They don't do very well in the British Grand Prix either, but for taking 1/2 a ton of grain to remote feeders in the woods they're just great.
4x4 your favourite?
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They are re-bodied Mitsi Pajeros/Shoguns. A little bit top heavy due to their height but quite competent off road. My Paj was nearly as good off road as my Landie was but about a 1000 times more comfortable!
Santanaman,
I'm afraid a 2WD won't cut the mustard on the track in our woodland. In fact the farm manager keeps getting bogged down in his Ford Ranger 4x4, much to his embarrassment.
Dave
I'm afraid a 2WD won't cut the mustard on the track in our woodland. In fact the farm manager keeps getting bogged down in his Ford Ranger 4x4, much to his embarrassment.
Dave
Off road driving is a skill worth learning. Mud is not worth the hassle of being towed/winched clear.
getting Four squaddies AND their kit into a 40's jeep would be damn tight fit too
So that's why it took two of 'em to pull this Range Rover out!
I was almost in that situation after a heavy rainstorm in Alberta. I'd bought my FJ with almost new Dunlop stock tires, and with a special discount deal on a set of Goodrich ATs, which hadn't arrived by the time I left for Alberta. On the bright side, I didn't get stuck and got to see how the stock Dunlops performed in mud, heavy rain with water building up on a road, and even in light snow. The answer is the same in each case: they worked really well up to a point followed by dramatic failure.
It's my belief that the strangest stock tires ever were the Firestones which came stock on my Ford 4x4. I doubt anyone could ever design a deep tread pattern which would get a person stuck faster than those. Since they had no resale value, I kept them on rims and wore them out on sharp rock logging roads.
This being a town with well paid people and deep heavy snow, I get to see lots of 4x4's. It seems that Jeeps come with decent stock tires, but I'm incredulous as to what some people are running on expensive vehicles. I guess my first question with vehicle preference is to ask about the tires on them.
So that's why it took two of 'em to pull this Range Rover out!
Cause it ain't a Jeep.
In the 40s a dogface's gear consisted of his weapon, ammo, and a ruck that was small by today's standards. And said ruck was hung on the outside of the body anyway. Not really a problem. In fact there would sometimes be as many as 6 or 8 dogfaces riding the Jeep if you counted the 2 to 4 riding on the hood or standing on the bumpers.
95% of the off roading in that vid could be done in a hatchback
Yeah that vid was a bit tame. There's a load more out there though. And Jeep is still the biggest number of base vehicles used to build for the Mint 400. That said, the dune buggy types or the bigger 4WD trucks usually do better there.
I'm guessing gamekeeper taking feed to pheasant feeders. Usually a blue tub with a spring on the bottom and the pheasants peck at it and it released feed.
I wasn't knocking the old jeeps, they were competent off roaders. Just that particular vid didn't show off any actual ability at all
Yep, as i said.....a damn tight fit
Never seen 8 people in/on one though. That would have been a nightmare to drive, well until all but three of them fell off lol