P38 V8 Green laning Advice

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Grrrrrr said:
The worst one was when I went too close to the edge of a bank after heavy rain and the bank collapsed sending the car rolling down the bank with me like a hamster running round the cab - no rollcage either. Landed on its side in a stream. I had to wait until a troop of boy-scouts came by and then we managed to lever it level using fallen trees. Started first time and drove out, somewhat dented and the door handle had pushed into the door and lost the passenger wing-mirror but otherwise not bad. That was in the Defender, a real bruiser of a car for just carrying on.
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Loody hell Grrrrrr, that was a good adventure :eek:
 
Mark Piercy said:
I understand kiddo and you here to tell us about it today :D
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I've been very lucky most of my life. You make your own luck to some extent but sometimes you need a bit of help from The Lady. Quite a few friends have not been so lucky; that kicks in sometimes late at night after a few beers. But then you thanks your licky stars and go and do something else risky to remind yourself you're still alive!
 
Nothing like rolling (so far...), but had my pleasant/unpleasant experience of narrow English lanes :oops:
 

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Yes @Grrrrrr & yes @Datatek , my thoughts exactly at the time. I even started to take some hedge trimmers and took an axe as at some point there was a fallen tree blocking the path, just about managed to pass... I think this year was the first and last year I tried GL in England, will do either Salisbury or wales and scotland going forward...:(

Now in fear looking forward to the paint shop trip :rolleyes:
 
newb said:
Nothing like rolling (so far...), but had my pleasant/unpleasant experience of narrow English lanes :oops:
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Most round Oxfordshire are holes in a hedge for a walker but signed as byways. If you can get through 10foot of thorns they sometimes open up.
Some nice wide ones of the border in wilts.(ridgeway restricted during winter)
Salisbury 4x4 run plenty of small group days .if your good with maps it’s easy to find them .
 
Hicap phill said:
Most round Oxfordshire are holes in a hedge for a walker but signed as byways. If you can get through 10foot of thorns they sometimes open up.
Some nice wide ones of the border in wilts.(ridgeway restricted during winter)
Salisbury 4x4 run plenty of small group days .if your good with maps it’s easy to find them .
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Thank you. That is my experience, hence car full of stripes. Thinking to nickname the car Tiger due to the scratched lines... tbh Defender would get scratched as well. If they are wide, they tend to be gravel roads, i.e. nothing that normal car cannot do. I did find a couple of nice lanes. Yeah, done Salisbury on my own as can read maps. When I did go, I did ask myself what do I do if i get stuck/broken down (asked myself once I got there:rolleyes:), could sit around and hope for a kind passer by.

Might attend next local GL gathering, they mentioned something about going together for some... and away from oxon :D
 
newb said:
Thank you. That is my experience, hence car full of stripes. Thinking to nickname the car Tiger due to the scratched lines... tbh Defender would get scratched as well. If they are wide, they tend to be gravel roads, i.e. nothing that normal car cannot do. I did find a couple of nice lanes. Yeah, done Salisbury on my own as can read maps. When I did go, I did ask myself what do I do if i get stuck/broken down (asked myself once I got there:rolleyes:), could sit around and hope for a kind passer by.

Might attend next local GL gathering, they mentioned something about going together for some... and away from oxon :D
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There is a 4x4 club either Abingdon or Aylesbury (can’t remember which) they do lane days
 
Hicap phill said:
There is a 4x4 club either Abingdon or Aylesbury (can’t remember which) they do lane days
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The Muddy Ducks meet at Stone, just outside Aylesbury. @neilly used to go along regularly. They go to Billing once a year.

Look for your local GLASS group. You may not be far from Cotswold experience days (or something like that) and they have a decent course setup with some challenging parts.
 
newb said:
Yes @Grrrrrr & yes @Datatek , my thoughts exactly at the time. I even started to take some hedge trimmers and took an axe as at some point there was a fallen tree blocking the path, just about managed to pass... I think this year was the first and last year I tried GL in England, will do either Salisbury or wales and scotland going forward...:(

Now in fear looking forward to the paint shop trip :rolleyes:
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You know Salisbury is in England….
 
newb said:
Yes @Grrrrrr & yes @Datatek , my thoughts exactly at the time. I even started to take some hedge trimmers and took an axe as at some point there was a fallen tree blocking the path, just about managed to pass... I think this year was the first and last year I tried GL in England, will do either Salisbury or wales and scotland going forward...:(

Now in fear looking forward to the paint shop trip :rolleyes:
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Whatever car you do it, if you go green laning regularly it will get damaged.
 
newb said:
Yes @Grrrrrr & yes @Datatek , my thoughts exactly at the time. I even started to take some hedge trimmers and took an axe as at some point there was a fallen tree blocking the path, just about managed to pass... I think this year was the first and last year I tried GL in England, will do either Salisbury or wales and scotland going forward...:(

Now in fear looking forward to the paint shop trip :rolleyes:
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If you do Salisbury, a word or two of advice. If you value your paintwork or integrity of your panels don’t do the Old Marlborough road at Durrington.

Also, don’t go mud holing on your own. Salisbury plain is a lot of fun in the wet, very boring in the dry. When wet some of the mud holes are traps, used by tanks, enter with care if you are not a tank. Make sure you can easily access your tow eye in advance, e.g. with an L322 remove the front spoiler before you get stuck in a stinking muddy puddle.

Also, despite its benign appearance, the Plain kills cars. It is chalk and flint, if you are careless with your speed in some places the flint can shred low profile AT tyres and standard road tyres of course. The chalk makes a lime sludge that cakes everything, including your radiator - which then heats and dries the lime to a hard finish that clogs your radiator unless you rinse and wash this quickly and thoroughly then you may suffer problems down the line.

Remember that when you enter a track with water lying in it you cannot assume that what is under the water is a smooth gravel or sandy surface, it may have sudden deep pits, maybe only 6” deep and a foot long, but if it has a stone edge on the exit then if you hit it at 30mph you may split a tyre or damage a rim. There may also be big flint bits.

Other that, it’s great fun when it’s been raining for a while.
 
Salisbury Nick said:
If you do Salisbury, a word or two of advice. If you value your paintwork or integrity of your panels don’t do the Old Marlborough road at Durrington.

Also, don’t go mud holing on your own. Salisbury plain is a lot of fun in the wet, very boring in the dry. When wet some of the mud holes are traps, used by tanks, enter with care if you are not a tank. Make sure you can easily access your tow eye in advance, e.g. with an L322 remove the front spoiler before you get stuck in a stinking muddy puddle.

Also, despite its benign appearance, the Plain kills cars. It is chalk and flint, if you are careless with your speed in some places the flint can shred low profile AT tyres and standard road tyres of course. The chalk makes a lime sludge that cakes everything, including your radiator - which then heats and dries the lime to a hard finish that clogs your radiator unless you rinse and wash this quickly and thoroughly then you may suffer problems down the line.

Remember that when you enter a track with water lying in it you cannot assume that what is under the water is a smooth gravel or sandy surface, it may have sudden deep pits, maybe only 6” deep and a foot long, but if it has a stone edge on the exit then if you hit it at 30mph you may split a tyre or damage a rim. There may also be big flint bits.

Other that, it’s great fun when it’s been raining for a while.
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Tractors, tanks and the like are the bane of green-laning, especially when the ruts are fill of water and you don't know what's in it or has grassed over the top but your front wheel dips in cocking the other in the air to spin freely and beach you. 4W traction control probably helps but sometimes you cannot beat airlockers.
 
Grrrrrr said:
Tractors, tanks and the like are the bane of green-laning, especially when the ruts are fill of water and you don't know what's in it or has grassed over the top but your front wheel dips in cocking the other in the air to spin freely and beach you. 4W traction control probably helps but sometimes you cannot beat airlockers.
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Surely that has the be the very vast exception though. Even on Salisbury plain. If you stick to the prescribed routes and don’t venture off piste, you should rarely find an obstacle a standard vehicle on AT’s can not easily drive through.
 
300bhp/ton said:
Surely that has the be the very vast exception though. Even on Salisbury plain. If you stick to the prescribed routes and don’t venture off piste, you should rarely find an obstacle a standard vehicle on AT’s can not easily drive through.
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Yes, although there's usually at least one tricky part. Usually there's an alternative as well.
 
Salisbury Nick said:
You know Salisbury is in England….
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XD I do, and that it is has GL. But I qualify it ( +2 them) as military grounds which civilians are allowed to use, rather than GL :D

Thank you for your advice. Will note to be more vigilant. I do try to stay away from mud pools. I tend to stay away from such.

Went there yesterday, was very nice as it rained a bit before, so not much dust. Some nice woodland ares.
 
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