[SunRescue] I could run a small country...

[Björn Ramqvist]

Mike Hebel wrote:
> 
> The vehicle I really like is the Volvo Valp or Laplander:
> http://user.tninet.se/~koo873v/index.html
> 
> I like the look, the specs, and the simplicity of the design.  The _only_
> thing I don't like about it is a 24volt electrical system.  Not
> insurmountable but a little annoying.  I just have lost touch with a good
> source for these.  I'm up for a new vehicle next year and I'd like to try
> one of these out. =-)

Hehe..
How could I ever forget those vehicles? :-)
Back in '95-'96 when I did my military-service in the Swedish Royal
Army, we had a couple of those vehicles. Actually, the 6-weel variant
("TGB-13") was more common and alot more useful!
(more steel, more engine, more space, more fun)
The only thing that broke on those vehicles was the rear-mirrors.

The only pain in the -ss was when the cooling system frose at -25 deg C.
Usually used a blow-torch that came equipped with the vehicle, but
someone came up with a different idea (since the blowtorch thing had to
be pre-heated and took ages to get going).
Fill a bucket up with a messy grease made of Oil and a kind wood-wool,
light it up and put it under the engine. Worked a lot better than that
d-mned so-called "blow-torch"!

/Bjorn