Cliffsta had took the banter rather well. Perhaps we can get down to advising what he should really be carrying in the back of his disco. Personally, a monkey in a cage is my favourite accessory....








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Hiya,
I'm a new landy owner and I'm keen on accessorizing.
I have a disco 3 and am likely to do a bit of outdoorsy stuff.

So, my question is what to put on board?

I was thinking a nice chest (Are there models which bolt is so they don't slide around?) with:

1 x torch
1 x 12v hanging lamp
1 x tow rope
1 x huge knife :)

What else makes you look proper crocodile dundee!?


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How about an on board library? I usually have a couple of road atlases and a Haynes manual for travelling, and leave the big heavy factory manual at home. Oh, and the most important piece of recovery equipment, an AA membership card. As well as the usual shovel, in the winter I'm going to start carrying a mattock too. When I was digging myself out of a snowdrift at Easter I would have got on a lot faster if I'd had something to hack and rake the stuff out from under the axles and chassis with.
 
How about an on board library? I usually have a couple of road atlases and a Haynes manual for travelling, and leave the big heavy factory manual at home. Oh, and the most important piece of recovery equipment, an AA membership card. As well as the usual shovel, in the winter I'm going to start carrying a mattock too. When I was digging myself out of a snowdrift at Easter I would have got on a lot faster if I'd had something to hack and rake the stuff out from under the axles and chassis with.

Few problems with that which I will highlight below -

1. The monkey will eat the atlas and manual, leaving you lost and with no guide to fix problems.
2. The AA may not allow monkeys to be carried in their vehicle should the disco have to be recovered.
3. The last thing you want is a monkey with a shovel, especially when he's as high as a kite off the ink from the aforementioned eaten atlas.

So, let's look at a possible scenario. You're lost whilst greenlaning, your fan belts snapped and you haven't got any manual to tell you how to fix it. Not only this but you're too busy running away from a psychotic monkey with a shovel and a mattock to even begin to phone the AA.
 
OK, getting a little less flipant, Land Rover do a "Gun case" which bolts into the vehicle. I don't know whether there's one for the Disco 3 but it might be worth a look, and you don't have to keep a gun in it, unless the monkey gets loose.

Here's some of the stuff I keep in a big yellow bag in mine:

  1. A warning triangle. A legal requirement in some countries.
  2. Hi-viz jacket. Just a lightweight type, not a padded one.
  3. Blanket (I have a couple of the packing blankets from a furniture remover) works as load padding or to keep me warm.
  4. A pair of paper overalls. Anything which can go wrong will go wrong when you're wearing your good suit.
  5. First Aid Kit. For cuts, scrapes and the occasional amputated finger.
  6. Jump leads.
  7. Work gloves and a hat. See paper overalls, 4 above.
  8. Folding shovel. To dig yourself out of a hole.
  9. 5 ton tow strop. For someone else to drag you out of the hole.
  10. A can of tyre sealant. 'Cos I'm too lazy to get the spare down off the back door.
  11. A basic tool kit, nothing fancy, leave the torque wrench at home, just do it up to "FT"
  12. A yellow flashing warning beacon. 'Cos driving forward with the hazard flashers going isn't really legal
  13. A mag-mount LED work light. Just sticks to any steel surface (NB it's no good on ali)
  14. A extension lead for the 12 volt cigarette lighter socket. There's never enought lead to reach the installed sockets.

I've also got in there a can of WD40, some de-icer spray and a roll of kimwipe (heavy duty paper towel)
Outside the bag I have a T-Max windy-pump AKA a tyre inflator.
 
Tow strop and shackles - not rope.


Just wondering why you say no rope?

In my experience a rope is much more 'forgiving' on recovery and towing than a strop. I don't mean KERR rope, I mean 'proper' 24mm minimum diameter rope .. Strops are harsh and can so easily just rip parts off vehicles!

OK, I carry both, but just wondered .. ;)
 
Few problems with that which I will highlight below -

1. The monkey will eat the atlas and manual, leaving you lost and with no guide to fix problems.
2. The AA may not allow monkeys to be carried in their vehicle should the disco have to be recovered.
3. The last thing you want is a monkey with a shovel, especially when he's as high as a kite off the ink from the aforementioned eaten atlas.

So, let's look at a possible scenario. You're lost whilst greenlaning, your fan belts snapped and you haven't got any manual to tell you how to fix it. Not only this but you're too busy running away from a psychotic monkey with a shovel and a mattock to even begin to phone the AA.

That seriously is funny. How did the monkey get out the cage? Surely the idea is to keep your monkey away from your tool?
 
I have a dog in the back sometimes but not sure what benefit he actually has in a recovery/camping scenario. He does do the occasional fart which could kill a horse but that's more of a downside.

I might replace him with a blow up sheep, they certainly seem to have their uses.

if you get a used one off spunka,make sure he aint used it for "other purposes":eek:.clean it out thoroughly to be sure though.:D
 
Few problems with that which I will highlight below -

1. The monkey will eat the atlas and manual, leaving you lost and with no guide to fix problems.
2. The AA may not allow monkeys to be carried in their vehicle should the disco have to be recovered.
3. The last thing you want is a monkey with a shovel, especially when he's as high as a kite off the ink from the aforementioned eaten atlas.

So, let's look at a possible scenario. You're lost whilst greenlaning, your fan belts snapped and you haven't got any manual to tell you how to fix it. Not only this but you're too busy running away from a psychotic monkey with a shovel and a mattock to even begin to phone the AA.

i can tell you that monkeys can come in very very useful.the one i used to own did anyway.:D:D
 
Few problems with that which I will highlight below -

1. The monkey will eat the atlas and manual, leaving you lost and with no guide to fix problems.
2. The AA may not allow monkeys to be carried in their vehicle should the disco have to be recovered.
3. The last thing you want is a monkey with a shovel, especially when he's as high as a kite off the ink from the aforementioned eaten atlas.

So, let's look at a possible scenario. You're lost whilst greenlaning, your fan belts snapped and you haven't got any manual to tell you how to fix it. Not only this but you're too busy running away from a psychotic monkey with a shovel and a mattock to even begin to phone the AA.

:doh:

I thought everybody carried a pair of homing pigeons , both called Speckled Jim, to release in the event of an ink-crazed, tool wielding simian attack scenario? :confused2:
 
:doh:

I thought everybody carried a pair of homing pigeons , both called Speckled Jim, to release in the event of an ink-crazed, tool wielding simian attack scenario? :confused2:
You seem to have far too much time on your hands, might I suggest you put a blow up sheep, a monkey and a pig in the cage with assorted tools and guns then report back tomorrow (if there is one)
 
:doh:

I thought everybody carried a pair of homing pigeons , both called Speckled Jim, to release in the event of an ink-crazed, tool wielding simian attack scenario? :confused2:

But speckled Jim was shot, by the Flanders Pigeon Murderer:eek::eek::eek::eek::violent:
 
But speckled Jim was shot, by the Flanders Pigeon Murderer:eek::eek::eek::eek::violent:

That's why you need twin-Jims and to avoid flanders , which I imagine wouldn't be hard with a monkey a piggy, a brace of Jims and nigbo's insatiable friends a cage

It'd be like Animal Farm meets Planet of The Apes! :eek: :eek: :eek:
 

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