Off
Roading Pix...
Interesting
things to do with a Landie and some mud
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Gently dipping a toe in to test the water temperature,
Mari gingerly eases her way through this mild axle-twister at
Tixover |
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HMS Landie on yet another voyage of discovery...
As long as you keep a constant speed and allow the bow wave to
build properly,
the engine stays remarkably dry, unlike my feet in the very wet
foot wells
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Mari navigates around the nursery section at Tixover |
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Oink! Oink! Whose next at the trough then?
And no, I wasn't stuck, just parked. I later drove away unassisted
to get stuck somewhere else!
The Michelin tyres (UK Army spec) I fitted really make short work
of any mud sections.
They are superb on rock too. |
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On the Ridgeway, check out the rear axle articulation with
those pair-a-bollocks springs!
Unlike the Michelins above, these re-tread tyres were OK, but you
have to work a little harder. |
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Oi! I can see your diff from here! The parabolic springs make
such a difference to axle articulation, otherwise impossible
obstacles become much easier. |
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HMS Landie makes the return voyage.
The engine was quite dry and never faltered once through this
crossing.
I don't have a snorkel, but with the Kenlowe electric fan
(switched off!)
and not having a constantly turning engine fan, the water doesn't
get splashed about as much. |
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Water seeping up through the foot wells, and in through the door
seals
meant we were almost up to our knees in water during this and
several other
river crossings. This wasn't the deepest, but was the only one my
naviguesser got a photo of!
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This doesn't look hard, but the slope is about 40 degrees, and was
about as steep
as the landie (2.25 petrol remember) was going to tackle given the
weight it was
carrying that day. You can see by the state of the rear wheel that
the suspension got a very hard time.
It was because of this hammering I fitted the parabolic springs on
returning home.
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This is the same obstacle viewed from the side, it begins to show
the tricky nature of this trail...
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And here from behind, we only just made it over this!
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