Hertfordshire Lanes?????

248 photos takes a bit of uploading but I am working on them!!

I dont want to put you guys in a situation where youre under challenged by the terrain, if you could point me to some easy lanes ill be more than happy to check them out myself, and go from there just curious on how the 2.2 would hold up against some mud

Cheers

FrankyD said:

I dont want to put you guys in a situation where youre under challenged by the terrain, if you could point me to some easy lanes ill be more than happy to check them out myself, and go from there just curious on how the 2.2 would hold up against some mud

Cheers

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It'll do fine. tyres would be the best improvement but drive it to see what its like first. Do get a front recovery point tho and a decent 24mm 8 or 6 meter Nylon/poly rated rope Not a kenetic. Grab some of our numbers and we can hook up and do some less scratchy lanes. if the muds that bad to damage your motor we shouldn't be driving it anyhow. Most of the problems are tight unkept lanes that can cause deep scratches not a problem to many of our oldies but not nice on a spanking new motor.

Anyone local have a disco/rrc steering column for sale for some beer tokens?? I have one but er........ I bent it! BLonde moment!!

sible88 said:

Brett can you send me the pic from the front with the water splashing up?

Will PM email address

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Send them in the morning

FrankyD said:

I dont want to put you guys in a situation where youre under challenged by the terrain, if you could point me to some easy lanes ill be more than happy to check them out myself, and go from there just curious on how the 2.2 would hold up against some mud

Cheers

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I know a few non scratchy ones, get on here when you get it and I'll show you them. Another good tip for learning is not to go alone until you're sure and properly equipped to deal with recovering yourself.

FrankyD said:

Ahhh i see, haha guessing the paint protection pack they offer wont do bugger all, well ive never done it before but ive got a trusty os map so ill probably do some solo explorations first, if the going gets rough ill be jumping in my mates 1995 defender which hes due to get too

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Solo=No NO

Trust me.....on eminute it looks fine for a single vehicle.... next minute you are trying to push 2 1/4 tonof motor free of the mud

Very silly idea to go alone without backup or phone numbers for people who can rescue you if you screw up.

Of course we will all help.... but even though wewill get you out of trouble you could belooking at hours stuck in the mud

current record:

69 hours fora guy who went solo.

PLEASE come out with some of the guys from her half adozen times before you even think of going out alone.

Ryder said:

Solo=No NO

Trust me.....on eminute it looks fine for a single vehicle.... next minute you are trying to push 2 1/4 tonof motor free of the mud

Very silly idea to go alone without backup or phone numbers for people who can rescue you if you screw up.

Of course we will all help.... but even though wewill get you out of trouble you could belooking at hours stuck in the mud

current record:

69 hours fora guy who went solo.

PLEASE come out with some of the guys from her half adozen times before you even think of going out alone.

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[smile] I Agree[/smile] and after you've been out half a dozen times you probably wouldn't even think of going alone

First batch of piccies

You guys are the experts, ill let you guys know when i take delivery and hopefully ill be able to tag along to some easy lanes

Cheers guys

jai_landrover said:

It'll do fine. tyres would be the best improvement but drive it to see what its like first. Do get a front recovery point tho and a decent 24mm 8 or 6 meter Nylon/poly rated rope Not a kenetic. Grab some of our numbers and we can hook up and do some less scratchy lanes. if the muds that bad to damage your motor we shouldn't be driving it anyhow. Most of the problems are tight unkept lanes that can cause deep scratches not a problem to many of our oldies but not nice on a spanking new motor.

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Doesnt the xs come with a front recovery points? I got the under guards and im pretty sure theres recovery points either side of it, then again i havnt seen or inspected it yet. If not know of any place where i can get a decent one?

Cheers

From the LR website they look to have 2 loops however. until we see them in the flesh I will reserve my judgement until I see how they are attached.

The older style motors have tie down loops which are not suitable for anything other than tieing the vehicle down or steadying the vehicle really. The XS looks to have loops but we will have to wait and see. I wouldn't want to say yay or nay as yet.

Nice action shots Brett

Herewith my toy camera contribution...

Looks like it coped pretty well overall. Some tough lighting conditions in the woods and with the low sun.

Got any splashy muddy piccies Booger? I'll upload some when I'm awake enough to think about what I'm actually doing

landroverjack said:

Got any splashy muddy piccies Booger?

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Unfortunately not, I chose too shoot video at that point, but then there was a damn "Jack in a Box", that kept running into the middle of the frame and bouncing around, making all the video pretty much useless

P.S. There is some serious weather brewing here, if my house doesn't get washed into the sea, I'm going to go out later and get some storm surf pics

Awesome pictures.
As it was only my second time out laning I look forward to many more with you chaps.

Likening the pics!!!

sible88 said:

Brett can you send me the pic from the front with the water splashing up?

Will PM email address

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I sent them, but they bounced. Image files are too big for your server. Each photo is about 15mb, so I sent them again in Large rather than original format.

If you particularly want an image let me know and I'll upload it to Dropbox.

Door locks and fuel guage booked in to be fixed tomorrow, alarm cat 1 to be fitted next week and just ordered the correct temp sensor from Steve Parker.

Happy but feeling skint :-/