Is that the one that I have to wait to go off before i turn the engine on? If so, yes. it comes on. What does it do? I just know I have to wait until it goes off before i turn on the engine.
I will have a look through the manual later. I pushed the lever to the right and up to Low. So was i just in low range and not diff lock? When would that be helpful? I think I must have got the diff lock on eventually by trial and error as the light came on. So next time, diff lock to the left and down to H, before i go into the mud. I use second gear, (although everytime I tried to move she stalled this time) foot off accelerator and let her chug through as that was what I was taught to do through Landrover experience course. I just couldn't remember everything.
The most important thing is..... have fun
I remember my first time off road I didn't see the BLACK route sign as it was blown over and ended up stuck in a bog... throughout the coming minutes of f'ing and j'fing I knocked it into neutral... then thinking I had blown the gearbox or something horrendous as I had no power/drive....... Eventually realising the error and winching myself out it was all ok no damage.Not teaching me to suck eggs. I am neither technically or mechanically minded but I am trying to learn. My Landy is used to do jobs around my place which occasionally requires going off road. I live on a small farm but don't need a tractor. It is also my main vehicle for everyday use, work etc. I said "low ratio?" because I wasn't sure what "low" actually meant. I now know it means low range from reading the replies. .I have now read the manual and can see I would use low range for steep inclines. I still don't understand what it actually does. In my original post I suggested I had done something wrong. I clearly had. I need to wait a few weeks until the field is drier and practise with the diff lock. I the past, my husband did most of the off road stuff, but now I have to do it myself. Hence why I asked for help which I have received so thank you.
I don't go through the fields often. It was just that I had to fix some rails which were at the far end. I tend to walk across usually, mainly to protect the grass. She went across first time without any real problem but I think the second time I needed the diff lock on as the mud was already churned up from the first trip. Plus the tyre treads would have been filled with mud. I did try to take a different track but the ground was even wetter to the left/right. I am pretty sure i did not get the diff lock on properly and probably that made the situation worse. Anyway, got her out with the tractor! Just a bit embarassing!
I've been stuck in my Discovery and had people in Nissan Patrols, Hyundai Gallopers and even Vitaras help me out...usually they'd take the **** out of a Land Rover and think their 4x4 is the dog's bollocks when at the pub, but off-road everyone helps out
Not teaching me to suck eggs. I am neither technically or mechanically minded but I am trying to learn. My Landy is used to do jobs around my place which occasionally requires going off road. I live on a small farm but don't need a tractor. It is also my main vehicle for everyday use, work etc. I said "low ratio?" because I wasn't sure what "low" actually meant. I now know it means low range from reading the replies. .I have now read the manual and can see I would use low range for steep inclines. I still don't understand what it actually does. In my original post I suggested I had done something wrong. I clearly had. I need to wait a few weeks until the field is drier and practise with the diff lock. I the past, my husband did most of the off road stuff, but now I have to do it myself. Hence why I asked for help which I have received so thank you.
Old one isnt a lot of money, and they hold their value.
Might be worth getting a tractor anyway!
They are much better than a landrover off road, you can drive over stuff that leaves a landy floundering, without even putting your coffee down.
And they dont break nearly so easy as landrovers on rough terrain.
I have had more landrovers than I can count, tractors same, over 30 years. And no doubt which I would go for in bad conditions in the fields, tractor every time.
I have always been amazed where a 4x4 can go and at other times how little it takes to get one stuck.
Much the same for me,love it.
Although there is often a cost in ground damage with the tractor. I often use my landy for this reason, but only if I think it will get through!
Yes, and the strange thing is, as OP has discovered, innocent looking wet grass can sometimes be more difficult to get over than much more sever looking terrain.
But those big v tread tyres,and mechanical difflock, always deal with ease!
innocent looking wet grass? she said 6" deep mud
