Joined: 04 Mar 2007 Posts: 1728 Location: somewere thereabouts
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 20:25 Post subject: weirdest times you have been greenlaning
was out on a road rally this morning and took a short cut to get to my control and took a nice little green lane, at 3.20am (found out later they were using it on the rally)
whats the latest/earliest you have been out _________________ atb kevin
65 vauxhall mokka 1.6cdti 4x4 se
66 vauxhall corsa vxr
Well, where do I start? You see I did all my driver training in Durham/North Yorkshire.
And a lot of off road driving across the North Yorkshire Moors and Dartmoor. Times? The Army
dosen't take any notice of time! Most movements were in the dark. Early.
Lights? Just one. A 5 watt bulb aimed at a 9 inch round disc under the rear of the vehicle. For the one behind to follow!
Used to get up 'early' in N.I. to go up the mountain at Magiligans Point, 2ft of snow most of the time I was there.
But the trip to the Rebro at the back of Strabane via Londonderry was a bit hairy.
Last edited by The Laird on Sun Oct 04, 2009 22:01; edited 1 time in total
Joined: 25 Jun 2005 Posts: 16267 Location: Naughty Step
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 21:58 Post subject:
I did a lot of all night laning in Germany, I couldnt tell you where as I was also following a disk under another truck
But if we are talking for pleasure then that was a club meet at Filey 2006, chasing rabbitts around a field at 2.30am _________________
A couple of pics and two vids from stanage edge at 01:00am. Went down then up, this was before they built it up on one side to make it easy. There is a big drop on one side and you can't see it at night Very hard drive when you can't see anything closer than 10 foot in front of you!
Nearly headbutted the windscreen in this one
For those who don't know what it looks like in the daylight...
On road they are fantastically grippy even in the wet, the ride is smooth due to nice flexible sidewalls.
Off road they are great on rock (as you would expect) and surprisingly good in mud. I say surprisingly as i thought they would be BFG mud *beep* due to the tight center blocks. What saves them is the big lug gaps and directional lugs, this means they clean out much better than a BFG type. They will never be as good as a proper directional mud tyre but for me they are the perfect compromise for the road miles I do.
The two ply side walls that give the nice road manners would be very easily cut and damaged when aired down.
If you are into serious off roading leave them alone, they are way more vunrable than my old recips and don't hold up in the mud/grass, but are a bit better on rock. Think of them as a road tyre with off road tread. _________________ Front Aussie Locker - Rear LSD - Petrol Diffs
2" Lift - 1" Body lift - +2" shocks - 32" KL71s
2.5" free flow stainless system - TMIC - 20psi Boost
Suckin' Diesel Baby!
lol, you on the mend yet? Out on the 22nd? _________________ Front Aussie Locker - Rear LSD - Petrol Diffs
2" Lift - 1" Body lift - +2" shocks - 32" KL71s
2.5" free flow stainless system - TMIC - 20psi Boost
Suckin' Diesel Baby!
i'm finding my KL's alot better than the BF muds i had, i'm same as matski as it's my every day truck wanted something
that wasn't a pig on the road aswell, quite impressed with them..they'vs got me out of some thick mud _________________ LTM NO.41
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(found out later they were using it on the rally)
