four can go infront.
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Snorkel details please.

Hi,
Could you include some more detailed pictures of how you attached the snorkel both to the truck and the engine please?

I have a Iveco 90-16 and the air filter is so low it would drag in a puddle. Been looking for opütions but commercially available solutions apear to be around 3k€.

Thanks in advance.

Al

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Hi again.

I promised some more pictures. Here they are

The safari snorkel is made from 110mm high pressure sewage piping.

The front mounted sandladders are made from used gratings from an oil rig. 38mm glasfiber reinforced.

Been quite busy lately since I got my second daughter just over a week ago.

Right now we are contemplating a departure date around December this year. We live in a very privileged country where we can get both paternity leave and maternity leave for almost a year :-)
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Snorkel is made out of HD 110mm sewer pipes. On the original airfilter there is a "mushroom" cap that has an exact diameter of 110mm so I just used an appropriate pipe fitting. The brackets for the sewerpipes are, surprise, brackets for sewerpipes and were bought in the same shop.

The pipes themselves were fairly cheap, but the Mann filter with cyclone is quite expensive. 200-300 euro I think it was. I am not sure it was worth it either.
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The box I put on

Hi everyone. I thought that I might be fun for you to see what happened since.

2*220l diesel tanks installed
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