The development of this truck has been an evolution of many modifications, some purchased, some home fabricated. The major changes started back in 2006 after the truck was entered into its first challenge event in Devon on a Challenge South West one day challenge.

Soon realising the problem with accessing the vehicle into the tightly wooded sites that are very common in the South West area the truck went through some radical changes. After a talk with the man who first brought the tray back Land Rover to the UK challenge scene Mr Martin Lewis, it was decided that a tray back conversion was the way forward, so in Feb 2006 this tray back evolved into something that was stronger and lighter than the standard bodied Land Rover.

The first challenge it came into its own, manuverability was much better, approach and departure angles were no longer a problem, but the main thing is that the body damage was minimal.

This Truck regularly competes in most of the events in the south west, mainly being the 4x4 Adventures series of events and Challenge south west events. The truck also competes in some European events and even went on to win the Muddy Truckers 2007 in Scotland teamed up with Adrian Everitt and Shaun Harris in their Tomcat.

Specification:

Axles
Rover disc braked axles, Ashcroft 4;11 ring and pinions, ARB air locking differentials, Ashcroft shafts and CV`s, Early wide yoke props .QT Diff guards

Bodywork
Fabricated rear tray returning into rear body bulkhead, sill protector sliders, front wing protection bars, centrally mounted 50 litre fuel tanks, Fabricated high level front winch bumper.

Chassis
Standard 92.3 wheelbases, reinforced chassis lower rails, gearbox cross member, fabricated rear cross member incorporating rear winch mount and rear chassis rails.

Engine
Late 200 Tdi 2.5 Diesel mildly tuned to give optimum torque at a low range, free flow exhaust. Two alternators 120amp and 65amp feeding power to the twin optima batteries.

Recovery equipment
2 x 2m straps, 1 x 4m strap, 1 x 50m 12mm winch extension rope, 5 x 3 3/4 ton bow shackles, 2 x snatch blocks, 2 x winch sails, 2 x 38mm waffle boards, 1 x double linking hook, 1 x short roll cage strap, 4 x winching gloves, small recovery spade, highlift jack and a ground anchor.

Transmission
LT77 suffix H manual 5 speed gearbox coupled to LT230 1;410 transfer box with Ashcroft up rated diff cross shaft.

Suspension
Lovell’s +4” springs , Pro-comp ES 9000 +2 shock absorbers , - 2” front and rear shock mounts , QT 6 front radius arms , Twin wall CDS rear trailing arms , Adjustable rose jointed Panhard rod , Sumo steering bars . All bushed with Superpro polybushes

Steering
Currently under development which will be running a 180mm stroke dual acting hydraulic ram mounted to the rear of the front axle and an up rated ZF steering pump.

Wheels and Tyres
Mach 5 8x16 rims fitted with Fedima sirocco 35x10.50 tyres.

Winches
Warn 8274 front and rear, front winch using an XP motor, both winches are fitted with Gigglepin up rated brake shaft kits and Dynema 12mm Bow rope. Albright solenoids are used to replace the standard units.

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