Have seen several versions of these while, mostly in Alaska. All have that style license plate.
They're just Europeans in their "expedition" vehicles, the latest trend for wealthy nomads who want to see the world from inside a familiar cocoon... The first truck, a MAN, is from München (that's Munich to Anglophiles) in Germany, and those license plates are a standard design throughout the EC, with just a small one- or two-letter designation of the country on the left next to the EC constellation symbol, e.g. D for Germany, E for Spain, GB for the UK, etc.
John
thanks. thought maybe they were from Australia as extremely beefy as some were.
Good friends to our neighbors live on a slope overlooking Denali - they have a robust expedition rig called "The Farther" Home built on a flatbed chassis. They start where most stop. It's a "safe house" in literally any extreme condition. Pretty cool & they travel with a pair of giant Burmese Mountain dogs...
And horribly expensive by any standard >>>Dan
While we're on the subject of overland/expedition vehicles, here's an interesting website that has plenty of information that may be useful even to us busnuts:
http://www.silkroute.org.uk/equipment/choosevan.htm
John
Hats off and big bows to those who really use these things and do thousands of miles overland in sparsley parts of the world. I do alot of crazy stuff but this is even beyond me/ Maybe it is easier to get going these days with sat. phones, DHL and FedEx around the world but getting unstuck has to be a huge event when stuck 500 miles from the closest hut.
We've always considered the bus in the hut- especially when it is stuck or broke down. :o
Quote from: Iceni John on July 24, 2022, 12:47:33 PM
While we're on the subject of overland/expedition vehicles, here's an interesting website that has plenty of information that may be useful even to us busnuts:
http://www.silkroute.org.uk/equipment/choosevan.htm
John
Very interesting link chewed up an 30 minutes reading it.
yeah. If I were 40 and didn't have to work and had plenty of money, it might be quite an adverntiure to head out on some wild adventures. But too old, too poor = busnut. LOL
I have friend from Swissland that toured the US in a Swiss Military truck that had to be nightmare it was made in 40's he owns a Eagle bus now
Quote from: luvrbus on July 26, 2022, 04:26:43 PM
I have friend from Swissland that toured the US in a Swiss Military truck that had to be nightmare it was made in 40's he owns a Eagle bus now
What's that well-known saying about frying pans and fires? Just kidding... Was his truck a Saurer or a Berna?
A Saurer with gasoline engine,no power steering,4 speed transmission with no AC,Rico is a tour bus driver in Switzerland he, owns a place here now where they come in the wintertime, nice guy I get Swiss chocolate every year when he comes through from Vegas heading to his place
On Prevost Owners Group on Facebook, they had a post with a silver Kingsley Super C? or toter home. Looked like a Peterbilt mated to a Prevost XL body. Couple of comments: driveshaft goes through tunnel in all storage compartments, and No two Kingsleys were the same, and no wiring diagrams, rediculous turning radius on this one. Enlightening comments.
Quote from: chessie4905 on July 27, 2022, 09:20:04 AM
On Prevost Owners Group on Facebook, they had a post with a silver Kingsley Super C? or toter home. Looked like a Peterbilt mated to a Prevost XL body. Couple of comments: driveshaft goes through tunnel in all storage compartments, and No two Kingsleys were the same, and no wiring diagrams, rediculous turning radius on this one. Enlightening comments.
John a friend of ours in Idaho builds these monsters www.powerhousecoach.com prices are not that bad for his conversions
More images of off road rig.