Muds
Country bumpkin
anyone about on sunday 17/3?
want to go out in my disco but dont want to go out alone without a winch
I'd love to too , but sadly got no winch either!
Turboman
Mab An Gov
If in doubt recce on foot. A high lift jack, two strong shackles and a good rope you can slowly recover yourself from all but the worst situation
Even more if youve got waffle boards too 
You need to think about what your saying.
Winch! Greenlane!
If you need a winch you shouldnt be driving it anyway.
Im not going to pretend people dont get stuck on lanes becasue they do. But if you know you are going to need to winch then its wise to not drive it.
As Mr turbo said. When you have a spare afternoon, go and recce the lanes you wish to drive, you will know pretty soon if they are drivable. Tis what i did.
Winch! Greenlane!
If you need a winch you shouldnt be driving it anyway.
Im not going to pretend people dont get stuck on lanes becasue they do. But if you know you are going to need to winch then its wise to not drive it.
As Mr turbo said. When you have a spare afternoon, go and recce the lanes you wish to drive, you will know pretty soon if they are drivable. Tis what i did.
JonnyP
Well-Known Member
i know i shouldnt need one, but as i say, im new at this and the last thing i want to do is need a winch cos i fooked up and not have it. so i want to go out with someone else first and learn from em. rather sensible i thought
It is sensible.. If you got stuck and posted on here for help after going out on your own, you would get loads of abuse.
Where abouts in Cornwall are you and what lanes were you thinking of..?
Turboman
Mab An Gov
Join G.L.A.S.S, Learn from their website and mag. Use Trailwise and OS. As BGB says you shouldnt be getting stuck or using lanes if wet or in poor condition, doing this will get us all banned from the lanes. Ther are few enough good ones in Kernow anyway!
Turboman
Mab An Gov
Well, I woud be very careful that the roads you are driving are lanes ie public vehicular rights of way. Because if you havent seen them marked as PROW on Trailwise or OS maps they might well be white roads, which are often private and do not carry public access rights. The inhabitants of these often do not like the roads being used and may not be polite if they catch you! Myself I have not seen many lanes of any length or interest around that area on Tw or the OS maps, which leads me to think you may be on private tracks.
Turboman
Mab An Gov
Nice one mate
Important not to upset people atm laning is pretty under threat, scary the roads that have been lost already in some places. Now theres a lot of tro and the business in the peaks and so on, shame!Im pretty sure you are allowed to cut and move the fallen tree if its a legit ROW and you can do so.
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well, i didnt get stuck, took a mate out onto a couple i know and had a right laugh teaching him how to offroad. got a few vid's i'll post em up later, but they arent very good as the wipers dont cover the area infront of the camera so you end up with water drops all over the field of vision might buy a longer wiper to sort that.
might buy a longer wiper to sort that.