charlesteton
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Defenderdog1
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Used to go down here last year in a Jimny. Ruts are a bit deeper now.
Took forty mins and three attempts to dig the chuffing thing out so won't be doing that again
Ruts look deep where about's was that?
why dint yu drive on top, rather than in the ruts?
suew
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LOL Tim got stuck when we were out today. I have a high lift jack in the Landy, neither of us had any idea how it could help us to get the Landy out
Marmaduke
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Fortunately someone had been stuck in there earlier today, so it was just a case of jacking it up and stuffing a big branch under the tyres. And then repeat two more times.
Just would have been quicker with the high lift than the standard jack.
You live and learn.....hopefully
Just would have been quicker with the high lift than the standard jack.
You live and learn.....hopefully
I know that lane very well and there is no need for it to be a challenge. (anyone on the 1st of september trip will be doing it)
The only place its a problem is in the woods near the reindeer farm(where tossers have been of piste)
How did you get stuck?
The only place its a problem is in the woods near the reindeer farm(where tossers have been of piste)
How did you get stuck?
Getting stuck is all a part of the learning process .. getting out even more so!
No, I don't mean go out and get stuck, it's just that when you do you have an opportunity to assess, implement and action a good recovery plan. OK, it does take some experience to follow a plan through, but how you gonna get that experience otherwise?
Pay n Play sites are great for this .. learn to use Hi-lift properly, safely, and effectively, or recovery ropes/straps, winches, learn how to 'read' the land and ruts etc etc No point damaging lanes if you can help it, but when '**** happens' it is nice to know it's not the end of the world!
No, I don't mean go out and get stuck, it's just that when you do you have an opportunity to assess, implement and action a good recovery plan. OK, it does take some experience to follow a plan through, but how you gonna get that experience otherwise?
Pay n Play sites are great for this .. learn to use Hi-lift properly, safely, and effectively, or recovery ropes/straps, winches, learn how to 'read' the land and ruts etc etc No point damaging lanes if you can help it, but when '**** happens' it is nice to know it's not the end of the world!
suew
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I have been laning with you three times now and you haven't got stuck once so I could practice recovery.
You have my number, when you get stuck on those lanes I sent you last night, just ring
I wont be any help but the pics will be good
Marmaduke
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Simple, the rut just got deeper and I couldn't be arsed to reverse out. Someone else had been down there and you could see where their dif had been 'ploughing'.
I guess I need some higher tyres before I go down again, it's the only rutted lane in the area.
You'll have to let me know if anyone gets stuck when you lot go down it
ah, self inflicted laziness, i see
:lol:Maybe its changed a lot since ive been there.
Only a year ago the ruts would have been no problem for any soft roader let alone a defender. The only issue would have been the tree roots near the bottom.
Maybe it needs a TRO for a few months over winter to recover. I wil go and have a look next week i think.
Marmaduke
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ah, self inflicted laziness, i see
At least I'm honest..
I drove it last year in a Jimny.
Maybe I'll drive down it on my way home from work on Monday night to see how many of your party are abandoned down there.... I could do with some new parts.
Indeed, honesty is good.
I think the only vehicle i might leave behind is the gaylander. :lol: Or anyone who turns up in a vehicle without a green oval
Marmaduke
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Indeed, honesty is good.
might leave behind is the gaylander.
Make sure it's a diesel one then. That's about the only thing worth having.
Hope you have some decent rain a couple of days before you go, filling them puddles up down 'dog **** lane' especially the big one on the other side of the motorway bridge.
Make sure it's a diesel one then. That's about the only thing worth having.
Hope you have some decent rain a couple of days before you go, filling them puddles up down 'dog **** lane' especially the big one on the other side of the motorway bridge.
just thought about that actually, that one will be bumpy as fook in the ruts.
Marmaduke
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There used to be a petrol station in No Mans Heath and I was filling up there one day and I was chatting to the old lady attendant, I told her where I'd just driven and she said "Oh we all call that dog **** lane, as everyone takes their dog up there for a crap and no one clears it up, so all the locals call it dog **** lane".
It goes up and over the M42 north of Tamworth
It goes up and over the M42 north of Tamworth
