MAN 8×8
Big Boy MAN 8×8 Truck with hook loader
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We’ve written before about Big Boy’s time as a Race2Recovery support truck, and about the DROPS system that let the workshop body come down to ground level for the team’s mechanics. But we haven’t really talked about who those mechanics — and the wider team — actually were. Race2Recovery started small in 2011, founded by…
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If you’ve seen Big Boy in action — arriving at a show, or lifting and shifting around the yard — you’ll have noticed he doesn’t need a crane, a forklift, or four blokes with a strong back to load and unload. He just… does it himself. That’s DROPS. So what actually is DROPS? DROPS stands…
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Before Big Boy ever turned a wheel in support of a Dakar campaign, he was born into one of the most demanding vehicle programmes of the Cold War. To understand what makes the MAN KAT1 8×8 such a capable base for a truck like Big Boy, it’s worth going back to where the design came…
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Long before Big Boy came to us, he was already part of one of the most remarkable stories in Dakar Rally history. This is the tale of Race2Recovery — the team Big Boy served as a support truck — and how he came to carry their colours across some of toughest terrain on Earth. Who…
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After tracking Big Boy we went to view – at Protection & Performance in 2020
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Lost footage from 2020, before the barn of dreams was born. Big Boy being use to lift and shift ready for the barn raising.
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Big Boy showing off at Capel Miltary Show
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He’s a 8×8 MAN truck with Hookloader, high mobility machine able to lift 10tonne move it almost anywhere.
MAN 8x8 