Hertfordshire Lanes?????

Stimmo-Disco1 said:

Hi guys, jus letting you know im really intrested in laning with you lot, good friends with gibbo-phill, , nobody local to me as in northampton, but up for the journey your way, so shout me if anyone is out an about, an im up for it speak soon hopefully;

Take it easy.

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Stimmo, I'm going out with Disco01 next Sunday for a few hours to do a bit of laning, come along with us if you want.

Hiya Stimmo,

You are most welcome to join us when we are out and about. We will shout when we are next out keep looking on here and join in Jai
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Yea excellent will do, sorting out my rock sliders end of month then my tyres so all should be good from then, but ill give anything a go as she is, hence the photos looking forward to iot jai

Stimmo, I'm going out with Disco01 next Sunday for a few hours to do a bit of laning, come along with us if you want.

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yea sure man! pm me your number or something nearer then time an let me know whats going on an we arrange somewhere to meet you didnt fancey the peaks then??

Stimmo-Disco1 said:

yea sure man! pm me your number or something nearer then time an let me know whats going on an we arrange somewhere to meet you didnt fancey the peaks then??

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Would have loved the peaks but coul;dnt get the saturday booked off work! Yeah i'll speak to Disco01 during the week and arrange things and PM you details.

robhew86 said:

Would have loved the peaks but coul;dnt get the saturday booked off work! Yeah i'll speak to Disco01 during the week and arrange things and PM you details.

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Ah i see, shame really, i think even if i had my landy when it was arranged it still would be ready now, ive onli had this a month well an truley on the way with it now tho, looking forward to it

Stimmo im in MK only 20mins away

Rob,

A Disco II with traction control and difflock is a truly awsome beast if the tyres that are on the ground have some grip. Its almost asif the vehicle is fitted with difflocks in the front and rear axles. whichever wheel starts to spin it will lock it up with the brake putting power through the axle diff center to the opposite wheel that has the weight/grip pulling the disco through the crap. TC alone will work well but being able to lock that centre diff will stop the TC locking up a both wheels on an axle if there is a differential between it and the other axle. Jai

P.s has anyone seen the youtube vids of stannage edge? I looked a few up on youtube but mostly were idiots being twots but a few were good. Jai

I've watched both Stanage Edge & Chapel Gate, both look good.

jai_landrover said:

P.s has anyone seen the youtube vids of stannage edge? I looked a few up on youtube but mostly were idiots being twots but a few were good. Jai

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Didn't get any vids when i went last, but here's one of me coming down Stanage in my Disco ..



The next are a mates P38 and Defender going up Pindale.





The next are mine and mates' P38 and Defender coming down Chapel gate and/or Roych Clough ... we got the P38 down without a scratch or ding, but it was close!!





This is me guiding the P38 over a couple of steps ...





and this is a quarry sign !!!

looks grand! Jai

99claydond said:

is anyone else going to billing on the saturday then? how about you glenn n roland? fancy joining me n DB? and the rest of ya! its gunna be a good'un

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Im going to be there mate, me motor is on a stand . think roland is coming up too.

I think i may need to remove my rear tow bar!!!!

99claydond said:

is anyone else going to billing on the saturday then? how about you glenn n roland? fancy joining me n DB? and the rest of ya! its gunna be a good'un

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Yes mate .. Im there for sure .. with Glenn .... Be great to see you and DB .... Give us a call ...


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B3aker said:

I think i may need to remove my rear tow bar!!!!

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Yeah, Stanage and Chapelgate don't like towbars ..

Don't remove it!! It protects the fuel tank. Unless you have some other protection and or tow points would not advise removal. I'm pretty sure you can navigate down there without getting stuck better to be wedged on the tow bar than bend the rear body up. Jai

Good and bad points for both ... My towbar (you can just see it in the pic) scraped over maybe five steps, but didn't actually hangup on any .. unlike North Yorkshire when it got bent into the diesel tank! Took a Defender and a rock or two to straighten it out enough for tank clearance.

The pics are front and back of the towplate after removal .. needed grinding off ..

I recon i'll leave it on! protection, there'll be someone to drag me off when the inevitable happens!

robhew86 said:

If you fit a diff lock to a D2, does it just overide the TC whilst it's locked...and disable the TC?

Unless your doing hardcore off-roading I think you can get away with just the TC.

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Depending on if the Disco is started with the diff lock engaged or not means you can have TC and ABS fully functional or working under reduced parameters.

Also because a diff lock is proactive rather than reactive like TC it causes less damage.

Disco01 said:

Depending on if the Disco is started with the diff lock engaged or not means you can have TC and ABS fully functional or working under reduced parameters.

Also because a diff lock is proactive rather than reactive like TC it causes less damage.

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Still on for Sunday for a few hours??