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Hi New Member
« on: February 17, 2013, 05:06:56 pm »
This feels slightly like an opening sessions for AA. But here goes.

Always been a Toyota man, Hilux and now LC. But when we (My wife and two young sons) started thinking about a year drive back through Africa we wanted to remain part of a community of owners which is larger than the vehicle. We also have two kids and thus we had to decide trailer or truck.

As I am not a trailer fan we went for truck and after reading many reviews we ended up on the Unimog. But specifically a doka so that the kids could ride upfront.

Thus in Jan 2010 we started planning and searching. I got my HGV license in June 2011 and a miracles happened as a friend phoned me up to say he knows of a doka which the owner wants to sell.

We purchased her in July 2011 and drove her up to Atkinson Vos who has now delivered her back to us.

We have been making many drawings and talking to many people - Great community - and now we will "play" with her over the summer before spending the winter months building the living box.

We are not in such a hurry - as my youngest is now only 1 and he needs to be 4 before we can leave.

That is me in a nutshell. A Novice looking to learn.
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Re: Hi New Member
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2013, 05:08:35 pm »
 Welcome aboard!
Hope your enjoying looking round the site, villagers is a busy lad on here  :). Liking the sound of Africa trecking in a mog  :)
There's a couple of us on here learning about mogs as well, from old to new ones. If you do have any questions just ask  8)

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Re: Hi New Member
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2013, 05:11:26 pm »
Hi Bredenoord and welcome to the club  :)

I've always wanted to travel to Africa, its one of my aims for the future  :)
did you know that if you make a fixed camper body (cant be removed very easily) you dont have to have a taco if you take it to the dvla and have it registered as a camper, there are a few things that you have to have in it to be classified as a camper, but a quick google search brings them up.


and thats what were here for, to share knowledge and experience  ;D

Cheers, Brian  :)
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Re: Hi New Member
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2013, 05:13:46 pm »
Welcome to the forum. I'm even more new to Unimogs than you having not even bought one yet, but the advice that can be found here is second to none. Hopefully you'll learn all you need to know and perhaps teach us your findings when you travel?
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