Salisbury Plain - Off the ranges

rob_bell said:

Here's Neil in a big puddle!

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I think Dan's got more pictures

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how did u get on with ur hippo , surprising how well they do , i loved mine but just wished to step up , only restriction i found with the hippo was the ground clearance

great u had a good day

gstuart said:

how did u get on with ur hippo , surprising how well they do , i loved mine but just wished to step up , only restriction i found with the hippo was the ground clearance

great u had a good day

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Really really well - I was very happy with it. The only difficulty encountered was, as you say, ground clearance. I managed to rip off the plastic section of the under-tray. Nuts. It sheared off from plastic brackets - which I presume are sacrificial? Time to replace it with some alloy plate I think. If this is a recurring theme, I may think about larger tyres and a lift kit...

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Cheers

Very good day out. I bottled out of the puddle in the video above then very stupidly followed him into a deeper one that came over the bonnet of the Disco!!! Got away with it by the skin of my teeth and will be adding a snorkel and breathers in the very near future!!!

neilly said:

Hope you Guys can see this.

Updated to include a few other sections.



Cheers

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that looks really good

trouble is with an auto i can't keep up the revs for deep water

will just cheat and go round, lol

looking forward to the next trip

better make sure u check my tent , will be really good to also have a good evening and catching up with other members

ShaunPDisco said:

Very good day out. I bottled out of the puddle in the video above then very stupidly followed him into a deeper one that came over the bonnet of the Disco!!! Got away with it by the skin of my teeth and will be adding a snorkel and breathers in the very near future!!!

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have done all my breathers

but will just chicken out the deeper water ones

looked at some snorkels for mine and there around 4-500 quid , so will look out for a second hand one , but in the spring summer they should have dried up but hopefully the mud will still be there

be good to test out mine to see how it handles off road

gstuart said:

that looks really good

trouble is with an auto i can't keep up the revs for deep water

will just cheat and go round, lol

looking forward to the next trip

better make sure u check my tent , will be really good to also have a good evening and catching up with other members

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I might be wrong, but... I thought with the Auto D3s you could lock them into low range 1st or 2nd?

private penguin said:

I might be wrong, but... I thought with the Auto D3s you could lock them into low range 1st or 2nd?

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dooohhhh , so u can

bloody idiot i am, got to get use to the systems this now has

will go and bang my head against the wall for 5 x mins , lol

So last weekend's trip went well... mostly on and around the ranges as Bulford was open, but we did head off around the Bourne Valley and Figheldean Down which, whilst within the SP Training Area is off the ranges and open 24/7
A couple of videos:

Neil wading (as shown in his video above) - the view from the shore


Front view of Rob's Freelander getting stuck

Early in the day, discovering that the D2's traction control (and rubbish tyres) could keep up with Neil's 90 on mud tyres!

The convoy fairly early on in the day - not looking *too* muddy yet

A spectacular view to end the day, parked up on a byway just off the A303 at Stonehenge, watching the mugs... sorry... tourists... who'd paid a fortune to use the park and ride and get a bit closer to the stones than we could get with our own cars for free

Hippos only have short little legs, don't you know! LOL

Great pictures, thanks Dan

private penguin said:

So last weekend's trip went well... mostly on and around the ranges as Bulford was open, but we did head off around the Bourne Valley and Figheldean Down which, whilst within the SP Training Area is off the ranges and open 24/7
A couple of videos:

Neil wading (as shown in his video above) - the view from the shore


Front view of Rob's Freelander getting stuck

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better hide the one where the hippo gets stuck

wonder how much rubber was left in the production of this video, lol

doubt i will do any better

But not properly stuck. The hippo had a think about it and eventually scrambled out lol

rob_bell said:

But not properly stuck. The hippo had a think about it and eventually scrambled out lol

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i did see that

also not a tow rope in sight so u saved urself

I really enjoyed the day and want to do some more. But if ground clearance is going to cause more problems, I'll need to give some thought towards larger tyres and a lift kit...

rob_bell said:

I really enjoyed the day and want to do some more. But if ground clearance is going to cause more problems, I'll need to give some thought towards larger tyres and a lift kit...

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i was going to go down that route

but then decided on the discovery instead

A D2 or D3 would be ideal

rob_bell said:

I really enjoyed the day and want to do some more. But if ground clearance is going to cause more problems, I'll need to give some thought towards larger tyres and a lift kit...

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You did give yourself some more ground clearance during the day.......................

Cheers

lol

rob_bell said:

lol

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take no notice

u just done a modification on the move

abit of multitasking