Wheels in the wood Event in the Borders.

[psimpson7]

Few pics from teh fantastic wheels in the wood event in the border at the weekend. Will give a bit more of a write up later.


some scenery shots.



The bottom of one of the black (hardest classification) routes. Drop into a bit of a gully with a 2 foot step at the bottom of a 50 degree bank exit. Drove to where the picture was taken and then a quick pull by the 8274 had us over the top.

This was one of the routes. It went down between the trees for ages. Very slippy and pretty steep! Couldn’t see for some of the time due to branches against the screen!



Another black route. Started with a short steep climb onto the moorland from a fire road, then a sequence of 3 of these actually fairly deep and wet ditches (photo doesn’t make it look to bad) a 45degree side slope through some very tight trees and a few more cross axles. Marshall reckoned a couple of winches would be required. Car didn’t agree and drove the whole thing without any apparent trouble!



cheers
Pete

Edited by psimpson7 on Monday 11th September 11:02

[Maycott]

Good effort pete, that looks like serious fun

Just posted about my own, first, adventure off road. Yours looks a lot more hardcore though

[jolly]

That looks quality!

Apart from the front winch bumber and snorkel have you got any other mods?

Edited by jolly on Monday 11th September 14:40

[psimpson7]

Yep loads!

Rear warn 9.5xp in modified crossmember
Galvanised chassis after modifications to fit the rear winch.
Front and Rear Arb Diff locks
OME LTR dampers
255 85 r16 mud terrains
EGR removal
Disco2 ecu
modified wiring looms
and as you say an 8274 and Devon 4x4 competition bumper and snorkle.
oops forgot rock sliders!

Pete

Edited by psimpson7 on Monday 11th September 15:19

[jolly]

Cool, so quite a few then!

I love Landies and would like to think I knew abit about them (two in the family) but Im not too great on the technical side. So at risk of sounding stupid what advantages do Front and Rear Arb Diff locks provide over the standard Defender items?

(btw rest of the mods sound cool!)

Once again sorry for sounding thick!

Edited by jolly on Monday 11th September 16:11

[psimpson7]

No probs!

On a standard differential when one wheel spins the opposing one on the same axles stops. I.e. all the power is sent to the spinning wheel. Imagien getting cross axled with 2 wheels off the ground - no difflocks = no movement.

With diff locks you can lock pairs of wheels togteher so all the wheels spin at the same speed. The ARB's are basically totally lock limited slip diffs but operated by a compressor.

Rgds
Pete

[jolly]

Right i get you! One more question if I may. In the defender as standard it has a Centre Locking Diff, so what does this do compared to the front and rear locking arb's?

I wish i could be more technical!!

[Church]

Centre locking diff means that when "unlocked" (i.e. normal road use) the Landy will stop moving if 1 wheel on either axle spins as all power will be sent to the wheel with least resistance (i.e. the spinning one!). When diff lock is engaged the Landy will only stop moving when 1 front wheel AND 1 rear wheel loses traction.

With axle lockers you can lose traction on a wheel and the power will be diverted to the opposing wheel on that axle so you can regain motion.

Awesome truck by the way!!

[itsallyellow]

basicly a pair of lockers will provoide permenant drive to ALL 4 wheels no matter what.
mike

[jolly]

Ahh ok thanks very much guys! All clear now! Hopefully once I have a Landy of my own ill get into off-roading and will be more familiar with the technical side. I allready have the bug from a few Land Rover Experience days!