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So a while ago I came across various posts about chassis rust on Ford Rangers on the owners forums and groups I am apart of, i took a much closer look and lo and behold rust everywhere on the chassis, especially bad on welded seams. Ive seen 20 y/o land-rovers which had a hard military which...

Images of the rig as it was... Canopy and RTT View of the canopy and the kitchen The kitchen, cooker deployed and stowed, its a Dometic unit so should be just fine [emoji6] RTT its a Tuff-Trek RT-02 1.8m wide unit will get it set-up properly when I get the truck back from the body...

Jethro, Our Ex MWD getting to grips with having to share the back seat now! [emoji23] Liberated a small bed...

[edit: I've had issues with Images showing, result of trying to sort things on a train with intermittent signal so will upload separately!] Hey guys, So after waiting a while the progress has finally started! First off to go on is a RSI Smart Canopy, this was imported from South Africa and...

My Ex-Army Search Dog now fully integrated into ‘Retirement’

Hi, people call me Van because I have a proper [emoji1221]name that no ine in the UK seems to be able to pronounce but Van is easy [emoji16] In Portsmouth... for now and run a Ford Ranger Wildtrak for which I am waiting for parts iot mount our tent and stuff to start our Overlanding...

Hampshire festooned on the island of Portsmouth

Great thread, I’m just starting on my overlanding adventure/rig build so your experiences and detailed explanations are awesome deffo going to follow along!

Im importing a rigid steel industries stainless steel RSI SMARTCANOPY® - Stainless Steel Bakkie Canopies - Leisure & Workmen canopy from South Africa, they can hold a hell of a load of weight so no issues with a RTT.

Not a Taco expert but that looks suspiciously like a bumper... Great build so far [emoji1419]

Yup that is a great analogy and why I opted for a 3.2L as apposed to the 2.2L Ranger [emoji16]

Hallo everyone! So I recently took the plunge and got myself a Bakkie (Pick-up, Ute, Truck, Rig... insert relevant country descriptor) Looking around we picked up the bakkie for a great price but the best yet is that it only had 12k miles on the clock... similar aged vehicles in the UK you...

Thanks for the welcomes! We just returned ‘camper vanning’ and am happy to report my 3yo loves it which is great I’ m already planning the next trip [emoji16] Ill head over to FB and find the OB fb group [emoji2]

Hi there peeps, Just thought Id give a wave here after waving in the ‘New Member section’. I’m a South African living in Portsmouth getting more involved in the overland scene, i have been lurking for some time and watching one to many overland you tube series and have now committed to getting...

No worries mate! I literally picked my Ranger up on Friday, a 3 year old 3.2L with only 12K miles on the clock, in the UK would have expected a 3 year old example to be 60K(ish) miles on so super chuffed with it. Just need to get a jiggle on with the build now ;)

Hi there OB Community! I have been lurking and reading in the background for some time now and am starting to take the plunge into some serious OB exploring with the purchase of what will become my Overlanding Bakkie (South African equivalent for Ute, Rig, Pickup, Truck, etc). The image bellow...

Awesome build! Im in the process of getting pretty much the same wagon! Difference is we get the Ranger 3.2 in a in-line 5 cylinder here in the UK would have loved a V6 purely for the sound [emoji23]. Who makes this water tank id like to do this mod on mine as the space under the Tub is pretty...