Maybe I've been living under a rock most of my life, but I've just discovered these:



Lightweight forward control 4x4 with twin diff lockers, and it's a Volvo

Also available as a 6x6...



I want one...

ah now one of em would be fun down the whites who needs sump gaurds

EDIT - They look very very unstable though

Ronnie wrote:I want one...

Available..... here

There has been few of those available, condition almost as new.

Currently there is these VOLVO 6X6 TGB21, B30A engine, price 3000€

http://212.50.144.76/laurilanromu/picba ... &palautus=

Page is very slow to load...

There is also tank tracks for bv202, but currently that vehicle is no available, everything is imported from swedish army, that company sells these in finland

Then once there was magazine ad, www.savenmaa.fi is company that sell lot of 'cheap' and 'useful' stuff:
http://koti.mbnet.fi/jliukkon/pix/volvob30.jpg
Text is basicly: Has driven under 30 000km, call and order

This is bv202, also Volvo, has B20 engine, which I prefer for offroad use much more that those with tires
http://www.haaland.info/norway/recon/bilder/bv202.jpg

We use these in Finland instead of bv202:
http://www.marttitikka.net/images/bosnia/Sfor007.jpg

You can have fun with tires on tarmac, but when you would like to have really fun in rough surface (snow, mud, etc..), you need those tank tracks

jtbo wrote:There has been few of those available, condition almost as new.

Currently there is these VOLVO 6X6 TGB21, B30A engine, price 3000€




Text is basicly: Has driven under 30 000km, call and order

These are both troop carriers, very big and very slowe - I would prefer an ambulance or radio truck

jtbo wrote:

Not amphibious though!

jtbo wrote: We use these in Finland instead of bv202:

Royal Marines use these in this country too - now built by BAE (Brit investors like buying up weapons manufacturers...)

jtbo wrote:You can have fun with tires on tarmac, but when you would like to have really fun in rough surface (snow, mud, etc..), you need those tank tracks

I've been trying to talk my dad into buying one of these so he can drive out to his boat, unload into the troop carrier, and then drive straight up the beach with everything onboard! We're dependant on getting all our suplies in by sea, but don't have a pier

Oh the 'Laplander' Volvo. Those are cool. There's someone's project http://www.real4x4.com/project303.shtml

You can climb up in a tree with those...

http://www.volvoadventures.com/Laplander_C303spec.html
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/3880/Vol ... gpage3.JPG
http://www.c303.de/c303-de/catalog1.htm

Very nice. I think a lack of stability is a relative thing, given that those are more or less second only to a Unimog.

cheers

James

foggyjames wrote:Very nice. I think a lack of stability is a relative thing,cheers James

I know what you mean foggy ,

most of my relatives are pretty unstable lol

These are bit harder to get as off-road ppl has already bought them all or buys before they even come to sale.



You can compare size to Volvo:


Here is few more:
http://static.petrisimolin.com/gallery/ ... %20out.JPG
http://static.petrisimolin.com/gallery/ ... Suossa.jpg

It is quite impressive when moving on rough ground, I'm not sure if Unimog would do much better

Off-roading would be nice sometimes indeed