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Boxes. Everything is stored in boxes, mainly 58x38x38cm aluminium variants. There surprisingly well sealed. But not that ruggedised. There are a few smaller Aluminium boxes and 2 larger ones made of steel. Most boxes are on top of the vehicle
Makes the vehicle pretty top heavy, I know.
A Box for books and maps, one for kitchen equipment, one for food stuff (inside the vehicle), one for electronics equipment like my slide-scanner (which I stopped using since going digital, I left it in Bamako) and other photo equipment.
The bigger boxes hold all the backpack, tent and mountain gear plus the golf kid and wetsuit.
One box for clothes. There is stuff for winter and summer, rain and sunshine, the beach, the mountain and the city,
3 boxes for tools and spares and the air compressor (using it a lot, PS. till it broke, funny) and 220V converter (hardly used as everything works on 12V as well).
There is a shovel attached to the high-lift jack these days, I bought in a souk for 4Euros, sand ladders are mounted at the sides over the windows.
2 additional jerry-cans for diesel (each 20litres). The Landy is already equipped with 3 diesel tanks capable of holding a total of 160litres. Allows travelling over a distance of one thousand kilometres on sealed roads (only 400 to 500 kms on sand).
There is a 40 litre water tank which broke at the edges and needed rewelding twice. Now the rust takes over where it had been welded rendering the water useless for drinking. Three 20 litres plastic water canisters carry now all the drinking water. There is an additional plastic reservoir carrying use water with a larger top opening which can and is used as a washing mashine.
Most of the boxes are on the roof-gallery, some inside the car. The fridge is inside as well. There is a bed inside 110cm wide 200cm long, actually there is a lot of room, even for two.
Top heavyness addressed: As well documented we turned over the Landy once. To lower the centre of gravity I could possibly put everything inside. There is a good plan of how to, on the drawing board it works. Strap everything down, tighten it well. (PS 2011/04: I did that once, when driving the Liberian jungle in 2008.
I could then put up my tent on top...
Really I prefer to sleep, cook, eat, read and write on the laptop inside the Land Rover. It gives a sense of privacy.
And there is still the idea of buying a trailer (Sankey), ... So what for, to carry more? So-far I have resisted the temptation.
PS 2007/01: But now with kids, this idea will clearly be revisited.
PS 2011/04: I never bought the Sankey, I abandoned the Land Rover in Mali. One day I will go back and take it through the whole of Africa.
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