Australia's toughest tanks, now available in Africa
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Proven a long way from the nearest pump
Our tanks are tested by people who travel further than most. Every one of them is on YouTube. Here is what they have been up to lately.
The Explore Life in Africa
Season 8 · Africa series
Matt, Dean and the crew spent eleven episodes driving their Hilux and Land Cruiser builds from South Africa through the Kalahari, the Okavango Delta and Chobe, then across into Zimbabwe. Watch the whole series on YouTube.
EP 151:018 Nov 20254 Years in the Making... Our Biggest Trip YetMatt lands in South Africa to help Dean finish the Africa 4WD builds before the trip begins.
EP 227:2715 Nov 2025First Day in Africa... and This HappenedFinal packs, then a first day of more than 800 km to a private game reserve.
EP 324:4522 Nov 2025We Should Have Turned Around... But It Was Too LateFrom Khama Rhino Sanctuary toward the Kalahari over salt pans and bulldust tracks.
EP 431:0929 Nov 2025The Scariest Night of My Life...Deeper into the Kalahari, chasing the black-maned lion with bushfires closing in.
EP 531:006 Dec 2025He Almost Lost Everything...The long push toward Maun on rough, dusty tracks, and another bushfire on the horizon.
EP 645:4013 Dec 2025The Moment We Realised We Were in Danger..From Maun into the Okavango Delta by traditional mokoro.
EP 724:2220 Dec 2025We Didn't Expect Africa to Look Like ThisInto Moremi Game Reserve, with creek crossings and flooded tracks.
EP 825:0010 Jan 2026I've Never Seen Anything Like This Before...A rare pack of wild dogs comes through camp in Moremi.
EP 935:5717 Jan 2026The Moment We'd Been Chasing the Entire TripFrom Linyanti to Savuti chasing lions, until one of the vehicles has a major failure.
EP 1023:5524 Jan 2026Fixing the Hilux Was Harder Than We ThoughtA bush fix to get the broken N80 Hilux back out of the bush.
EP 1137:007 Feb 2026The Trip That Broke Me...The Hilux is back on the road, and the team cross from Kasane into Zimbabwe.
The Explore Life · Africa series
Pat Callinan
Latest videos
Pat Callinan's 4X4 Adventures is now in its 19th season, and Pat's touring rigs run Brown Davis tanks through the most remote parts of Australia.
The Things You Find In The Outback
16 Oct 2026
Out in the desert, the crew come across something Pat still has to pinch himself about.
Italian performance in the outback?
15 Oct 2026
Pirelli joins the crew in the dirt for another round of Season 19.
Pat's Peak
9 Oct 2026
A track in the Bendleby Ranges, Flinders Ranges, that Pat reckons might be the coolest he has ever driven.
Pat Callinan
4WD 24/7
Latest videos
The 4WD 24/7 crew carry Brown Davis long range tanks on their builds. Right now they are bringing a 60 Series home through Tasmania.
Bush fixing a broken window in Tassie
17 Oct 2026
A bush fix on the road when a window lets go on the Tassie trip.
Tassie Ep 1 is LIVE, and it gets hectic
16 Oct 2026
Episode 1 of the Tasmania trip, and things get hectic fast.
Tassie broke EVERYTHING on this trip
15 Oct 2026
More broke on this trip than on any they have done before.
Molly Dixon
Molly Dixon
Latest videos
Molly has been living on the road solo for more than three years. Her Land Cruiser 79 carries a Brown Davis independent-feed auxiliary tank.
I camped ALONE by a Crocodile-Infested Billabong… the Barra were biting!
17 Oct 2026
Barra, crocs and a billabong to herself in northern Australia.
A NIGHT IN THE TROPICS WITH ME (& a dinner disaster)
3 Oct 2026
A night camped on the beach at Dundee Beach in the Northern Territory.
Finding paradise alone in the Australian wilderness
26 Sep 2026
Waterfalls, swimming holes and campgrounds to herself in one national park.
Patriot Games
Patriot Games
Latest videos
Patriot Games builds and tests expedition vehicles, and their builds carry Brown Davis tanks and guards. The latest build is a new RAM 2500.
Tyre Pressure HACK! Maxtrax Indeflate
17 Sep 2026
A clever way to air several tyres up and down at once.
We Found It! Camp Patriot 2026 Location Revealed | EP4
20 Aug 2026
After scouting the Darling River Run, Justin finds the spot for Camp Patriot 2026.
Building The ULTIMATE Touring Vehicle! Did we get it right?
21 Jul 2026
The latest Patriot Games build starts: a brand new RAM 2500.
Molly Dixon
The Explore Life · Explore 4×4
Latest videos
Matt and the Explore Life crew are on an 8,000 km trip through north-west Queensland and East Arnhem Land in their F350 and 76 Series Land Cruiser.
Australia's Most EPIC Waterhole Campsite…You Get the Whole Place to Yourself
18 Oct 2026
Day 13 of the Top End trip, at a private waterhole camp in East Arnhem Land.
This Is What Touring Australia Actually Looks Like… Breakdowns, Rain & Pushing Through Anyway
11 Oct 2026
Episode 5: vehicle checks, rain and the convoy pushing west into the NT.
We Broke EVERYTHING to Get Here… Was It Worth It?
4 Oct 2026
Regrouping at Hell's Gate Roadhouse before the next stretch.