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It pays to keep the drive shaft uni joints well lubed and try and run with a decent load in the rear to get the joint angles down , that way they last longer and get a smoother (less vibration) ride. I owned an identical vehicle out in Australia :)
BTw re tyres Petlas do tyres for FC...
The 6x6 is as mentioned above a Duro 11 Mobile command communications vehicle . The part with all the louvers is an aircon unit to keep all the coms cool when locked down . Cummins engine , allison trans
The landrover is a 130 "Pulse" ambulance . Then you have a Champ with rolls b40...
The reality of driving it in Oz would be **** unless you limited yourself to only travelling in winter , I drove the base vehicle for about 150Km once , and it was a culture shock even compared with a bedford RL , but good as an extended stay base camp , as long as you stayed long enough to...
Basically the taller the tyre the more snow you will get thru , as long as you can maintain traction , to a degree width is irrelevant as you wont be able to get wide enough unless you go to terra type tyres and more (like they do in Iceland) . Trying to get on top is generally worse than trying...
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