Pinzgauer off-roading in the UK

Bryn Pinzgauer · Post by **Bryn Pinzgauer** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 3:58 pm

I have quite a few Pinzi pictures on my Flickr site. In particular:

Driving byways in Northumberland: http://www.flickr.com/photos/12394349@N ... 3974082258 and http://www.flickr.com/photos/12394349@N ... 3786016241

Driving in Kielder Forest: http://www.flickr.com/photos/12394349@N ... 3785984827

And driving in Wales: http://www.flickr.com/photos/12394349@N ... 1753679729

There's nothing too dramatic, but one or two are quite nice.

texas pinzgauer · Post by **texas pinzgauer** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:03 am

You'd be surprised how much that DOESN'T look like southeast Texas!

That's DOES looks like extraordinary terrain, enjoy it!

cronapress · Post by **cronapress** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:20 am

Whereabouts were the N.Wales shots taken ? Near Cerrigydruddion by chance ?

"Did" a lot of N.Wales a few years back with the Haf. Happy days !

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:23 pm

I recognise some of the shots on the Wayfarer in NE Wales. Possibly some shots on Happy Valley Midwest Wales. Not too sure about some of the others, its been a while since I have been off road in North Wales. very nice photographs and they were very lucky with the weather. It is usualy raining here.

Did you camp or stay in hotels/guest houses.

Bryn Pinzgauer · Post by **Bryn Pinzgauer** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 4:54 pm

I think you are right Anthony. Some are Happy Valley and some are the Wayfarer I think. It was a guided tour I did shortly after getting the Pinzgauer. This was organised by the Land Rover Adventure Club hence the predominance of Landies. I slept in the back of the truck whilst parked up at a camp site in Aberdyfi.

Texas Pinzgauer - thanks for the comments.

There are some nice pictures of the Kielder safaris at:

http://everso.humblehouse.co.uk/Album/K ... index.html

andy · Post by **andy** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:14 pm

Bryn Pinz, nice pictures. Looks like a fun time.

Anthony, I had no idea Wales was so pretty. A far cry from here. the pictures of the Northumberland commons come fairly close to some of what is out here though.

Bryn, thanks for sharing.

Regards,

Andy

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:50 am

Here you are Andy, its no fluke, some more beautiful Pictures. The track with seven river crossings is a well known track in West Wales, called Strata Florida. This was taken when I had some German friends come to visit me. We did a couple of tracks near to where I live and they posted a few of their images on Robbie's Pinzgauer forum.

http://pinzforum.kiruna.de/viewtopic.php?t=1858

Manny parts of Wales are very beautiful partly due to the mountains but also we receive a lot of rain

which keeps things nice and green.

The images showing my LR 101 FC are on my farm. I am the shorter guy standing next to it.

Bryn Pinzgauer · Post by **Bryn Pinzgauer** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:38 pm

Yup, those are nice pictures too. Also reminds me that I would like a 712 as well as a 710.

Bryn Pinzgauer · Post by **Bryn Pinzgauer** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 1:05 pm

... and a 101 too. It was looking for a 101 that ended up with me buying the Pinzgauer.

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:03 pm

Well the 101 in the picture will be going when I get around to putting it up for sale. I have been talking about that for the last few years but now I have my Volvo C304 TGB13 I need to move on. Well the £ will be handy, but you do get attached after 18+ years.

Bryn Pinzgauer · Post by **Bryn Pinzgauer** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:19 pm

Unfortunately I have a house extension being built in a few weeks and so I will have to pay for that first.

andy · Post by **andy** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:41 pm

Those were really interesting pictures. Yes, rain is the secret to green. I'm afraid we are only going to have a pale green Spring here unless we get some rain real soon.

You all are talking about the TGB and LC's. I still have the desire to get a TGB 1111. They look like such a fun truck. But, I can't afford just toys right now. It has to be practical too. And with the way fuel is skyrocketing (by our standards) I'm not sure I could keep it fed too long.

Anyway, I really enjoyed the pics and it looks like your place is really nice. For some reason I just sort of imagine the UK as having very small holdings, all with hedges around them. Must be the media images. The stone walls along some of the tracks did fit my mental pictures though.

Erik712m · Post by **Erik712m** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:01 pm

Anthony, what is the three things below the door on the 101? Fold down step?

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 3:01 am

Eric,

The things to which you refer are Jerry can holders. They will 3 NATO 25L Petrol or Plastic Water containers. This is were some 101 FC have a Norken PTO Winch which is a very usful bit of kit which I unfortunatly never owned. They are mounted amidships and are rigged to allow either winching from the front or the rear. The cable can be pulled through verious pulleys mounted on the chassis to exist on the front or rear cross-member. once in the chosen place a very cleaver fair-lead which is rigged with a double pulley allows some deviation in the direction of pull. One would just choose an appropriate gear for speed or weight of pull.

I have seen them in operation many times. On one occasion we had a little fun at a LR110 TDi owners expence by pulling him up a steep slippery slope in top gear at maximum engine revs. It was like watching a champagne cork extraction. We then told him that it was only in first

gear. They can pay out in reverse gear and stopping is usualy done by switching off the engine. The owner of the 110 also a friend was ashen faced as it looked as though his mount was to be sucked up the rear end of a 101. We arranged by signals when the most appropriate nanosecond the hauling should stop.

We never told him the truth of the matter and for years he was extolling the virtues of the 101 winch

well what are friends for

Erik Maybee wrote:Anthony, what is the three things below the door on the 101? Fold down step?

Tads · Post by **Tads** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:45 pm

There's a few of us pratting around in the company wagons on these flickr pages:

Broxhead Common http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrsuperpan ... 582329514/

Salisbury Plain http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrsuperpan ... 282934633/

Seven Sisters, Wales http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrsuperpan ... 009561382/