What did you do with your Grenadier today?

[TheDocAUS]

Thankyou so much.
Can’t wait to get our Grenadier back so we can start kitting it out. After living with it in its stock form for six months travelling we have some ideas. If there is an option in the U.K. for an approved auxillary fuel tank then this may influence our decision as to what we do, if we didn’t need to take extra fuel on the roof rack then we may possibly go with a lifting roof conversion such as Alucab. No rush just watching what comes up and what is available for a while.

I thought of some more points and edited the original post.

Good luck with the build and safe travels.

 

[DaveB]

We went for a drive in a rainforest.
Those safari windows really bring outside inside.

 

[Tom109]

Had to run into town to get cash for a bicycle swap meet tomorrow. Had an overlander parked next to me when I came back.

 

[rovie]

Had to run into town to get cash for a bicycle swap meet tomorrow. Had an overlander parked next to me when I came back.

In principle, I could imagine that too. But then I would have to widen all my field and forest paths.

 

[Krabby]

Proper H1s are virtually unstoppable but, they will be stopped by narrow trails! If you haven't seen one in person, it's hard to grasp just how wide they really are. @Tom109 's photo doesn't do it justice.

 

[C64_forever]

Went to Napa to drop daughter off at Boy Scout camp. Looking for some easy trails on Alltrails for tomorrow.

 

[4x4Brick #1561]

I found out what Napoleon, both sides of Passchendaele, and so many others throughout history found out – mud is a stopper. Louisiana rice mud is brutal. It completely filled the tire treads, the 18” KO2s, and turned this really good tire into a vertical spinning slick potter’s wheel. Clay also filled the recovery boards and rendered them ineffective. So, lessons learned 1- don’t drive distracted (I was talking and drove 5 feet too much to the right from the more solid land right in to the softer stuff) 2 – I need two more recovery boards through not sure that would have got me out, 3 – winch was awesome and yanked me out no problem (once I read and re-read the instructions.)

Glad I invested in my basic recover gear, very lucky I was pointed towards a tree in roughly the right direction (better lucky than good), glad I had a print out of the winch instructions in the glove box. All in all the Grenny performed great and when I stayed on the hard stuff had no problem.

 

[TheDocAUS]

ROOF TRAY
Rear roof tray installed today. Sorry no images yet, but it looks like this one from @ninetubes (because he supplied it). You need two people for the install, which is easy with the comprehensive instructions supplied.

12 VOLT OVEN
The Travel Buddy Oven will go very nicely hanging from the left side. The oven has already arrived.

FRIDGE FAILURE
A big downside is while my fridge fits on the front seat, it is too high and obscures completely the passenger side mirror. I have a new fridge I can buy and it fits, but I am trying some other cheaper things first. The ups and downs of a fitout!

 

[C64_forever]

Taking the girl out to Napa

 

[Pat-Ard]

Hi floks,

just discovered, that the Auer System Cases fit well with the @Bison-Gear Under roof rack. This ist the small case. Maybe I try the next larger one later...

Here's the link to Auer: https://www.auer-packaging.com/de/de/Schutzkoffer.html

 

[bbq4133]

I found out what Napoleon, both sides of Passchendaele, and so many others throughout history found out – mud is a stopper. Louisiana rice mud is brutal. It completely filled the tire treads, the 18” KO2s, and turned this really good tire into a vertical spinning slick potter’s wheel. Clay also filled the recovery boards and rendered them ineffective. So, lessons learned 1- don’t drive distracted (I was talking and drove 5 feet too much to the right from the more solid land right in to the softer stuff) 2 – I need two more recovery boards through not sure that would have got me out, 3 – winch was awesome and yanked me out no problem (once I read and re-read the instructions.)

Glad I invested in my basic recover gear, very lucky I was pointed towards a tree in roughly the right direction (better lucky than good), glad I had a print out of the winch instructions in the glove box. All in all the Grenny performed great and when I stayed on the hard stuff had no problem.

You ever want to really see mud at its most violent, check out the Range Rover Darien Gap videos on YouTube. It was so bad it stopped the expedition dead in its tracks and folks had to fly back to England to engineer some improvements!

 

[FlyersFan76]

Installed the Wolfbox 900.
Everything was easy except the part where you need to feed the line vertically at the rear cargo area and going to the rear door.
Ended up not routing through the rubber tube as it was too tight and didn't want to damage any wires. Routed the wire outside with some wrap. Just need to do some cleanup with the wires.

Tested and it is really nice seeing what is behind the Grenadier!

By the way, I got the screen protector and it gives the rear view mirror a slight blur so I may have to take it off.

I got the protector also. It is ok but it renders the mirror totally useless if using without the camera. Promptly removed it.

 

[FlyersFan76]

Proper H1s are virtually unstoppable but, they will be stopped by narrow trails! If you haven't seen one in person, it's hard to grasp just how wide they really are. @Tom109 's photo doesn't do it justice.

Very fun to drive. Better mpg's than an H2. Which is fun to tell them.

 

[ORSO]

a little trip to Folgaria

 

[FlyersFan76]

I drove a tailgating trailer for one of my kids rowing teams this weekend. I forgot to get a picture but I am sure that there are pictures on the internet somewhere. The amount of stares, finger pointing and questions at the truck was hilarious. I forgot to leave my mirror cameras on.

 

[bbq4133]

I drove a tailgating trailer for one of my kids rowing teams this weekend. I forgot to get a picture but I am sure that there are pictures on the internet somewhere. The amount of stares, finger pointing and questions at the truck was hilarious. I forgot to leave my mirror cameras on.

What's a tailgating trailer?

 

[crashnburn]

I drove a tailgating trailer for one of my kids rowing teams this weekend. I forgot to get a picture but I am sure that there are pictures on the internet somewhere. The amount of stares, finger pointing and questions at the truck was hilarious. I forgot to leave my mirror cameras on.

With tv and grill?

 

[FlyersFan76]

What's a tailgating trailer?

Parents are usually at a race for a minimum of 4 hours. Sometimes longer. We need to eat and relax for that 1 minute we see our kids row past. lol

Food, drinks, grills, chairs, tents, etc.

First time I saw one my son said that was the rowing trailer.
Me: Do you take the oars apart? What can that trailer possibly hold.
Son: Food and stuff for the parents.

Me: sounds like you are joining the team. lol

With tv and grill?

Some have a TV

 

[Shaky]

Parents are usually at a race for a minimum of 4 hours. Sometimes longer. We need to eat and relax for that 1 minute we see our kids row past. lol

Food, drinks, grills, chairs, tents, etc.

First time I saw one my son said that was the rowing trailer.
Me: Do you take the oars apart? What can that trailer possibly hold.
Son: Food and stuff for the parents.

Me: sounds like you are joining the team. lol


Some have a TV

Interested to hear more about the Rowing club your son rows for, what crew is he in etc (fours, eights, sculls).
A gentlemen’s sport and one I still view as my sport, although it’s been nearly 30yrs since my last race .

 

[bbq4133]

Parents are usually at a race for a minimum of 4 hours. Sometimes longer. We need to eat and relax for that 1 minute we see our kids row past. lol

Food, drinks, grills, chairs, tents, etc.

First time I saw one my son said that was the rowing trailer.
Me: Do you take the oars apart? What can that trailer possibly hold.
Son: Food and stuff for the parents.

Me: sounds like you are joining the team. lol


Some have a TV

Would love to see a pic, although I don't think a trailer is allowed in my ordinary lot down at the complex.