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A Look Around Blind Spots

Published July 28, 2016 By Mick Farmer

HF Antenna Fittings and Visibility - Exterior View

Blind spots are anywhere where we can't see without moving our vision. Most common ones which everyone is (or should be aware of) are the ones to the side of the vehicle. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Rants and Raves Tagged With: HF Radio, modifications, road safety

Low Bed Trailers and Speed Bumps

Published September 30, 2015 By Mick Farmer

Concrete-Speed-Bump-Uganda

Some of the speed bumps on the main corridors in East Africa have become mountainous to the degree that some trailers cannot get over them. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Rants and Raves Tagged With: road safety

Speed Bumps, Hills and Mountains in East Africa

Published January 9, 2015 By Mick Farmer

Aggressive Speed Bump - Kenya

Twenty Years Ago... Twenty years ago I used to push trucks from Mombasa to South Sudan. The main roads at that time were in pretty bad shape. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Rants and Raves Tagged With: driving, road safety, speed bumps

My thoughts on Bridgestone Blizzaks

Published May 15, 2014 By Mick Farmer

Bridgestone Blizzaks

I had never been much of a fan of Bridgestone Tyres until we did training in Kyrgyzstan in -30 conditions. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Rants and Raves Tagged With: road safety, tyres

There are Tools and then there are Tools

Published April 30, 2014 By Mick Farmer

I was trying to remove a drop-arm from a Landrover Defender steering box. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Rants and Raves Tagged With: Mechanical, review, tools

My take on the PressurePro tyre pressure monitoring system

Published May 5, 2009 By Mick Farmer

Over a year ago, we installed the Pressure Pro system on two of our training vehicles. It makes sense to have good safety measures for the vehicles that we use the most for our defensive and security driver training. An early warning of an under inflated tyre is good for safety by avoiding a blow out or a tyre rolling off the rim; which, in both cases, could lead to a roll-over and possible student injury. Let alone the cost of replacing the tyre or the vehicle for that matter. We have the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Rants and Raves Tagged With: Equipment, safety gear

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