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Packman
 


Member Since: 15 Jun 2017
Location: Oxfordshire
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United Kingdom 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Unknown ColourDiscovery 3

I'm there on Sunday aswell. I've fitted some underbody protection that I was able to get at a good price but found out today that my passenger and the AT tyres he was bringing can't make it. How much of a struggle do you think it would be doing it on Scorpion Zeros?
  
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HWN
 


Member Since: 23 Feb 2018
Location: Near Llanybydder (near Puff!)
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Wales 2014 Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 HSE Auto Zermatt SilverDiscovery 4

I wouldn't like to give a definitive statement, but...


...the first time I went round (in a D2) was on some road tyres (and that was also the muddiest time) and I didn't get stuck. Tom put me behind him in the convoy so that if I did get stuck it would be straightforward to get a tow-rope on, etc.,

...in March, the Ford Ranger was on road tyres and only got stuck twice (but no fancy traction control)

...that's why you are going round in a group with a guide (with a winch, tow-ropes, etc.,). You won't get truly stuck (as in being left in the middle of nowhere in the rain / dark and the RAC refusing to try and get to you): it'd probably only be a couple of minutes with a rope and you can send a photo to your ex-passenger.

Ring Tom if you are worried (or just to let him know).

(Before I leave home, I take the trim off the bumper to expose the recovery point so its easy to get to)

See you tomorrow. Thumbs Up
 
2015 Volvo V40
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2006 RRS - C'est mort. Fin...  ...It's alive!  Oh no, it's not - scrapped.
2019 Suzuki Kingquad 400
2017 RamRod Taskmaster 1150
1977 John Deere 2130
 
 
Post #205227811th May 2019 7:37 am
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BundyDave
 


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United Kingdom 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Manual Santorini BlackDiscovery 3

Hi Packman and HWN - fantastic - I will see you there tomorrow Very Happy
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Post #205227911th May 2019 7:42 am
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Bodstruck
 


Member Since: 17 Aug 2017
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United Kingdom 2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 S Manual Zambezi SilverDiscovery 3

You'll be fine Thumbs Up. Worse case scenario is you get stuck and Tom pulls you out with his mahoosive defender.
Have fun.
  
Post #205231511th May 2019 10:17 am
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HWN
 


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Wales 2014 Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 HSE Auto Zermatt SilverDiscovery 4

Ha ha! Well, that was fun! I don't think I met Packman (?) but it was nice to meet BundyDave (apologies if I was distracted at the start - I'd sent my brother to the wrong starting-point Embarassed )

Scores on the doors for my RRS:

- 2 door trims lost
+1 door trim found in a rut and handed back
- 1 tyre (puncture)
- 0.5 for leaky spare

My wife used this evidence to re-iterate why I am never, ever, going to be allowed to use her D4.

A nice sunny day made Salisbury Plain look like somewhere exotic.
 
2015 Volvo V40
2014 D4 HSE
2006 RRS - C'est mort. Fin...  ...It's alive!  Oh no, it's not - scrapped.
2019 Suzuki Kingquad 400
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Post #205265012th May 2019 6:47 pm
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BundyDave
 


Member Since: 17 Jun 2018
Location: Herefordshire
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United Kingdom 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Manual Santorini BlackDiscovery 3

Hi Huw - good to meet you and Packman also. Packman (don't know your name!) and I were in Shaun's group. Yes it was me who found your plastic panel in the mud - as I was collecting my own two pieces torn off by the nasty little tree stump on the left of the track!

We had a great time. Love my new All Terrain BFGs. Although Packman didn't help by achieving the same things with the same Pirelli Scorpion Zeros that I had previously.

I will probably get a couple more inches of ground clearance somehow before my next trip...

Some photos attached...

cheers
Dave



























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Bodstruck
 


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Looks like it was fun. I have only just got round to refitting the door trim I lost in March. Got some rock sliders and started fitting those today which should protect against those pesky tree stumps. Thumbs Up

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Wales 2014 Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 HSE Auto Zermatt SilverDiscovery 4

They look good - are they the Italian ones?
 
2015 Volvo V40
2014 D4 HSE
2006 RRS - C'est mort. Fin...  ...It's alive!  Oh no, it's not - scrapped.
2019 Suzuki Kingquad 400
2017 RamRod Taskmaster 1150
1977 John Deere 2130
 
 
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Bodstruck
 


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Shire Fabrications. Bought them via ebay which, strangely, made them about £40 cheaper than their website.
  
Post #205346915th May 2019 6:30 pm
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Wales 2014 Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 HSE Auto Zermatt SilverDiscovery 4

Oh, ShiRe - I misread it the first time.
 
2015 Volvo V40
2014 D4 HSE
2006 RRS - C'est mort. Fin...  ...It's alive!  Oh no, it's not - scrapped.
2019 Suzuki Kingquad 400
2017 RamRod Taskmaster 1150
1977 John Deere 2130
 
 
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discovery1953
 


Member Since: 07 Jan 2014
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England 2015 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Auto Kaikoura StoneDiscovery 4

Or the more tranquil side of the plain today Very Happy Very Happy

Can't up load the machine gun videos firing a hundred yards from the road though Shocked Shocked

Looks like the filming has finished!!!








  
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BundyDave
 


Member Since: 17 Jun 2018
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United Kingdom 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Manual Santorini BlackDiscovery 3

HWN wrote:
Oh, ShiRe - I misread it the first time.


Rolling with laughter
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Post #205366416th May 2019 3:55 pm
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Wales 2014 Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 HSE Auto Zermatt SilverDiscovery 4

I was supposed to be off-roading in the Lake District this weekend. Despite what it says here, I've decided against it until I can sort out a hissing noise that started on the Salisbury Plain trip.

Evil or Very Mad
 
2015 Volvo V40
2014 D4 HSE
2006 RRS - C'est mort. Fin...  ...It's alive!  Oh no, it's not - scrapped.
2019 Suzuki Kingquad 400
2017 RamRod Taskmaster 1150
1977 John Deere 2130
 
 
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Bodstruck
 


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That is a bummer. Might be too late but hope you get it fixed.
  
Post #205395617th May 2019 7:08 pm
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Wales 2014 Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 HSE Auto Zermatt SilverDiscovery 4

The air tank has rusted through (a common problem). It only became noticeable when it was hissing through the wet mud and goo.

Cheap rolled steel installed where it gets muddy and wet.

If any of you 'locals' are ever going out on SP at any point, I'd be happy to join you. 8)
 
2015 Volvo V40
2014 D4 HSE
2006 RRS - C'est mort. Fin...  ...It's alive!  Oh no, it's not - scrapped.
2019 Suzuki Kingquad 400
2017 RamRod Taskmaster 1150
1977 John Deere 2130
 
 
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