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After an intensive week of repairing my 98 Disco 1 which entailed a clutch replacement and varios other maintenance items I took advantage of a BEAUTIFUL day to do some casual off roading in the snow.
My ride its is mostly stock aside from HD Sychro Clutch that was recently installed and being on 38'' tires with a 6-8'' lift (4'' body, 2''F and 4''R suspension). It is in fact with stock suspension as the previous owner welded extensions to the shocks and used spacer blocks with the springs. Waaaaay too soft, wobbly, and just wrong but that will be addressed later in the year.
Anyways. Wanting to test things out I headed out with a friend to do some casual green laning and off roading once we got to the ''impassible'' parts of the trail. The road we were on was a dirt/gravel trail that in winter would be closed for 3-4 months of the year. Only snow mobiles/kats and large tire off road vehicles can make the drive. Also with it being in a marked area as ''impassible'' getting stuck/lost there and needing emergency rescue services will incur a huge fee.
Here is where the road became completely ice . It was literally a tick block like layer that was smooth as glass on top. Sunny conditions along with heavy wind lately causes this awfulness. Also lot of snow on the trail starting so we are also stopped to let the air out of our tires for better traction and snow driving. Behind me is my friend with his Nissan Patrol on 46's
This would be me looking down on the road shoulder post. It's actually more than a meter tall. It was such a nice day that wearing a button down was no problem. Being Icelandic helps too obviously
Conditions were absolutely perfect. Since the snow was so compacted and hardened there was very little sink so I didn't have to empty the tires that much which meant I could open up more on the rip. Tires dismounting from the rim is a real thing if not careful with low pressure. Luckily no concern for me today.
Here I tried a few goes at going up a steep incline. I obviously need to get diff lockers and address issues under the hood still in order to get that final stage of power but that comes eventually. Did very well stock.
The drive back home was only less than an hour away from where I was playing around. 20 minutes of it spend on tarmac but I was lucky to not have to stop and take the long time to reinflate my tires since I didn't have to lower them that much. Once back in town I parked it to see it on an even surface. They could go a looooooot softer
Thats it for now. I have much to do with the vehicle still to get it properly ready for snow off roading. I need to have it extreme condition compliant
Questions and comments are welcomed
After an intensive week of repairing my 98 Disco 1 which entailed a clutch replacement and varios other maintenance items I took advantage of a BEAUTIFUL day to do some casual off roading in the snow.
My ride its is mostly stock aside from HD Sychro Clutch that was recently installed and being on 38'' tires with a 6-8'' lift (4'' body, 2''F and 4''R suspension). It is in fact with stock suspension as the previous owner welded extensions to the shocks and used spacer blocks with the springs. Waaaaay too soft, wobbly, and just wrong but that will be addressed later in the year.
Anyways. Wanting to test things out I headed out with a friend to do some casual green laning and off roading once we got to the ''impassible'' parts of the trail. The road we were on was a dirt/gravel trail that in winter would be closed for 3-4 months of the year. Only snow mobiles/kats and large tire off road vehicles can make the drive. Also with it being in a marked area as ''impassible'' getting stuck/lost there and needing emergency rescue services will incur a huge fee.
Here is where the road became completely ice . It was literally a tick block like layer that was smooth as glass on top. Sunny conditions along with heavy wind lately causes this awfulness. Also lot of snow on the trail starting so we are also stopped to let the air out of our tires for better traction and snow driving. Behind me is my friend with his Nissan Patrol on 46's
This would be me looking down on the road shoulder post. It's actually more than a meter tall. It was such a nice day that wearing a button down was no problem. Being Icelandic helps too obviously
Conditions were absolutely perfect. Since the snow was so compacted and hardened there was very little sink so I didn't have to empty the tires that much which meant I could open up more on the rip. Tires dismounting from the rim is a real thing if not careful with low pressure. Luckily no concern for me today.
Here I tried a few goes at going up a steep incline. I obviously need to get diff lockers and address issues under the hood still in order to get that final stage of power but that comes eventually. Did very well stock.
The drive back home was only less than an hour away from where I was playing around. 20 minutes of it spend on tarmac but I was lucky to not have to stop and take the long time to reinflate my tires since I didn't have to lower them that much. Once back in town I parked it to see it on an even surface. They could go a looooooot softer
Thats it for now. I have much to do with the vehicle still to get it properly ready for snow off roading. I need to have it extreme condition compliant
Questions and comments are welcomed
