Patrols at work.

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Patrols at work.

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Arabs prefer Patrols. The silver one was mine for the month..jpg
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Most of the work I do involves the use of Patrol work horses. They are reliable and capable of more than most other vehicles.

I have selected some images taken at various work sites over the last couple of years just to show that a Patrol can wear hard hat and overalls.
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Misty and muddy near Breyten Standerton..jpg
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Machine working and elephants not happy. Orpen.jpg
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Lowering a camera down 2000m mineshaft JHB East rand.jpg
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Landmine country close te Zambezi Tete.jpg
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It is a lot steeper than it looks in Tete.jpg
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In the mountains Burgersfort Lydenburg.jpg
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Frozen between Hotazel and Khatu.jpg
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Even the drill rigs are 4x4 in Tete..jpg
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End suction pump intallation Bapsfontein.jpg
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Big 4x4 rig at University Pretoria..jpg
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At work next to Zambezi near Tete.jpg
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At work in 50 degrees AbuDhabi.jpg
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Artesian borehole made things interesting. Limpopo river Stokpoort..jpg
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Re: Patrols at work.

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Some more.
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Waiting for the buffalow Orpen.jpg
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Ultimate Patrol recovery tool.jpg
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This place was 4 hours into the desert AbuDhabi.jpg
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The Toyota guys dont even park near the Patrols in AbuDhabi.jpg
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The only two working cars in the camp Tete..jpg
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That landie engine failed just after this pic was taken..jpg
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Tati mine Francistown Botswana.Solo for 1 week with only tin food..jpg
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Sorry Marius..jpg
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Samquartz mine Delmas..jpg
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Pre gautrain water investigation.jpg
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Pickup used to install that pump down to 150m. Samquartz.jpg
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Parkstation Gautrain dewatering.jpg
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Parked next to my lodge Remah AbuDhabi.jpg
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Opencast water ingress test Vryburg Stella.jpg
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Oldest workhorse repainted..jpg
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Even more
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Water quality monitoring Atok mine Lebowakgomo.jpg
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The last of the old pictures.
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Where the Olifants cuts the mountains Lebowakgomo..jpg
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Water quality monitoring Atok mine Lebowakgomo.jpg
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:thumbup:
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:thumbup: Daai ou Safari's laat my hart nog steeds vinnig klop! Mooi man!
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Mooi man ....die familie foto kort n 4.8 member of word daai een nie onder die werks esels gerate nie .....
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Hey .. Mr Demmer -- Make a story of this and send to biggest selling Magazine ??
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Hi Chris, dit is baie goeie fotos!!! :thumbup:
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Thanks for the pics and effort!
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