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Matei

Joined: 07 Feb 2008
Location: Galati
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Off-roading

There are comments about off-roading all over the forum so maybe it would be a good ideea to ask the more experienced off-roading members to post here some of their tips and tricks that are not covered in the small Off-Roading guide from LR.
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19th May 2008 7:01 am

chicken george

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tip one. remove caravans or any other unnecessary weight
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19th May 2008 7:09 am

snappa

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Also re-spray vehicle silver so scratches etc show less

19th May 2008 7:26 am

CY

Joined: 16 Mar 2006
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Take off your side steps if you can, you'll only scrape or damage them.

Know your vehicle's limits and if you don't know if the vehicle will make it then don't try it. Always walk a route before you drive it if it looks difficult.

Never go off-road on your own - have a group of vehicles with you.

"As fast as necessary, as slow as possible."

Keep your thumbs outside the steering wheel over bumpy terrain.

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19th May 2008 7:45 am

AndyC

Joined: 30 Nov 2007
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If you have a HST or FR2 with extra plastic bits stuck on to make it look like a HST - You own a Town SUV so dont bother even thinking off-road. Laughing
ps - clear indicators are allowed Thumbs Up
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19th May 2008 8:23 am

mikello

Joined: 12 Jul 2007
Location: Mississauga
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CY wrote:

Know your vehicle's limits and if you don't know if the vehicle will make it then don't try it. Always walk a route before you drive it if it looks difficult.

Never go off-road on your own - have a group of vehicles with you.

If you exercise rule number one, then the second rule is not really mandatory. Well, with one exception - if you go some place where cell phones are not working, you better have at least two vehicles Smile

19th May 2008 2:39 pm

rmbillington

Joined: 28 Aug 2006
Location: Peterborough
Posts: 247

2007 Freelander 2 TD4 XS Manual Stornoway Grey

mikello wrote:
CY wrote:

Know your vehicle's limits and if you don't know if the vehicle will make it then don't try it. Always walk a route before you drive it if it looks difficult.

Never go off-road on your own - have a group of vehicles with you.

If you exercise rule number one, then the second rule is not really mandatory. Well, with one exception - if you go some place where cell phones are not working, you better have at least two vehicles

Even if you follow rule number one, it still isn't wise to go alone, especially as you can't fit self recovery things like winches to FL2s (unless someone can tell me differently). Look what happens on a well used route, that someone said you could pass alone in a Freelander Offroading mishap

One bit of advice I'm really glad I followed was to make sure you always take a shovel/spade and a good, proper tow rope/strop with a means of attaching it to your car. Or was that 2 bits of advise? I'm glad we took both, or we would never have gotten my brothers car out.

Rich

19th May 2008 4:50 pm

Matei

Joined: 07 Feb 2008
Location: Galati
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rmbillington wrote:
mikello wrote:
CY wrote:

Know your vehicle's limits and if you don't know if the vehicle will make it then don't try it. Always walk a route before you drive it if it looks difficult.

Never go off-road on your own - have a group of vehicles with you.

If you exercise rule number one, then the second rule is not really mandatory. Well, with one exception - if you go some place where cell phones are not working, you better have at least two vehicles

Even if you follow rule number one, it still isn't wise to go alone, especially as you can't fit self recovery things like winches to FL2s (unless someone can tell me differently). Look what happens on a well used route, that someone said you could pass alone in a Freelander Offroading mishap

One bit of advice I'm really glad I followed was to make sure you always take a shovel/spade and a good, proper tow rope/strop with a means of attaching it to your car. Or was that 2 bits of advise? I'm glad we took both, or we would never have gotten my brothers car out.

Rich

Now these are some nice off-roading photos Thumbs Up

Really would not like to this on my own. A BIG Brother is allways usefull Exclamation

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19th May 2008 5:09 pm

rmbillington

Joined: 28 Aug 2006
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Matei wrote:

Now these are some nice off-roading photos
Really would not like to this on my own. A BIG Brother is allways usefull

What we didn't get a photo of, was me stepping of the bank, onto what I thought was solid ground, and going knee deep in mud, I couldn't get out for lauging.[/quote]

19th May 2008 5:12 pm

Matei

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What color is yur interior as mine is alpaca and will get dirty even if I drive barefoot?
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19th May 2008 5:22 pm

mikello

Joined: 12 Jul 2007
Location: Mississauga
Posts: 43

Matei wrote:
What color is yur interior as mine is alpaca and will get dirty even if I drive barefoot?

I have the same interior color. I just use three disposable car seat covers whenever I go offroad - two to cover the seat and one to cover the floor. 95% of dirt stay on the covers, the rest can be easily vacuumed. After the ride I just trash them. It is quite cheap and effective.

19th May 2008 11:49 pm

mikello

Joined: 12 Jul 2007
Location: Mississauga
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rmbillington wrote:
Look what happens on a well used route, that someone said you could pass alone in a Freelander Offroading mishap

That's one badly looking mud puddle. I had to turn around and go a different way once due to a similar puddle although it was only about 100 meters from a paved road. I personally prefer not to go to mud unless I can walk through it (literally) and I see that it is not too soft, not too deep and that it has firm bottom.

But if you are committed to go through such obstacles, then you better not to wheel alone for sure.

Mikhail

20th May 2008 12:05 am

mikello

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rmbillington wrote:

One bit of advice I'm really glad I followed was to make sure you always take a shovel/spade and a good, proper tow rope/strop with a means of attaching it to your car. Or was that 2 bits of advise? I'm glad we took both, or we would never have gotten my brothers car out.

Rich

I took a few pieces of advice myself and whenever I go offroad, I carry an axe (used it several times), shovel (used it once), good knife (use it all the time), and a bunch of stuff I have not used so far and hopefully will never have to use - tow strap, anchor, hand winch, hand saw, extra clothes, first aid kit, tire repair kit, matches, etc.

One thing I still do not have is an air jack. It is quite expensive but it might be very useful in a situation when you can not use a normal jack - in a mud puddle, for instance.

Mikhail

20th May 2008 12:23 am

avtur

Joined: 11 Nov 2006
Location: Stockport
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Be very cautious around water, you're better off not being first into the water then you can gauge depth, current flow etc on other vehicles. As with other obstacles get out and look and use something to gauge the depth or this might happen to you ...

not good when you remember the air intake is directly behind the left hand headlamp ... this motor was towed backwards out of what very nearly turned out to be a watery grave. The engine did ingest water and was lucky to survive ... so around water be it a puddle or flowing make sure you know how deep it is ... this motor had 200 miles on the clock!

20th May 2008 1:46 am

Matei

Joined: 07 Feb 2008
Location: Galati
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I really did intend this topic to be very serious but just could no resist

http://www.kontraband.com/show/show.asp?ID=9034

Maybe off-roaders in hot climate might make use.

Edit:
Wish they would make dehydrated fuel Big Cry
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