4x4 Green laning

[gruntygiggles]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

I'd love one, but I should probably go to the effort of getting a driving license first...


Stretchie, congratulations for becoming public enemy no 1 for all the organic yoghurt knitting, red book carrying, hippy types.

Well, we've encountered angry residents, but they had every right to be angry as the guy leading us took us up a lane with a TRO (temp restriction order) on it. Other than that, just a nice farmer stopped for a chat while we had our lunch on Thursday.

I remember a few years back in the 90 having an old woman with 5 or 6 dogs walking up a byway and she refused to move to the side to let us past. She was horrible...lol. She made all her dogs sit down in the road in front of us and it took a very diplomatic Colin (Chairman of the club) to politely tell her that if she refused to move, he'd call the police and she would be arrested for obstruction of a right of way. She didn't belive him, he called the police and they kindly told her that he was right and so she moved. She didn't move her dogs though, we just had to crawl along until they got up...lol

[Rich]

Originally Posted by gruntygiggles

If you don't mind me asking.....what would be your budget if you were to go and get a disco? The reason I ask is that if you wanted one, the guy that has been doing all the major work on my landrovers, the 90, rangie and both discos would be more than happy to go with you looking at prospective vehicles and would give them a full going over.

Me and Stretchie had him out to Bradley Stoke, then over the other side of Gloucester for a good 4 hours or so and he only charged us £40....so we took him for a pint! It was worth every penny. He totally tore apart the disco that we thought was pretty good. We knew it would need work in the obvious place in the rear wheel arch, but Noddy literally found dozens of things wrong with it that would have cost us dear.
The one we bought, the only thing he could really find wrong with it was that the p gaslet would need changing soon. It was up for £2,400 and he told us to offer £2,200, which was accepted and we got a bargain.

If you want to drive one to go play a bit before making your mind up.....me and Stretchie are off all this week and have just decided to work on the disco, building a false floor rather than go away, so come up and see us and have a go in ours!!!

It does sound like you could really get the bug (if you haven't already), so let the freelander be a nice memory and get a vehicle that is properly equipped off road. There is no substitute for low transfer box or diff lock!

I could probably stretch to 3K after i sell the Freelander but i'm going to hang on abit i think, save up abit more and do some more research theres alot more to abit of green laning and off roading than you think... It is something i really enjoy though, getting the most out of a 4x4 is great fun...

How many miles did your landy have on it when you purchased it? Thats a good price you got it for, I was looking at similar aged disco's to yours something i wouldn't mind bumping about abit..

You looked into any winching equipment??? If i was going to do it i think i'd get a winch on the front to help with any sticky moments.. All i'd need is a decent Disco, nobbly tyres and a winch and i'd be happy as a pig in sh!t... Love it!!!!

That looks like a lot of fun. It feels weird though to see a 4x4 that isnt on the school run. I hate 4x4's with a passion (unless theyre being used how they are meant to be used, like in those photos)

[gruntygiggles]

Originally Posted by Rich

I could probably stretch to 3K after i sell the Freelander but i'm going to hang on abit i think, save up abit more and do some more research theres alot more to abit of green laning and off roading than you think... It is something i really enjoy though, getting the most out of a 4x4 is great fun...

How many miles did your landy have on it when you purchased it? Thats a good price you got it for, I was looking at similar aged disco's to yours something i wouldn't mind bumping about abit..

You looked into any winching equipment??? If i was going to do it i think i'd get a winch on the front to help with any sticky moments.. All i'd need is a decent Disco, nobbly tyres and a winch and i'd be happy as a pig in sh!t... Love it!!!!

I think we found ours and the others we viewed in the back of the local auto trader or free ads, could have been Friday ads actually.

When you're ready to do it and can have the cash in your hand, all you have to do is give my mate Noddy a call, arrange an afternoon that's good for him and then call the sellers and set up times to meet them Noddy will not let you buy a vehicle that's going to see you out of pocket and if he sees one that he thinks is good, he'll tell you what is a fair price for it. If the seller then tried to justify the price, Noddy would be polite and just point out all the reasons why the vehicle is not worth more than your offer and he won't let you agree on a bad deal. I trust him completely. We bought this and it's fab. My ex bought one the same age for £3k last year without getting it checked out properly believing he knew what to look for and he's had all sorts of trouble. 2 months ago the bonnet flipped up, breaking the windscreen and doing all sorts of damange to the wings and such. Then, 3 weeks ago, the engine blew and he now has no disco.

Noddy is good as gold. He'll give the same service whatever type of vehicle you decide to go for. He also has an enourmous assortment of used parts so getting things done on the cheap while waiting to afford shiny new bits is never a problem.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by gruntygiggles

I think we found ours and the others we viewed in the back of the local auto trader or free ads, could have been Friday ads actually.

When you're ready to do it and can have the cash in your hand, all you have to do is give my mate Noddy a call, arrange an afternoon that's good for him and then call the sellers and set up times to meet them Noddy will not let you buy a vehicle that's going to see you out of pocket and if he sees one that he thinks is good, he'll tell you what is a fair price for it. If the seller then tried to justify the price, Noddy would be polite and just point out all the reasons why the vehicle is not worth more than your offer and he won't let you agree on a bad deal. I trust him completely. We bought this and it's fab. My ex bought one the same age for £3k last year without getting it checked out properly believing he knew what to look for and he's had all sorts of trouble. 2 months ago the bonnet flipped up, breaking the windscreen and doing all sorts of damange to the wings and such. Then, 3 weeks ago, the engine blew and he now has no disco.

Noddy is good as gold. He'll give the same service whatever type of vehicle you decide to go for. He also has an enourmous assortment of used parts so getting things done on the cheap while waiting to afford shiny new bits is never a problem.

Thanks GG, i'll drop you a PM when the time comes

[gruntygiggles]

Originally Posted by Rich

Thanks GG, i'll drop you a PM when the time comes

Coolio

Originally Posted by gruntygiggles

In all honesty, if you are going to bother with a lift, look at what Luckypants has said and also bear in mind that a two inch lift will only actually give you an extra 1 inch ground clearance.

one inch ground clearance where?
ive never really understood this, because when i used to do 4x4 ( i built a hybrid, landy body 12" cut out of rangy chasis) it was always the diff that would drag. you cant chnage the height of that apart from going 900 tyres, but then the vehicle can be pretty unstable.

[_Stretchie_]

Alright mate. Basically a 2" lift will only lift the body from the axles by two inches. Your diff won't be raised at all.

HOWEVER, this allows you more room so you can put taller tyres on it. For example you could get wheels that are 2" bigger, but remember 2" bigger wheels is only 1" extra on either side. So your diff would only big an extra inch off the floor. You'd still need to get bigger arches on also to get wider tyres, but it all depends what you're after.

Originally Posted by gid

where was my invite?

You'd have to sit on Saffie's knee mate

[gruntygiggles]

Originally Posted by stanie

one inch ground clearance where?
ive never really understood this, because when i used to do 4x4 ( i built a hybrid, landy body 12" cut out of rangy chasis) it was always the diff that would drag. you cant chnage the height of that apart from going 900 tyres, but then the vehicle can be pretty unstable.

Yeah it's like Stretchie said. Put simply, it's the tyre size that gives the added clearance and the lift allows the body to accommodate the larger tyres. It's a weird one and you can do a complete overhaul at a cost of thousands and end up with the axles lifted and diffs 3,4,5 even 6ft off the ground, but for this you need monster truck tyres and it's only worth it if you also have a monster truck body otherwise, as you rightly say, the vehicle would be very unstable. You're usually better off just having a bigger tyre, adjusting your wheel arches if needed and protecting your diffs with guards.

Got any pics of your hybrid???

[skeetly]

Tommys farm stuck, pre ragtop



Next two are in my yard tonight with rag top



In the snow pre rag top