Snow plow

Thinking of buying a discovery 2 or early disco 3 over the next few months and it would be handy to be able to put a snow plow on the front of it. Anyone done this with either a disco 2 or 3 or know if it's possible?

They have been fitted the the early RRc and to the D1 also the series/Defender LRs as I've seen them equipped with detachable snow ploughs, so there's no reason the D2 can't have one.
As for the D3, that doesn't have a chassis so I would think the vehicle isn't strong enough to push a "ton of snow" out of the way without some major reconstruction work to the front end.

You maybe able to see photos of LRs fitted with a snow plough if you Google

discool said:

They have been fitted the the early RRc and to the D1 also the series/Defender LRs as I've seen them equipped with detachable snow ploughs, so there's no reason the D2 can't have one.
As for the D3, that doesn't have a chassis so I would think the vehicle isn't strong enough to push a "ton of snow" out of the way without some major reconstruction work to the front end.

You maybe able to see photos of LRs fitted with a snow plough if you Google

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what makes you think that a D3 doesn't have a chassis?

discool said:

They have been fitted the the early RRc and to the D1 also the series/Defender LRs as I've seen them equipped with detachable snow ploughs, so there's no reason the D2 can't have one.
As for the D3, that doesn't have a chassis so I would think the vehicle isn't strong enough to push a "ton of snow" out of the way without some major reconstruction work to the front end.

You maybe able to see photos of LRs fitted with a snow plough if you Google

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lol, sorry couldn’t resist ,

Davey_b said:

Thinking of buying a discovery 2 or early disco 3 over the next few months and it would be handy to be able to put a snow plow on the front of it. Anyone done this with either a disco 2 or 3 or know if it's possible?

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hi

don’t know if it’s useful , if u pop over into the discovery section there are some buyers guides for the D2s & D3s

discool said:

Oh dear a couple of tubes and a bit of cross bracing is a chassis that will work with a snow plough ?​

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The T5 is quite a substantial chassis and has to support a vehicle with a kerb weight of 2.8T, not sure what your point in trying to knock the chassis is? But all chassis are merely tubes with cross bracing configured in different ways as per their design.

There are a few videos on YouTube of the D3 with a snow plow on the front.

Not knocking the chassis although I don't like the vehicle. Ok, you know the D3 chassis is up to the job of having a snow plough attached, I bow to your knowledge of the vehicle.

But then I don't know what a snow plow is a smaller addition of a snow plough ?

discool said:

Not knocking the chassis although I don't like the vehicle. Ok, you know the D3 chassis is up to the job of having a snow plough attached, I bow to your knowledge of the vehicle.

But then I don't know what a snow plow is a smaller addition of a snow plough ?

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don't get hung up on spelling.

Thor1950 said:

don't get hung up on spelling.

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Well I had to wonder, as "plow" is slang for sex.

Thor1950 said:

don't get hung up on spelling.

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Or capital letters

discool said:

Well I had to wonder, as "plow" is slang for sex.

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never heard that before

discool said:

They have been fitted the the early RRc and to the D1 also the series/Defender LRs as I've seen them equipped with detachable snow ploughs, so there's no reason the D2 can't have one.
As for the D3, that doesn't have a chassis so I would think the vehicle isn't strong enough to push a "ton of snow" out of the way without some major reconstruction work to the front end.

You maybe able to see photos of LRs fitted with a snow plough if you Google

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discool said:

Oh dear a couple of tubes and a bit of cross bracing is a chassis that will work with a snow plough ?
So you have just found those photos have you. The real thing thing was at the UK Motor Show on LRs stand years ago, so I know what D3 looks like without any clothes.
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Just so its clear, do you think the D3 has a chassis? Cos you seem to be changing your mind - or perhaps moving the goalposts?

gstuart said:

lol, sorry couldn’t resist ,

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Looks like a chassis to me. And by all accounts a lot less rot prone than the D2 chassis (so perhaps a better bet for hanging a snow plough off?). Although at a guess I'd say it was designed with crash survivability in mind rather than being a throwback to the beginning of the last century, so it would certainly be sensible to ensure that the plough attachment was correctly designed so that continued ploughing wouldn't deform the chassis. Then again that may not be an issue, I'm not a chassis designer - and nor I would suspect is discool.

What about winch attachment, snatch recovery and the d3 ability to tow serious weight? There's one around here somewhere with a towbar sticking out the front which I was looking at in a disabled bay at IKEA, guessing it's to push the owners caravan into position. I hope it's only one of them teardrop things. In one of the mags a few years ago there was a feature on the tyne tunnel who had a couple from new and had big things ont front like those Aussie cops so they could just push stuff out when broke down. Is a 1 ton car lighter than 1 ton of snow? Probably not so Somebody had better warn them.

Well it seems the D3 has a chassis of sorts for hanging stuff on, most vehicles do don't they, but not as I know a chassis but then I'm old school.
As for designing a chassis, I obtained an engineering degree a few years ago so I should be be able tackle something that would work.

Discokids said:

What about winch attachment, snatch recovery and the d3 ability to tow serious weight? There's one around here somewhere with a towbar sticking out the front which I was looking at in a disabled bay at IKEA, guessing it's to push the owners caravan into position. I hope it's only one of them teardrop things. In one of the mags a few years ago there was a feature on the tyne tunnel who had a couple from new and had big things ont front like those Aussie cops so they could just push stuff out when broke down. Is a 1 ton car lighter than 1 ton of snow? Probably not so Somebody had better warn them.

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I'm sure the force needed to push one ton of snow is far greater than the force needed to overcome the rolling resistance of a one ton car
Snow's all melted anyways

Discokids said:

Aussie cops so they could just push stuff out when broke down. Is a 1 ton car lighter than 1 ton of snow? Probably not so Somebody had better warn them.

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That's amazing, I would have thought that it would require some major reconstruction at the front of their vehicle to enable them to do that. Any more information on the Australian police D3 vehicles?

Marmaduke said:

I'm sure the force needed to push one ton of snow is far greater than the force needed to overcome the rolling resistance of a one ton car
Snow's all melted anyways

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Two lads can move a broken down car, and it has been known a V8 D1 as well

discool said:

Not knocking the chassis although I don't like the vehicle. Ok, you know the D3 chassis is up to the job of having a snow plough attached, I bow to your knowledge of the vehicle.

But then I don't know what a snow plow is a smaller addition of a snow plough ?

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Ha ha you don't give up - lovely