Series rover mudding tips?

redhand said:

This has been used a few times already. It's a fooking beauty. got the same construction as my climbing ropes but 2"thick. gotta be about 20ton breaking strain at least..

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Yer can tek Si climbing wiv yer then.

but mooring line is different........if it gives way as it's designed to, all that stored energy disappates without whipping back and decapitating people, should hear the noise a 4" line makes when that lets go........actually nothing to be honest, just a small ripping sound as the filaments break gradually.

you int much cop at mafs are yer red 40mm rope int fookin 2" rope, just the same as a 40mm lift int a 2" lift

Grippa said:

Yer can tek Si climbing wiv yer then.

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Rope would be ok but. You'd need a fooking strong belay point

G-man said:

you int much cop at mafs are yer red 40mm rope int fookin 2" rope, just the same as a 40mm lift int a 2" lift

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well I int measured it properly it's same fickness as my knob and that varies between 40mm and 2"

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redhand said:

Rope would be ok but. You'd need a fooking strong belay point

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Yer could mek a fillum - 'Horizontal Limit'.

Grippa said:

Yer could mek a fillum - 'Horizontal Limit'.

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Cud yer imagine belaying him? If he fell you'd have 1/1000th of a sec to decide whether to:

hold the rope and strip the flesh off yer palms as it whistled through the belay device

Jam the belay device and be rocketed skywards as Si hurtled towards ya.

Let the fooker go and hope you haven't let it coil round yer feet while you've been taking the slack in

Ah dun't rilly want to be laying Si at all. Even in me imagination!

ere ya cheeky bastids, wouln't go climbing with pikey, you'd get to the top an see your car dissapearing into the distance

1 i wud be wearing gloves
2 i wud be using a winch

They reckon Climbing is all about state of mind and motivation. So a pie on every ledge would soon get the fat fooker to the top.

Sirus said:

ere ya cheeky bastids, wouln't go climbing with pikey, you'd get to the top an see your car dissapearing into the distance

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only if your gearbox works.

redhand said:

They reckon Climbing is all about state of mind and motivation. So a pie on every ledge would soon get the fat fooker to the top.

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youd nick the feckin rope too

Sirus said:

youd nick the feckin rope too

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possibly

Well I learned a lot about rope in this thread, but less about mud driving than I had hoped. My tires are a step above tractor tires, hard as a rock, I have a spare set of rims though and I might invest in some good ATRs.

P.S I had the rover in low range, but I was only going 4 or 5 mph. I think I needed more momentum.

you say a step above tractor tyres? what tyres are they?

G-man said:

you say a step above tractor tyres? what tyres are they?

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The previous owner saved them out of a salvage yard I believe. I've never seen anything like them. They are very knobby and very hard. They seem to be in good condition though, so I'm not worried about replacing them just yet. There is no manufacturer's recommended psi so I pumped them up enough that they don't bulge out on a concrete surface (going for slightly better mileage if possible) that happened to be about 40 psi

Lower the pressure the better the grip. As there is more tyre in contact with the ground.and the tyres flexing will help to clean the mud off the treads. Invest in a decent air compressor and deflate your tyres to around 15-20Psi when driving in the slippery stuff. Then inflate them back to no more than 35Psi Manufacturers max pressure is just that the max you should inflate them too not the pressure to aim for all the time. If the tyres are very knobbly and you have them at full pressure, you'll have 2 or 3 of the treads blocks in contact with the road at any one time. That's not a lot of grip. let some air out. Tyres are supposed to bulge slightly outwards.

getting stuck with tractorish tires means maybe its time to start replaning your route.