Close call...,

flatlander · Jun 19, 2016

bluedog333 said:
Only me foot/lower leg and forearm. I've never had a accident before, it's weird, everything happens really slowly and really quickly at the same time. I was more worried about ploughing through the building than anything else! I feel sorry for the Landy, I'm trying to get her smart again and then I do that!

They say the reason for things seeming to slow down in an emergency is that your memory goes into HD recording mode, in case the actions that you take could save you at some future time.
Glad you're OK, one lucky guy

Al2O3 · Jun 19, 2016

Well done, mate. Pleased your smiling about it now.

At least with that hole you'll not be wondering if the water is coming from the bulkhead seal, roof seal or vent flaps

Cabbie · Jun 19, 2016

Watertightness and Landy do not belong in the same sentence.

Mcclegend · Jun 19, 2016

Last time I was at the garage there was a written off 90 in there, a farm yakker had been tending his sheep stopped on a hill rover still running got out, opened the iforwilliams back and took three hay bails out filled the feeder ring with them, when back to the rover dropped the canopy grill, that little bump from the grill hitting the canopy was enough for the rover to overcome the hand break tension and it took off down the hill into a dry stone wall.

Hand brakes are fickle things.

I'm glad your ok and you only got a bit of a scare things could have been so much worse.

blue beasty · Jun 19, 2016

Slightly off topic but I was driving past a supermarket yesterday when a new Peugeot reversed at speed out of the car park, across two lanes of traffic and into the doorway of a shop.

It was only then that I noticed there was no driver.

The girl driving a mini in front of me did well taking evasive action to avoid getting side swiped.

Don't know whether it was cable or electronic but I've driven enough ropey old vehicles to never trust the hand brake and always leave it in gear.

bluedog333 · Jun 19, 2016

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Mcclegend said:
Last time I was at the garage there was a written off 90 in there, a farm yakker had been tending his sheep stopped on a hill rover still running got out, opened the iforwilliams back and took three hay bails out filled the feeder ring with them, when back to the rover dropped the canopy grill, that little bump from the grill hitting the canopy was enough for the rover to overcome the hand break tension and it took off down the hill into a dry stone wall.

Hand brakes are fickle things.

I'm glad your ok and you only got a bit of a scare things could have been so much worse.

I think the same sort of thing happened with me, the slamming of the door jolted the Landy enough to overcome the weak handbrake, going to adjust it this week !

discomania · Jun 20, 2016

bluedog333 said:
Fair point! Handbrake does need adjusting, it would be fine normally, but obviously not with a big trailer on an incline. I've always parked in gear ( as I believe you're meant to anyway ).
Does the handbrake only lock rear prop? Excuse my ignorance!

Well the drum sits on the t-box output flange which then the prop bolts onto, so when applied the rear prop should be locked solid, thus the rear axle is also locked, as for the front axle, it locks up having been via the transfer box though, there is some movement in the front prop usually (just a little hopefully) and that is the backlash in the transfer box - so it's really always the back axle that is holding the vehicle - if the front was doing any work you wouldn't be able to rock the prop by hand as it would be held solid by the braking action - unless your entire drive train is absolutely 0° tolerance (which you just don't get and don't want anyway or components would be stressed to hell) then you will find your rear axle does all the hand-brake work.

If you were to jack the rear end up, the Landy would creep until it had taken up all the slack on the front axle and it would then be holding on the front.

bluedog333 · Jun 20, 2016

discomania said:
Well the drum sits on the t-box output flange which then the prop bolts onto, so when applied the rear prop should be locked solid, thus the rear axle is also locked, as for the front axle, it locks up having been via the transfer box though, there is some movement in the front prop usually (just a little hopefully) and that is the backlash in the transfer box - so it's really always the back axle that is holding the vehicle - if the front was doing any work you wouldn't be able to rock the prop by hand as it would be held solid by the braking action - unless your entire drive train is absolutely 0° tolerance (which you just don't get and don't want anyway or components would be stressed to hell) then you will find your rear axle does all the hand-brake work.

If you were to jack the rear end up, the Landy would creep until it had taken up all the slack on the front axle and it would then be holding on the front.

Helpful explanation, thanks.

Mcclegend · Jun 20, 2016

The guy that play's checkov in the new Star Trek films has died, he got crushed between his drive gates when is jeep rolled back on to him. Poor fella.

frog hopper · Jun 20, 2016

As far as I know the H'brake only locks up the rear prop unless the centre diff is locked up as well on the transfer box and then both props will be locked.

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flatlander

It's not broken!

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Leaks an prone to bits dropping off

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