Low range - don't laugh I know I'm a noob

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Right so obviously in the snow/ice/slippy stuff you want the highest gear possible and therefore high range.

Now for instance there's some frozen hard slush stuff that I'm not slipping on but stuck on and I just stall in first gear trying to drive over it, is that the type of situation I should use low range in?

I may not have explained that right. Here's the long winded explanation... the snow has been deep here last week and then again today but all the road slush has frozen and is still deep. Obviously the well worn tyre tracks aren't as deep and there's a rut in the middle between the tracks lots of compacted slush and snow to the sides. I was trying to drive onto that compacted stuff so that I could reverse into my driveway, but the disco was having none of it and stalling in first and reverse, that's why I figured maybe I should low range for a bit of extra oomph on it.
 
I know what you mean and I don't care about what the RAC, Police or AA say, I use low range in snow. There was a huge mound of it so I whacked it in low and hammered through it. I also got my grandmas stuck discovery 3 out of 4 feet of snow when it was stuck in a car park using low range. I just knocked it in low and let the anti stall spin the wheels and creep the 2 feet forwards I needed to get it out. I'm of the opinion than if your wheels are going to slip, they're going to slip. Whack it in low and have fun :)

Burn my clutch out or use low... I choose low.
 
finallysnapped said:
Right so obviously in the snow/ice/slippy stuff you want the highest gear possible and therefore high range.

Now for instance there's some frozen hard slush stuff that I'm not slipping on but stuck on and I just stall in first gear trying to drive over it, is that the type of situation I should use low range in?

I may not have explained that right. Here's the long winded explanation... the snow has been deep here last week and then again today but all the road slush has frozen and is still deep. Obviously the well worn tyre tracks aren't as deep and there's a rut in the middle between the tracks lots of compacted slush and snow to the sides. I was trying to drive onto that compacted stuff so that I could reverse into my driveway, but the disco was having none of it and stalling in first and reverse, that's why I figured maybe I should low range for a bit of extra oomph on it.
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If the gearing is too high in high range then yes you would need to use low range.:doh::doh::doh:

If it makes you feel any better I was using my landy in low range first on sheet ice last week. The higher gear the better is just a rough rule of thumb. It cannot be applied in all circumstances. ;)
 
ratty said:
If the gearing is too high in high range then yes you would need to use low range.:doh::doh::doh:

If it makes you feel any better I was using my landy in low range first on sheet ice last week. The higher gear the better is just a rough rule of thumb. It cannot be applied in all circumstances. ;)
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There's a man who can put exactly what I was trying to say into words that make sense :D

I'd also add that you're the driver so just use your gut to tell you if it's right. Ignore everyone else, it's about you feeling comfortable.
 
finallysnapped said:
Didn't have you down as such an expert :p
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i used to live next door to one trust me ive seen it all and heared it all and i never would have bought the fookin house if i knew there were freinds of dorothy livvin next door

arguments used to sound hilarious though
richard where have me shoes gone
i dont know havent seen them
oooohhh the fairys must have been
i think theyre next to yyer foot spa
well theyre not there nowwww sob sob
aww come on calm down im sure theyll turn up you stupid bitch

me ****ing meself with laughter listening to this :D:D:D
 
with a diesel landrover you rarely need 1st and 2nd low box, only to slow it down for tricky obstacles

3rd low box is like 1st high box

first thing you need to know is let the clutch out and take you foot off it

if you cant do this in 1st high, then your right in going for 1st or 2nd low so you feel comfortable
 
finallysnapped said:
Right so obviously in the snow/ice/slippy stuff you want the highest gear possible and therefore high range.

Now for instance there's some frozen hard slush stuff that I'm not slipping on but stuck on and I just stall in first gear trying to drive over it, is that the type of situation I should use low range in?

I may not have explained that right. Here's the long winded explanation... the snow has been deep here last week and then again today but all the road slush has frozen and is still deep. Obviously the well worn tyre tracks aren't as deep and there's a rut in the middle between the tracks lots of compacted slush and snow to the sides. I was trying to drive onto that compacted stuff so that I could reverse into my driveway, but the disco was having none of it and stalling in first and reverse, that's why I figured maybe I should low range for a bit of extra oomph on it.
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I would always use low range off road,round the farm,in the yard,infact everywhere except the open tarmac road. I always drop to low to back into a space in a car park.
Saves loads of clutch wear when you are manouevring slowly and pulling away in heavy ground,and you are much less likely to skid on ice if you are going slowly.
To get the idea try riding a mountain bike in snow or mud you will not do very well in top gear!
 
If you have to descend a steep icy hill in an older/simpler landy without HDC is the best option to go into low range and use the gears to restrict the speed rather than the brakes?
 
Dom-300tdi said:
If you have to descend a steep icy hill in an older/simpler landy without HDC is the best option to go into low range and use the gears to restrict the speed rather than the brakes?
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yes with difflock on.4wd means 4wheel injun breaking too.Doesnt mean you will have more grip if there aint none but thats ice for ya.
 
I had to use low+diff lock to get a car out of a ditch today as the road is just 42 thick sheet ice don't you love the local councils :rolleyes:
 
I had to use low range to drive the last 100 metres up the summit of Everest last week. Thought i'd done rather well getting that far in high range. Clutch is beginnin to smell though.
 
only used low range once in this weather and that was to get uphill where no one had been so had to make my own track. Otherwise its been high all the time and never found the need to use diff lock yet.
 
bobbler said:
only used low range once in this weather and that was to get uphill where no one had been so had to make my own track. Otherwise its been high all the time and never found the need to use diff lock yet.
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Same here, I ve move the diff lock in and out to try to lossen it up more, but not left it in.
 
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