Been using the camioncino all week, collecting bits and pieces from the vineyard supplies shop, irrigation pipes and tools, shopping etc etc.
Overall very nice, especially since I had another go at the wheel balancing .... one of the front wheels is really not very round so I think that I'll swap it for the spare
It's not quick, about 85 kph flat out (so 5th gear is useful) and very slow uphill because anything remotely steep is 3rd gear !
One thing that I will need to do at some point is take all the suspension to pieces - front and back - because it is not supple enough. I don't expect it to be like my Renault 4 van, but it is a bit too rigid
At the front, the sliding pillars have been drained and refilled with fresh oil and I have backed the dampers right off so that I can get a bit more softness and hopefully more movement there
At the rear, I have sprayed with WD40 to start with and next, the chap at the vineyard supplies has agreed to put a 500kg "BigBag" of fertiliser in the back , then I can drive around a couple of bumpy back roads and see if that gets it moving a bit more before he lifts it out again
Either way, next winter's job is to strip and grease everything
Another vineyard photo, this time our Syrah and Assyrtiko vines where I have just been installing irrigation - watering is allowed for young vines and during periods of severe drought - we don't have it everywhere though
