These just in from Switzerland

Two expedition vehicles cleared customs and left the confines of the Fairview Cove terminal today, and were soon on the road. 

 The smaller of the two was a very rare brand for North America. I venture to say it may be the only one on these shores at the moment. Bucher-Guyer AC of Switzerland developed the DURO (DUrable RObust) in both 4x4 and 6x6 versions for military use. Starting in 1994 General Dynamics European Land Based Systems / MOWAG began full production, initially for the Swiss Army. Since then they have sold to other countries. A civilian version was also developed for vocational use, municipal services and fire fighting. Only a very small number have been built for expedition conversion.

Today's 4x4 unit carries the Bucher badge, but I could not see a label for the van body. It certainly appears to live up to the Duro name however. I wonder what the suspension is like.

The larger unit is a better known marque - Scania. This is a model 114C, tilt crew cab (a rare configuration, see a previous post), with an expedition style cabin.

The "Bodyduck" name is a reference to Team Bodyduck, the expedition operators, who have their own website describing their trip so far. The English version can be found here: https://www-bodyduck-ch.translate.goog/?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de

Their Tranamerica trip was cancelled in 2020 but resumed this year with the truck shipped via Hamburg on the Atlantic Sail . Grimaldi Lines, the owners of Atlantic Container Line, are currently not allowing travellers to accompany their vehicles as they used to do (pre-pandemic), so they now have to fly in to Halifax to pick up the vehicles.

In addition to the Swiss flag on the front of the cab, the rig has an array of horns on the roof that should be totally useless to scare moose and bears. I would have invested the money in a "bullbar".

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