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    Travel through Africa - Question about entering on Carnet, leaving temporarily

    Does anyone have any experience with traveling through Africa on a Carnet, entering a country on the Carnet, placing the vehicle in storage, flying out of the country for a few days, and returning and picking back up with the trip? Is their any country in particular that I should consider if I...
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    Figuring Pay Load

    Hi, I am trying to figure out my payload. I have a 1997 Land Cruiser 1HD-FT. The COC from Toyota says 2460 kg mass in working order. It then says 3060 kg permissible laden mass. When you look at distribution of max mass though (1500 kg/1950 kg max mass per axle [F/R]) and add those together you...
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    Winch Help

    I was taught that at a minimum you should have a winch that will pull 1.5 times the vehicle weight when fully loaded.I am outfitting a 1997 LC 80-Series for an overland trip. The factory weight is 2500kg. That alone is already a bit over for an 8000lbs winch. This suggestion is supposed to be a...
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    Need schooling on power output after certain upgrades - HELP!

    I took my 80 to a shop and the guy fit new Koni Heavy Track Raids with TJM Extra Heavy Duty Coils that give a 7cm lift, castor kit and new steering damper. He also changed all of the brakes, and removed the factory tires and put on BFGoodrich All-Terrains of the same size (but with the tread I...
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    HDJ-80 with 1HD-FT from Oxford to Cape Town

    We are building up a '97 80-Series with the 1HD-FT engine so we can navigate the ancient, but civilized European landscape in order to reach and cross the arduous and austere African Continent The purpose? To bring hope to the hopeless, healing to the broken, and to motivate others to dream, to...
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