Recent content by coenvanwyk

Hi Chris, In my humble opinion the 8000 lbs winch should do it. What you could consider is some form of ground anchor, and the ones I have seen is beastly heavy. Someone used a chain with a number of steel pegs hammered through it. I tried two heavy tent anchor pegs, but that did not even hold...

Hi Craig. You got an hour? :icon-biggrin: I am looking at the 3 door one from Trafalgar Toyota, the African spec one. Diesel, but I would prefer the engine without the Turbo and without the electronic injection. One of our group, with a brand new pickup, 10 000 km on the clock, had his diesel de...

Hou aan soek, boet! There is one waiting for you! Now, We were in scotland earlier in the year, looking for my McHardy ancestors, found why they left Braemar: 9 degrees in mid summer!! Found that one was a major land owner at Crathie, where Balmoral is. Now I am trying to find if there is a land...

I drive past Irene ever so often! Will give your regards, but I am not sure the milk tank is still there, although i distinctly remember it!

I have the standard 90lt tank on my FJ 62, and for long trips have 7 20 l jerry cans on the roof. Yes, you can feel them up there on the rare occasions when you have them all filled, but for a long Sahara trip, with some dunes, we had no other option. It worked. I siphon the fuel out when...

hallo there! I am Coen van Wyk, retired civil servant, African voyager, Cruiser owner. The longest safari was overland from Morocco to South Africa, with my 1988 FJ 62. She is giving me some worries now, having had a few overheating episodes (Had the radiator resoldered in Sevare, Mali, about 18...