SOLO Land Cruiser TROOPY CAMPING

'How Green is my Wadi' follows Chris Saul as he fires up 'Geoff', his Diesel V8 Toyota Land Cruiser 78 Series (Troop Carrier), and drives out of Dubai in search of nature.
Follow along as he does some offroading, sets up camp and cooks a delicious steak before sleeping in his Alu Cab Hercules roof conversion.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:22 Drive out of Dubai
2:02 Offroading
5:32 Difflocks and Axle Twister
6:20 Camp set up
8:00 PARATHA!
10:44 Alu Cab Hercules Roof Tent
14:00 Firemaking
17:55 Cooking
22:33 Stargazing
23:20 SLEEP!
26:15 JETBOIL TEA
28:38 Alu Cab 270 Awning
30:10 SCRAMBLED EGGS!
31:37 Camp packup

[@streakychambers658]

Why is it I keep thinking ‘The Gods must be crazy’? 😂

[@scottbeatson3881]

Awesome mate! Loved it. Looking forward to another one soon

[@mukherjc]

Sweet cruiser Chris!

[@user-pi2ky7fo2b]

Beautiful and wonderful, congratulations 👏 for the grace and the beautiful short trip

[@rmcnabb]

Excellent. I wish there was more of this and less know-it-all chatter. "This is my stove. This is my shower." Who cares? Just do your thing.

[@drumstach]

Magnifique, superbe le Roi du tous terrains.... 😘❤️😘❤️😘❤️😘❤️

[@waleed.alhumaikani]

This is awsome! The preparations, editing, and cooking for sure! Thanks for sharing your experience. This monster can take you waaaay further. When I read Wadi, I thought it'll look like one of those wadis we have in Yemen. Hopefully things cool down in my home land then you can pay'm a visit and enjoy riding and camping there.

[@christophersaul]

Thanks Waleed! I would absolutely love to drive through Yemen one day. I visited Sana'a three times in the 2000s, some of the best work trips I've ever done. Fascinating country. A holiday in Yemen has been on my wish list for years. As you say, let's hope things improve.

[@brunohaubertin1484]

Great Chris. Let's go Masirah island Oman next winter...Enjoy

[@khalifaalaseery7186]

wow what an amazing build! I myself have been trying to save up for an lc70 camper build in a few years

[@joannesrodrigues7685]

Really a cool way to camp in the wadis.. this wadi did look a lot more green.. also loved the natural sounds, paratha.. whats the sauce used for the steak? Also, could you please list the accessories used in the land cruiser? Thank you

[@christophersaul]

Steak sauce is HP BBQ sauce! I'll do a list of the mods. Thanks Joannes.

[@edwardjones1505]

Landy croooooise

[@HolgerMeier]

Lekker!

[@johnking9754]

I go on solo trips a lot- I love it! Great video! I am building a Troopy as we speak. Are the round “hoops” on the left rear corner to be used as ladder steps? If so, I would love to know where you get them. That is a great way to do it without mounting a full ladder that limits accessibility to the window.

[@christophersaul]

Hi John. Good luck with your build. Where are you based? The hoops come as standard (for some reason) with most Troopies and some Land Cruiser and 70 series variants in the GCC (Gulf region). It's one of those odd regional things. For example, it's normal to see them on most of the Land Cruiser 100 series that were sold in Saudi in the 2000s, but we never got them in the UAE. I do use them occasionally - mainly to attach a light to or hook my awning onto when it's windy :) If I had a roof rack they would definitely be handy to use to haul yourself up to stand on the bumper, but I'm not sure how useful they are as an actual ladder!

[@mozartheart2958]

Great car and place! I would add a kindle and a radio for this solo trip.

[@christophersaul]

My Kindle was in my tent, don’t worry :)

[@bobjanssens5931]

Take off the cover from the fridge. It’s cooling with less energy, because the fan is blowing the heat in the cover…. We tested it and it surprised us also! Greetings from Belgium

[@christophersaul]

That's interesting! It's a pain to remove the fridge and test properly myself, but if I ever have to take it out for some reason I might give that a try. I suppose I could also stick the cover down around the fan to avoid hot air blowing under the cover.

[@sunshinebooking]

great build! Love the LC78 w AluCab. Which shop helped you with the build in Dubai?

[@christophersaul]

Hi Carl. ANR Performance in Dubai do all the AluCab products. Pop by the workshop and see some cool builds!

[@mohdnawas10]

Hi from Abu Dhabi

[@mbinamro3300]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@antonengelbrecht5613]

Wonderfully silent

[@kristofersonranay379]

Hi! Just want to ask where is this campsite? Going to do it in 3 weeks. Thanks!

[@christophersaul]

It's part of RAK - that's all I can say :)

[@ledermanrobert]

Cool rig, nice hat and vid, but does your firewood and starter need to be packed in plastic? Come on, a manly man like you should know how to start a fire without zippo lighters and gadgets. Keep up the good work! 💪👌

[@christophersaul]

:) well, I do know how to start a fire without a zippo and so on, but I do like my gadgets!

[@unimog404]

Cool truck and trip! I was hoping he would talk some more so we could get some thoughts and info :) Im not fan of silent video's :)

[@christophersaul]

Thanks Victor. The idea was to do a ‘silent camp’ video along the lines of some of Tim Bates and Ronny Dahl’s shows. We can add some talking next time!

[@unimog404]

@@christophersaul Good! Will check out the next video then! I also didnt watch Ronny his silent video :D

[@ptrwsk]

Nice trip. What size of tires do you have on your Troopy ?

[@christophersaul]

285/75/16 - with a two inch lift. There's a tiny but of scrubbing at full lock but otherwise they are great. I loved the pizza cutters it came with, but these are much better.

[@Woody8457]

very quiet

[@kellziak]

Do you build the the hand pump on the jerry can by yourself?

[@christophersaul]

The garage I used did it. It's pretty straightforward, although I think I'll be building a tap into the base on the jerry can, it makes washing hands much easier. When I do that, I may replace the pump with a soap dispenser.

[@kortlandlfskdjflaskjdf7979]

What size tires u using ? Any lift? How often u change oil and filters ? U install pre filter ?

[@christophersaul]

BFG 285/75/r16, two inch lift with Dobinsin springs. No second filter, not really needed in the GCC. Serviced every 5k, changing what’s needed. If you search for Geoff the Troopy you’ll find a full review done with Expedition Extreme.

[@naksajadd5880]

дрова в пакете ) очень круто ) не встречал такого у нас

[@christophersaul]

Легкая жизнь в Дубае!

[@waleedadventures5715]

Nice camping trip ... I will in Dubai Custom Show on 25th Mar to 27th Mar can we meet Waleed Al-Balushi, Omani Traveler

[@christophersaul]

Thanks Waleed. I’ll try to attend the show.

[@cassidyjonson3741]

How come he didn't fill up his gas tank before a big trip to nowhere???😳🤯

[@Goughwaltersgopro]

We have lots of fuel stations in the region, so you are rarely far from one. Also, the Troopy has huge fuel tanks so the indicated low level still has plenty of range!

[@christophersaul]

I was wondering who’s pick up on that :) As Griff says, it’s hard to get really remote in the UAE, plus the Troopy has two 90l diesel tanks, so at that level at least another 150kms to go.

[@kaylenejensen5122]

Hey mate what table is on the rear door

[@christophersaul]

It’s the latest Frontrunner table, with a custom frame and empty space in the door carpeted.

[@AR-iy1kl]

Hi griff… I’m looking to buy the LC soon.. would be great to connect .. I’m in Dubai also

[@christophersaul]

Drop me a line on Instagram if you like - @geoffthetroopy Happy to help if I can.

[@gazzere1]

Solo plus camera operator?

[@christophersaul]

Yep, cheating slightly :)

[@thelandcruiserproject]

Was it really solo? 🤫 @17:08

[@christophersaul]

Well, it depends if you consider the cameraman to be a real human being :)

[@Coastmac2001]

didn't know the V8 Diesel was sold in Dubai

[@christophersaul]

Yep - you can get them all - petrol, the 1HZ and the V8 at the car souk in Al Awir.

[@Coastmac2001]

@@christophersaul thanks, thought it was only the petrol variants sold there

[@christophersaul]

@@Coastmac2001 We are lucky here - we can also still get new Y61s as well. The Toyota dealer only sells the petrol versions of the 70 series, but they don’t sell the Troopy and it’s difficult to register the pick up and the double cab as a private individual. Everything else is available as grey imports, although I don’t think the SWB 71 comes with anything other than petrol. A v8 in a 71 would be unstoppable!

[@Coastmac2001]

@@christophersaul thanks mate info is appreciated

[@higgerix]

Hi Chris, I had been at Al Alweer Auto Market 2 weeks ago, but all the traders that had LC on display told me, they are for export only. Do you have an idea, where I should ask? Btw, I enjoyed the video 😊 best, Holger

[@fpartidafpartida]

Wouldn’t you want to cook your yummy steak while it’s still light out so you can see any dingo creeping up on you?

[@christophersaul]

Not many dingos in the UAE :) Just some donkeys in this spot.

[@truthseeker3536]

Look up Mark Alan King and his gematria website for important information!

[@avseiz6759]

would you buy one of these for 40k with 300k km?

[@christophersaul]

Which currency?

[@avseiz6759]

@@christophersaul EUR

[@Onkelwillys]

Der Innenausbau ist total unpraktisch , viel Geld für wenig nutzen

[@christophersaul]

Was würden sie anders machen?