Logsplitter’s travels in his Grenadier.

Logsplitter said:

Hi everyone I feel it’s time now to get involved in the forum again as we are slowly coming to terms with what has happened to our friends. A lot has gone on since my last posts and it’s been a bit of a roller coaster ride to be honest. So I’ll get up to you all up to speed over the next few days with what we have been up to.
Initially when we got the bad news we were with good friends and decided to stay longer as needed the good company. When we did decide to move on we drove for three long days solid to get to the Khutse game reserve and the Central Kalahari game reserve for some solitude.
Long days behind the wheel of the Grenadier are a breeze. Cruise control set at 110kph ot 100kph depending on roads for most of the journey. We can attest to the quality of the door locks and door strength as driving through Mahikeng formally Mafeking we had some guys trying to get into the vehicle as we were stuck at traffic lights behind another car. One guy climbing up the back ladder and a huge guy trying to rip the drivers door off whilst shouting UK, U.K. a bit unnerving with more guys running down the road to join in. Luckily the lights change and car in front moved off sharpish so we could do the same and loose our assailants. We then checked into the poshest guarded hotel for the night to calm down before an early crossing into Botswana. What a difference to be in Botswana after the madness of the South African border town. Botswana is very peaceful orderly and civilised, an absolute delight to travel there although distances are huge. we spent a few days staying on farm camp sites in Southern Botswana and testing the Grenadiers off road capabilities before heading up to the Khutse game reserve. Where the real test of the Grenadier began. Heres a few photo from the time between South Africa and Khutse Game reserve in Botswana . All went well with Grenadier whether on long tar roads , extremely corrugated gravel or deep soft sand . As we headed north the temperatures steadily rose up to 40c in Central Kalahari View attachment 7832676View attachment 7832677View attachment 7832678View attachment 7832679View attachment 7832680View attachment 7832682View attachment 7832683

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Logsplitter said:

To be fair of all the travels I’ve done in Africa inc. quite a few in South Africa this is the first serious incident we’ve had. We learnt afterwards that this a particularly dodgy border town so will give it a miss In future.

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Logsplitter said:

Hi everyone I feel it’s time now to get involved in the forum again as we are slowly coming to terms with what has happened to our friends. A lot has gone on since my last posts and it’s been a bit of a roller coaster ride to be honest. So I’ll get up to you all up to speed over the next few days with what we have been up to.
Initially when we got the bad news we were with good friends and decided to stay longer as needed the good company. When we did decide to move on we drove for three long days solid to get to the Khutse game reserve and the Central Kalahari game reserve for some solitude.
Long days behind the wheel of the Grenadier are a breeze. Cruise control set at 110kph ot 100kph depending on roads for most of the journey. We can attest to the quality of the door locks and door strength as driving through Mahikeng formally Mafeking we had some guys trying to get into the vehicle as we were stuck at traffic lights behind another car. One guy climbing up the back ladder and a huge guy trying to rip the drivers door off whilst shouting UK, U.K. a bit unnerving with more guys running down the road to join in. Luckily the lights change and car in front moved off sharpish so we could do the same and loose our assailants. We then checked into the poshest guarded hotel for the night to calm down before an early crossing into Botswana. What a difference to be in Botswana after the madness of the South African border town. Botswana is very peaceful orderly and civilised, an absolute delight to travel there although distances are huge. we spent a few days staying on farm camp sites in Southern Botswana and testing the Grenadiers off road capabilities before heading up to the Khutse game reserve. Where the real test of the Grenadier began. Heres a few photo from the time between South Africa and Khutse Game reserve in Botswana . All went well with Grenadier whether on long tar roads , extremely corrugated gravel or deep soft sand . As we headed north the temperatures steadily rose up to 40c in Central Kalahari View attachment 7832676View attachment 7832677View attachment 7832678View attachment 7832679View attachment 7832680View attachment 7832682View attachment 7832683

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Logsplitter said:

Hi everyone I feel it’s time now to get involved in the forum again as we are slowly coming to terms with what has happened to our friends. A lot has gone on since my last posts and it’s been a bit of a roller coaster ride to be honest. So I’ll get up to you all up to speed over the next few days with what we have been up to.
Initially when we got the bad news we were with good friends and decided to stay longer as needed the good company. When we did decide to move on we drove for three long days solid to get to the Khutse game reserve and the Central Kalahari game reserve for some solitude.
Long days behind the wheel of the Grenadier are a breeze. Cruise control set at 110kph ot 100kph depending on roads for most of the journey. We can attest to the quality of the door locks and door strength as driving through Mahikeng formally Mafeking we had some guys trying to get into the vehicle as we were stuck at traffic lights behind another car. One guy climbing up the back ladder and a huge guy trying to rip the drivers door off whilst shouting UK, U.K. a bit unnerving with more guys running down the road to join in. Luckily the lights change and car in front moved off sharpish so we could do the same and loose our assailants. We then checked into the poshest guarded hotel for the night to calm down before an early crossing into Botswana. What a difference to be in Botswana after the madness of the South African border town. Botswana is very peaceful orderly and civilised, an absolute delight to travel there although distances are huge. we spent a few days staying on farm camp sites in Southern Botswana and testing the Grenadiers off road capabilities before heading up to the Khutse game reserve. Where the real test of the Grenadier began. Heres a few photo from the time between South Africa and Khutse Game reserve in Botswana . All went well with Grenadier whether on long tar roads , extremely corrugated gravel or deep soft sand . As we headed north the temperatures steadily rose up to 40c in Central Kalahari View attachment 7832676View attachment 7832677View attachment 7832678View attachment 7832679View attachment 7832680View attachment 7832682View attachment 7832683

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Logsplitter said:

Hi everyone I feel it’s time now to get involved in the forum again as we are slowly coming to terms with what has happened to our friends. A lot has gone on since my last posts and it’s been a bit of a roller coaster ride to be honest. So I’ll get up to you all up to speed over the next few days with what we have been up to.
Initially when we got the bad news we were with good friends and decided to stay longer as needed the good company. When we did decide to move on we drove for three long days solid to get to the Khutse game reserve and the Central Kalahari game reserve for some solitude.
Long days behind the wheel of the Grenadier are a breeze. Cruise control set at 110kph ot 100kph depending on roads for most of the journey. We can attest to the quality of the door locks and door strength as driving through Mahikeng formally Mafeking we had some guys trying to get into the vehicle as we were stuck at traffic lights behind another car. One guy climbing up the back ladder and a huge guy trying to rip the drivers door off whilst shouting UK, U.K. a bit unnerving with more guys running down the road to join in. Luckily the lights change and car in front moved off sharpish so we could do the same and loose our assailants. We then checked into the poshest guarded hotel for the night to calm down before an early crossing into Botswana. What a difference to be in Botswana after the madness of the South African border town. Botswana is very peaceful orderly and civilised, an absolute delight to travel there although distances are huge. we spent a few days staying on farm camp sites in Southern Botswana and testing the Grenadiers off road capabilities before heading up to the Khutse game reserve. Where the real test of the Grenadier began. Heres a few photo from the time between South Africa and Khutse Game reserve in Botswana . All went well with Grenadier whether on long tar roads , extremely corrugated gravel or deep soft sand . As we headed north the temperatures steadily rose up to 40c in Central Kalahari View attachment 7832676View attachment 7832677View attachment 7832678View attachment 7832679View attachment 7832680View attachment 7832682View attachment 7832683

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Logsplitter said:

One more thing I have a TireTek tyre pressure gauge that I use for accurately setting on the on road tyre pressures. I tend to slightly over inflate then set accurately with the gauge as you can deflate in very small amounts. I find the indeflate very good at View attachment 7829157quick deflating and convenient when pumping up all tyres but I find the TireTek gauge more precise. Other brands are available as they say

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