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There is nothing like the peace of mind carrying a sat phone inspite of the cost. To be able to communicate verbally when in trouble is a major bonus.
If one cannot afford a sat phone then hire one...

For the future download JaVaWA. You can store all your maps on the site and then transfer to a new computer. It is a great map manager site. Free

We take our old tyres to Tankwa Padstal, Middelpos, Tankwa tented camp, Bike X and any other out of the way place where anyone who wrecks a tyre can at least get home, At least we help the person in...

Total 80L works for me. Cost R2 000 to manufacture. Travelled all through Namibia, Angola. Gives me just under 800km range

Easy in a Jimny with no load on top. Carry 80L fuel more than enough to get to Fort Sesfontein or Palmwag. Loading on the roof rack is crazy

A friend Yvette Olivier 082 775 8348 has just bought a 2012 Grand Vitara with a Front Runner roof rack. She wants to swop it for a set of original flush bars

Thank you the swop has taken place....

A friend of mine has joined the Suzuki owners and has bought a second hand Grand Vitara and is the happiest owner around. He is looking for a roof rack.
Anyone has one please call Carl on 084 582...

If you are just going to use the GPS to follow a map, IE: Tracks for Africa maps. buy the cheapest.
If you plot your own routes and tracks before travelling and load the info on to a GPS then buy...

Cheaper to buy a good paper map of Botswana.

OSM for maps on the GPS and Google Earth for planning a route and tracks. No need for T4 except if you are trying to find a petrol station or restaurant

The most I would ever put on my Jimnys roof rack. Just clothes and camping equipment. The rest inside or fuel on the tow hitch


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Here it is mounted

Firstly take out the battery. Makes the unit lighter and better.
My ram mount on the bars of my crf Rally and Africa Twin creates no shake

Load basecamp as it is the best way to move planned routes from the computer to the GPS or visa Versa.
Then it is easy to plan routes on Google earth and you will see all the side roads and tracks....

The only way to keep your battery alive is to have it continuously on charge. All our vehicles including our delivery vehicles once parked go immediately on to smart chargers. Plus my motorcycle,...

Have run my WRND for thre years and it works very well and keeps my aux battery fully charged. Plus it is local and half the price of many others. But best to keep it and the aux battery in the car

No Problem.
Two alternatives>
1. We investigate the basics of where we would like to go before leaving a base which has wifi. Then open Google Earth and draw several routes.
Most times done well...

Google Earth both in the bush and in the cities worldwide

Who needs more knife. Done well for 50 years

Please if anyone can help transport a petrol can holder from Cape Town to Gauteng for a friend Louis De Klerk, he would be very grateful.
If so I can be contacted in Cape Town and I will deliver it...

It all depends what you use your maps for! T4 or garmaps are good for searching for petrol stations, restaurants, places of interest but no better than OSm maps for tracking.
We use our GPS and...

When you reload basecamp. Only load 4.6.1 or .2. Stay away from 4.7, which was the latest update from basecamp. When booting up basecamp it will ask to update each time. Hit later. Do not let it...

Open basecamp and your downloads and drag the OSM logo onto Basecamp. Then check your maps. Should be on basecamp.
If you have basecamp 4.7 dump it and go back into google and load basecamp 4.6.1 or...

Once done JaVaWa gives you the facility to move your saved maps from GPS card into the device hardware or visa versa. Plus onto any new SD card

Load JaVaWa GMTK and JaVaWa device an dyou can sort it all out. Move maps onto JaVaWa then insert a new Sd card into your GPS and load the maps back onto the new card.
Then download any maps ie:...

If you have loaded basecamp 4.7 dump it and then load 4.6.1 or 4.6.2. And you will be able to work with Tracks 4 africa maps.
4.7 for some reason is not fully compatable with T4 maps.
Then when you...

Download JaVaWa Device and JaVaWa GMTK. Then you can save the cards maps and transfer to another GPs

Many years ago a motoring journalist on one of the local motoring magazines gathered together every tyre pressure guage available from the simple pencil type to the most sophisticated digital guage....

Fits on the towbar. carries 2 20l metal cans or 2 25l plastic petrol cans. Plenty of clerance easy to take on and off. Low centre of gravity.
Trialed over more than 50 000km offroad in Namibia,...

Yes ideal for your use

steel rims on a Jimny

Fitted steel rims and will never go back to alloys.

215/75/15 on 15 inch X 7 inch wide steel rims

215/75/15 on 7 inch steel rims.

I have now completed 45 000km on a set of Grandtrek AT3. And they have been hammered on all terrain in Namibia, N Cape, Lesotho and cannot complain. They handle everything running offroad at 1bar on...