Trip to Wales??

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Heavy Breather said:
Looks like it was a great days lanning!!not sure about the sideways slant on my rd tyres tho:wtf: But i'll be there :tea: I'll bring the jim beam if anyone likes it
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Road tyres wouldn't make a few places of the route when we went ... indeed we were also sliding and 'drifting' in a couple of places, however, for the trip in May I guess road tyres would work OK ish as the ground ought to be much dryer ... ;) A lot of the ruts are down to good ground and had extremely good grip, even under 3' of water there was enough grip, with no wheelspin on my AT's. Some of the muddy climbs were dicey, but good technique (unlike my bombhole feckup where I just let it drop in instead of controlling it) would get you through. The main concern for May would be Discos/Freelanders on standard size tyres, both my Disco and 90boys Defender touched floor a few times, but again, technique and line would get standard stuff through ... ;)

I'd say 95% of the route would be do-able with a standard Disco and road tyres .. we have ropes and strops for the rest .. ;)
 
that was a good read :p, definatelly up for this in may, lemme know when and where :D :D :D, live in north wales so not too far to travel :D
 
Paul D said:
I'd say 95% of the route would be do-able with a standard Disco and road tyres .. we have ropes and strops for the rest .. ;)
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Well 90boy can tell you which bits are the same, but I did most of the route in my standard Disco last year - and that's with the front valence still on ;-)

I did have AT tyres though.
 
This is what i have so far for those coming in May there will be 2 groups 6 in each so 12 of us in total unless we have a 3rd group which is not planed as yet so names below

1. Redhand & Minty + Dauter
2. 90boy mabe with mrs and little man +1 as i doupt mrs will come
3. Muddy Gonzo + Son .
4. Rich P
5. Schism +1
6. Redwings + son
7. RobinT + 1 (possibly)
8. Paul D maybe +1, maybe +2 or +3 ... dunno if kids (or even wife) will want to come along! Suppose I could ask the girlfriend ...
9. Series 71-hetro - bunk house
10. Tim.C -, but can camp if need be. Not taking wife or kids - why would I want to!!
11 Heavy Breather and missus, camping is fine
12.Sirus

others who want to come on reserve list unless we do a third group or somebody drops out.
1.gcoo8154
2. green rover
3.nathen5346 if he gets a landy by then:p
4.dent
5.celyth
 
Paul D said:
Road tyres wouldn't make a few places of the route when we went ... indeed we were also sliding and 'drifting' in a couple of places, however, for the trip in May I guess road tyres would work OK ish as the ground ought to be much dryer ... ;) A lot of the ruts are down to good ground and had extremely good grip, even under 3' of water there was enough grip, with no wheelspin on my AT's. Some of the muddy climbs were dicey, but good technique (unlike my bombhole feckup where I just let it drop in instead of controlling it) would get you through. The main concern for May would be Discos/Freelanders on standard size tyres, both my Disco and 90boys Defender touched floor a few times, but again, technique and line would get standard stuff through ... ;)

I'd say 95% of the route would be do-able with a standard Disco and road tyres .. we have ropes and strops for the rest .. ;)
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255x16 tyres and a 2" lift, and no valance, should that be ok? got diff guards and will have a steering guard by then i hope:D
 
I'm up for it aswell. Have camping gear so not fussed bout where i lay my head. Is it a no no because theres to many going or is it more the merrier. Let me know.

Cheers
Terra Dog
 
I think to be honist there will only be the 2 groups as i dont want to put any more landys than that across the lanes in a weekend 12 is more than enough, i am sure pikey thinks the same
 
90boy said:
I think to be honist there will only be the 2 groups as i dont want to put any more landys than that across the lanes in a weekend 12 is more than enough, i am sure pikey thinks the same
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If any of the lanes are as muddy as a couple we did then it's a wise move to limit numbers, especially if it's wet when we're going over that really slippery one!! ;)
 
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