Took a short trip tonight with my friend , he has a 99 Hilux IFS on 38" tires
Went to the montain tundra 20km from Reykjavik.

 

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Some new pics from last weekend's trip. 3 days and 300 miles drive in to the mountains.

on the friday night around 7pm we went out but lost one truck to a transmission trouble.



Found bigger 4Runner than mine



Then we drove on deep into the highland



there i broke my front damper



We arived at the hut around 1am that night



On the Saturday morning we woke up to a bad weather and poor visibility.



1986 Aerostar with a GM LS1 and on 38"



Jeep on 39,5 iroc


80 series Diesel Land Cruiser on 46" MT






On the drive tire pressure system




no visibility






On the way up we had problems with some trucks and had to turn back to the hut for some rapairs.





we stayed at the hut another night



On Sunday morning we went on back home on 15 trucks.



Ford F350 on 49"












We arived home at around 10pm on the sunday night.

 

And I thought my wheelin trips were hardcore. . . Those rigs are incredible!

I give props to you folks, I would be hating life if I had to fix my tranny out there like that!

 

thanks mate

 

Great pics man... nothing like driving in a snowstorm... at night... off road.
too bad about your damper...and the Patrol... hope it was nothing too serious...
that other runner has some serious wide track action going on...

 

would you mind posting a link for the tire air pressure system you guys run?

 

comon more pics!!

I would guess they run 2-4psi..

 

I dont have no write up or a link on the build but its fairly simple setup.

Rotating knee attached to the beadlock








The air valves inside the truck


Simple low air pressure meter



one belt driven air pump under the hood



Two Fini air pumps in the back



15 litre Tank for all the air

 

Went on a cross country trip last weekend , about 500miles off road in snow and on the top of europe biggest glacer.





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On Thursday evening we drove to the mountains, staying in a mountain hotel for the night. Woke up on friday morning in this beautiful weather


lets go



on the way to Vatnajokull glacer (biggest in europe)





Speed was around 75kmh (50mph) on the snow





Hópurinn 42" - 46" bílar


last stop untill the glacer





Frekar snjólaust vestan jökuls



driving on frosen glacer river



Icey glacer at first


great weather on the glacier








Arriving at the highest building on the glacer Grímsfjall. The houses are located 1,724 metres (5900ft) above mean sea level.




Driving down the glacer on the north side












One of the guys broke his front axle




The damage


We left the truck there to weld the axle the next morning




Arriving at the hut around 8 pm , just to eat and then go to bed early



the Saturday morning






drive where ever you want




cruising speed was 50 to 100kmh





refueling the gasoline powerd trucks



Vantajökull Glacer in the background








Starting to weld the axle back together, only using 3 batterys , starter cables and two welding sticks.






The 80 series back on its wheels and off we go ,the weather got bad from there.






Another problem , this one lost all its wheel bolts





There the clock was around 10pm and the view beceme very bad, and cold , outside temputure was around minus 22 Celsius (-7.6 Fahrenheit)







back to civilization on the sunday mornng after around 24hours of straight driving





the track we drove off road

 

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Wow hjalti... looks like that was quite a trip... I was wondering how you were going to recover that broken axle truck, did the welds hold all the way home?
You guys always go on the wildest little week end adventures...

 

Yes the caster angle had been ajusted before and the welds gave away. it was just pushed together and welded again better

 

WOW. every time you post pictures of your trips makes me wanna move and build a sweet ice truck. just waiting to hit the lotto

 

Yup very cool question, are the lines going from the fender to the tire an onboard air up/down system?? Looks like it but just wondering. Anyway yea looks like fun cold but fun

 

Yes , just look at the update before the last post. some pics of it

 

Ahhhh, silly me I past that up when scrolling