Forward
Control Land Rovers are ideal vehicles for overlanding. They are very
capable off road with some advantages over normal Land Rovers and very few
disadvantages. For specification details of the vehicles have a look at Forward
Control specs
Overlanding
in Malawi
Overlanding
in Namibia
The
interior is very spacious and lends itself to fitting out with all the
home comforts of beds, stove cupboards, fridge, toilet and shower.
Tackleing
the steep mountain passes here in Lesotho, this vehicle coped very well.
The only downside being the hairpin bends that required a few multi point
turns.
The
wading depth of an FC is much greater than that of a standard vehicle. The
bigger wheels and the higher mounting of the engine and body give a
comfortable wading depth of more than a metre of water. Pictured here
wading in the Okavango where deep water is often encountered.
On
the sand the FC also fares well due to the larger standard 900 x 16 tyres.
Climbing dunes can however be very hair raising if tackled at any angle
other than perpendicular. Pictured here leaving a beach campsite in the
Transkei.
Getting
stuck in a FC is not that common but when it happens you'd better have a
lot of spare time or a lot of help or both. Stuck here in a marsh in the
Transkei, it took a few hours of high lift jack work to get back on the
road.
Below: Leaving the road in Botswana ended in a few hours of digging this
one out.
The
height of the FC can be a problem when traveling on small forest tracks
normally reserved for regular sized vehicles. This incident occurred on
the Mapelane road on the Kwa-Zulu Natal north coast.
