The 12 BUV’s of Christmas!


I know Christmas is just behind us and hopefully you are enjoying the blessings that it has brought to you and your loved ones. Not everyone is fortunate enough to share our standard of living, but there is something that we can do about it in a sustainable and long lasting manner.

I’d like to introduce you to the Basic Utility Vehicle (BUV). You can read in detail how this vehicle is enriching lives and communities and bringing improved quality of live across various impoverished areas on the planet on the www.DriveBUV.org website. It serves as farm vehicle to get crops from the field to the market; it is a school bus bringing kids to education and brighter futures; it’s an ambulance, saving lives by getting people from remote areas to needed medical care.

My goal for this post is as follows. This forum and the vendors who are part of this community know about offroad Light Truck tires. We know about lights. We know about springs. We know batteries. My hope is to raise enough support to outfit 12 BUV’s in 2018. One per month; built by volunteers here in Indianapolis. 12 by Christmas so we will have accomplished our “12 BUV’s of Christmas” by this time next year (2018).

What are the needs:

• Lights (24): Flood lights with wiring harness (1 serves as a headlight, one as an area work light)
• Battery (12): BCI 35 battery is preferred (however BCI 25 can work and U1)
• Front Tire (12): 215-75-15 LT tire (235-75-15 works too, or 205-75-15)
• Rear Tires (24): 235-75-15 or 31x10.50 off-road / aggressive tread
  OR
  Tractor Tire 15x7.0 or 15x8.0 (R1-R4 lug)
• Rear Spring Sets (12): 1750 lb S10 spring set (max size for the S10 truck) (or equivalent)
  OR
  Nissan Leaf Spring Set (see specs below)
  

New or Refurbished; Last year’s model… As long as it is in good working order, we’d love to take your donation and help rural communities improve their way of live.


With questions or more information on BUV, please contact Will Austin at:
E-mail: [email protected]
Telephone: 317.213.1088
Fax: 317.333.7040

Thanks for reading and looking forward to accomplishing the goal of providing parts for 12 BUV's.
Okki