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    The Duro Epic Saga 2023-25

    It all started in April 2023 when I bought this rundown 6x6 Bucher Mowag Duro I “beauty” with no engine in Eswatini, snagged a Cummins 6BT all the way from China, and then tried to survive the conversion – first butchered by a crook in Pretoria, then half-heartedly patched together by PJM in Eswatini. Epic? Absolutely. Two years, countless headaches, gallons of oil, and more chaos than a circus, but finally… the beast – renamed Utopia Odyssey – now proudly squats in my workshop.

    blog | Duro | 22/09/2025

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