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Old 29-03-09, 10:44 PM   #1
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Default 4x4 Green laning

Following on from the laugh at Grunty giggles thread...

I went up there last week at lunch and had a look at where she got stuck and I can see how (although that won't stop me taking the pee ). It was a REALLY deep trench that it slid into.

We went out on Thursday from Barnstaple over to Taunton on Greenlanes. It was AMAZING, I can't believe what these vehicles can do.

Started off on a very steep decline, tight lanes and trees smaking off the car, the next lane was the same but going up hill on a very steep slope over stone and slate, the third lane was a problem and we got stuck, but 2 hours later and lots of effort using a hand winch got us on our way... And then some more, it was FANTASTIC..






That is a STEEP slope, the uppermost car (my Disco) is WAAAY higher than the the other car (N reg 90. GORGEOUS)


Big descent


This photo was taken perfectly level, you can see how steep it is, we just came down that, and also the difference in height between the left and right side of the track




This is Graham's 90 who we were with


On the way up....


We got stuck and I had to get out.... Unfortunatley the lane was a bit narrow here... And I had to get out through the window..


No.. Really...


Here's where we were stuck


We got over it and had the same problem with the rear, even with another 4x4 pulling us we had to give up and do some digging and get the hand winch out


We got wedged against the lane wall


This might make more sense


A few more battle scars on the Disco now


Get the winch out again.!!!!


DIIIIIRTY car
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Old 29-03-09, 10:47 PM   #2
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That looks fun!
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Old 29-03-09, 10:53 PM   #3
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Oh, what a great, great day that was. The dogs loved it, we loved it, graham loved it and even one of the farmers we met loved it!

One thing I will mentions is that if we had had all the protection under our disco, we would not have heard a big loud bang against a rock and lost our diff lock and we would probably have been able to get over that bit of lane ourselves. However, with at least one wheel at a time well off the ground, no diff lock means no traction!

Looks like we'll be drilling out the rivets to get to the transfer box again love!
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Old 29-03-09, 10:54 PM   #4
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I want a go!!!
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Old 29-03-09, 10:59 PM   #5
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Well, we're up to Scotland this week
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Oh!!! Where? Where?
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Yeah.....lets take MBK greenlaning. MKB, do you know anyone that has a decent 4x4??

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Old 29-03-09, 11:12 PM   #8
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Erm.....ma dad hs a mitsibushi L200.....I think.....no idea what a "decent" 4x4 is!
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Oh!!! Where? Where?
Oooh, as a copper, can you get OS maps that show all the legal byways, boats and UCR's?
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????? I have NO idea! boats? UCR's?
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