freelander flood driving!!!

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popokaz

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• Jul 19, 2010

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Around my village the rivers are prone to flooding the roads, something i was wondering was how deep can the freelander 2.0TD4 go through floodwater? and what stops the water going into the FBH? any advice welcome

 

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• Jul 19, 2010

• #2

deep as yer like, but the doors will fall off.

 

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• Jul 19, 2010

• #3

400mm

 

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• Jul 19, 2010

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Optimus Prime said:

400mm

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I thought it was 40cm?.

 

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• Jul 20, 2010

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Safely? Couple of inches?

 

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• Jul 20, 2010

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i cant believe it tops out at 400mm are you haveing a laff...

 

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• Jul 20, 2010

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Beast o Bodmin said:

i cant believe it tops out at 400mm are you haveing a laff...

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It's to stop em getting their wellies wet

 

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• Jul 20, 2010

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Beast o Bodmin said:

i cant believe it tops out at 400mm are you haveing a laff...

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keeps the waterline below the doors so they cant claim aginst LR when they fall off

 

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• Jul 20, 2010

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fookin hell.them is no good here then.get that in the lanes regular ....

 

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• Jul 20, 2010

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My handbook says 16" basic wading depth but then goes on about building a bow wave if any deeper. Doesn't say when it will drown even with a wave.

 

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• Jul 30, 2010

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The " official " wading depths are pretty miserly for a discovery or Defender too!

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• Jul 30, 2010

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aint the air intake quite sensibly high in the injun baY AND TURNED OVER?

 

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• Jul 30, 2010

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goonarmy said:

aint the air intake quite sensibly high in the injun baY AND TURNED OVER?

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Because the Freelander is made from space age materials it is light, it will float long before the water gets anywhere near the engine intake :doh:.

 

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• Jul 30, 2010

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Blippie said:

The " official " wading depths are pretty miserly for a discovery or Defender too!



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Tis 8" higher than a gaylander.

 

Davec

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• Jul 30, 2010

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Wading depth for a Defender, and everywhere else until the Discovery 3 is 20".
I make that only 4" more than the Freelander.

If wading in a Freelander, don't worry about the doors, but check the back brakes afterwards

 

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• Jul 30, 2010

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matacaibo said:

Because the Freelander is made from space age materials it is light, it will float long before the water gets anywhere near the engine intake :doh:.

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Turds float anorl, bet they could wade deeper than a freelander though

 

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• Jul 30, 2010

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Davec said:

Wading depth for a Defender, and everywhere else until the Discovery 3 is 20".
I make that only 4" more than the Freelander.

If wading in a Freelander, don't worry about the doors, but check the back brakes afterwards

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Oh aye had 600mm in me head for some reason. Probably cos I've been putting a roof on a new build extension and joist spacing & OSB sheets is 600mm width :doh:

 

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• Jul 31, 2010

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It depends what your wading through,

My doors stayed on, but my alternator and water pump fell off.

 

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• Jul 31, 2010

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Davec said:

Wading depth for a Defender, and everywhere else until the Discovery 3 is 20".
I make that only 4" more than the Freelander.

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... And my point is that we know an unmodified Defender or disco can wade a darn sight deeper than the official figures, and in the same way the official wading depth for the Freelander is to be taken with a pinch of salt.

longdog said:

it depends what your wading through,

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Absolutely, and style is everything too.

This for example, is wrong...

It was fun though!

Goonarmy alludes to a Camel mod which would be easy to replicate...

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• Jul 31, 2010

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Blippie said:

The " official " wading depths are pretty miserly for a discovery or Defender too!

Cheers

Blippie

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are they now...