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never mind

Stuck up near some wind farm. Don't think we're supposed to be there after a farmer came along and called us all ****s and told us we shouldn't be there :p Got the 2 suzukis free but had no joy with the Landy so a second night it spends out in the wild. Got a Ford Ranger with a winch and...

Having got my Series 3 along with 2 SJs well and truly stuck up a mountain today (there still up there now!) I'm going to have to invest in a winch. Problem is there isn't always trees around so a land anchor will be ideal. being a tight git I'd like to have a go at making one first...

That was a good read Ed :) I belive the reasons I was getting stuck in my Series 3 and the 2 Suzukis were coping just fine is the extra weight the landy has. The Suzukis have and unladen weight of 950is kg and the landy has 1400ish kg! The blue suzuki in my pics above has bigger (and...

Ok the Land Rover is safe! I'm going to keep it :) Been offroading today avoiding the stupidly thick mud and didn't get stuck once. Had a really good day, heres some photos for you Still stupidly cold up these places, Resolven/Hirwaun way. That lake is frozen! Yes I need a...

Seeerrrrrwwwwweeeeeeeeettttt :) (tooo much beer) Where would I buy a set of tyres like that from? I'm a mechanic and we can get tyres cheap through work but it was really difficult getting a set of 7.50 16s off them... They dont do extreme 4x4 tyres. :mad:

13" of clerance sounds good! Where can I find some more photos of your Landy? I need inspiration :)

Ooooh nice, what profile is that? Will they fit a Series 3 just fine or will they fould anywhere on lock? Another thing I've been thinking about is the Shackles... They are incredibly short. If I were to lengthen them by about 4" that would help a bit wouldnt it? I know it wouldnt help...

I'm deffinitly on your side guys! I've wanted a Land Rover for ever and now I've got one I certainly want to keep hold of it for a while. It's great to look down on everybody else in there 4x4s lol I have to confess to delibratly running too much psi in my front tyres due to a mix up when...

Looks about as muddy as what we were in earlier... Maybe not quite that deep though, poor Disco LOL Did you manage to drive through it all? And what size/make tyres are on your Series? oooops a bit slow on the reply there lol I hear what your saying about Landys and Suzukis being...

I've been off roading with 2 mates today in there Suzuki SJs. About 50% of the time was spent getting my Series out of the mud! I feel a bit embarissed, its as if I can't drive! But unfortunatly I think its the Land Rover. The ONLY places it's getting stuck is thick thick thick (!) mud...

Thats what I like to see, a cheap solution to a costly problem. :) No winch bumper need here then! I'm not going to be buying one quite yet due to my diminishing financial situation but its deffinitly a job I'll be doing soon :)

Hmmm an hour to go... Do I bid on the capstan that may not work or do I go for an electric winch at double the price... Hmmm

lol rivet counters! Any guessitmates on what the end price will be? I'm deffinitly thinking a winch is the way to go. I like to try my luck! Give it a go and if I get stuck then ahh well we'll just have to dig it out. Makes exploring a bit less tiresome if getting un-stuck is a...

So what of this one on ebay? Would you expect to have to strip it down/pay lots for it?

Do they go wrong much? What are they inside? Looks like it would be some sort of worm gear.

I've just been looking at Capstan winches. The reason I'd not thought about them is we had a Defender 110 in work (I'm a mechanic) a while back with a Capstan winch and it was PTO driven via Hydraulic pipes. And being my Series hasn't got a PTO I didn't even bother looking for them...

When I done a search I saw alot of posts about these Tirfor winches. From what I can see on the net there basically a manual, ratchetting action winch are they? I've got a similar kind of winch in the garage which I've used for hoisting engines for engine swaps. I once tried to use it to...

I'd quite like a winch for my Series 3. The type of driving I like to do is more or less trying to drive up the side of mountains which don't have any paths :D This has resulted in me getting myself in to some pretty awkward places which have taken hours to get out of. I either have to 1)...