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Originally posted by Cross L:
Jeeps

SSR

General purpose vehicle; gp's; jeeps, bearing very little resemblance to what has been passed off as Jeeps lately.

I go clear back to the old mil surp dodge powerwagons Now there was a 4wd that would go anywhere, you wouldnt have any kidneys left but you would get there



SSR

Please.

Tell me we aren't drifting back to 1974 when that saying "ASS, Grass, or Gas: nobody rides for free anymore..." first came out on bumper stickers?

Rich

Rich
Yup! Those buggers with 15lb mortars are going to be toooo tired to shoot sh*te from now on? The days of banging at jumbos with a 7x57 are on the way back. With the high price of air freight, any accidents will be ukufihla [ed] in the bush right away.

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Originally posted by shakari:

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Originally posted by Scriptus:
the old girl is twenty-one years old this year.

Just a youngster mate! - Wait till she's thirty one years old like my baby!



Actually, joking aside for a moment, has anyone seen the new Landcruiser yet?

er....where do i fit the buffalo, tool kits, wildebeast and client,appy and two trackers......or is the roof very strong??

She doesn't do much work nowadays mate (except in an emergency when the Toyota breaks ) but when she does, the trailer goes on the back and the trackers get given pangas to cut the bush back on the narrow bits.

And I'm not kidding!

I did say she's my baby!

Toolkit (not that I need one) spares (not that I need (or have ) many!) recovery kit (not that I need one) and personal items all go into the back.

Joking aside, I only use the truck for fun and occasionally moving clients from somewhere like RSA to Bots but the one thing the truck isn't short of is space...... she can sit 6 at a push and shitloads of baggage.

I don't ever try to squeeze her through narrow gaps in the bush and NEVER bushbash with her..... I really do have the guys cut the bush back if necessary and if there's no guys around, I do it myself.

SSSHHHH!!! {LOUD WHISPER} DON'T TELL ANY ONE, BUT SHE HAS HER OWN SET OF BLOCKS TO REST ON WHILE THE SPARES ARE ON THE HIGH SEAS. There are toooo many to send airfreight, ttoooo 'spensive!!

Forward planning is (nearly ) the answer........ the SA postal service is the problem.

A week from the US to Jo'burg, a month from Jo'burg to Nelspruit and another bloody month from Nelspruit to White River!

Ah well....... she's well worth it. All I have to do is slide into the seat, turn the key and the burble of that wonderful V8 engine puts a big smile on my face before I even put her into drive!

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Originally posted by shakari:
Ah well....... she's well worth it. All I have to do is slide into the seat, turn the key and the burble of that wonderful V8 engine puts a big smile on my face before I even put her into drive! Then I switch her off, slide off my seat, lose my smile and then check that she is secure on the blocks.

Oh yes.... .very fu*kin' droll!

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Originally posted by shakari:
Oh yes.... .very fu*kin' droll!

Steve, You sure don't use Afrikaans much, but when you do......... Priceless!

In good hunting.

Andrew McLaren

Focking droll, focking computer, focking FAX and focking cell phone are the only Afrikans I know....besides focking bakkie

Focking price of petrol for a 5.7 litre V8 engine.

Focking Obama

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Originally posted by shakari:
Focking price of petrol for a 5.7 litre V8 engine.

TOYOTA 2.4 diesel, Obama and the oil dudes don't do too well!!

I know I've said this before...... but

BITCH!

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Originally posted by Tom In Tennessee:
Focking droll, focking computer, focking FAX and focking cell phone are the only Afrikans I know....besides focking bakkie

There you go Tom, we will have you fluent in no time at all .

That's Uncle Tom to you!

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Originally posted by Tom In Tennessee:
That's Uncle Tom to you!

Uncle? Didn't know that I had relatives in the States. Do you think that you could organise a "green card" for me please?

Thats Oom Tom to be politically correct......Tom, no green cards for this bunch.....besides they will only come back to shoot stuff in Africa anyway!!!!!

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Originally posted by zimFrosty:
Thats Oom Tom to be politically correct......Tom, no green cards for this bunch.....besides they will only come back to shoot stuff in Africa anyway!!!!!

And maybe pay with DOLLARS!!

My Ph made me walk for bloody miles every day when the petrol was 25 cents a gallon!

And as long as I can keep up with him, I have no objection to walking.

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Originally posted by Saeed:
My Ph made me walk for bloody miles every day when the petrol was 25 cents a gallon!

And as long as I can keep up with him, I have no objection to walking.

Yeah! It is just carrying the bloody buffaloes back.
And the whole thing is made worse when the pH owns a 30 year old Jeep that no-one is allowed to get dirty or mark.

Bugger that mate..... My Jeep and I are pretty much retired from the field now.....

Just the occasional one for me nowadays and even fewer for the Jeep..... I think the truck has arthritis as well as me.