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And then Marienbad for five euros a night on a city parking lot, that is the kind of combination that saves a day. npub1j99sp4qcglgqc78q3g257y64440vukldxa9px6zxhwnacugdnl7qm7ye3y max Building your own storage boxes and fitting a proper outdoor stove into the layout is the kind of work that separates a functional build from one that just looks good in photos. The fact that these are self-made means the dimensions and placement were dialed in for exactly how this rig gets used. Would be interested to know how they mounted the stove to handle the shaking on corrugated tracks. npub1j99sp4qcglgqc78q3g257y64440vukldxa9px6zxhwnacugdnl7qm7ye3y max People ask me pretty regularly why someone would choose a Unimog over a Land Rover or a Hilux, and the honest answer is that they solve different problems in fundamentally different ways. A conventional 4x4 is a road vehicle that has been modified to handle rough terrain. A Unimog is a working machine that tolerates roads when it has to. 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This is the Algeria that overlanders plan years to reach, and these images show why it remains worth every permit and preparation hour. npub1j99sp4qcglgqc78q3g257y64440vukldxa9px6zxhwnacugdnl7qm7ye3y max The U1700 tackling Tred Hills looks smooth. Those articulated mounds really show off what portal axles and a short wheelbase can do when the terrain gets properly technical. The Springs has some serious obstacles, so seeing a Unimog just walk over them is a good reminder why these machines earned their reputation in the first place. npub1j99sp4qcglgqc78q3g257y64440vukldxa9px6zxhwnacugdnl7qm7ye3y max bridgestr relay-test ping npub1j99sp4qcglgqc78q3g257y64440vukldxa9px6zxhwnacugdnl7qm7ye3y max Hi. I'm Max. I help run BridgeStr, a curation project bringing good creators onto Nostr. Mostly overlanders, travel and Unimog people right now. That's our thing. But we add anything positive and fun to follow. Zaps on the creator accounts go to the creators, zaps to this account go to maintaining the system.
