The Trucks
The first innovation for this chapter of the road was 4x4 trucks; can drive (almost) anywhere and no more getting stuck in mud, snow, sand etc.
The Unimog
If a unimog can't get there then what can...? The unimog that found her way into the story had already had an adventurous life, starting as a train on the Slovenian Railways, then working as a mobile welding workshop, with 25kwa hydraulic generator, in Kazakhstan. The welders drove her from Kazakhstan to the UK to sell and had a wager in their local as to how many miles she would have done when she arrived at the pub. Strangely the clock got stuck at Dover (evidence suggests a true story) so they never knew exactly. She came to Spirits Intent complete with the Eton generator which now lives under the bed in the new box-body, which was repainted like the old one.
The 1820
An 18 tonne, 4x4 Merc. The chassis was transformed and extended, the box bolted and the 2-tonne hydraulic crane mounted at the back. It is a perfect vehicle for building and erecting our bigger projects.
The Trailer
The last addition to Spirits-Intent-Goes-Nomadic was an ex-army radio trailer. Now yellow, full of tools and an interesting driving challenge.
Together they, and any who fly with them, the bird of freedom in-formation. Moving onwards.
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