Anyone had experience of a Discovery??

[gensetsteve]

I have a 1998 hilux tipper which is nippy and comfortable yet still very well built. I have had alot of 4x4 and never really fell out with any of them. But being a HGV mechanic I tend to buy them well and know when to sell them on.

[ad15]

D3......Tommer should be able to give an un bias view of the D3 for tree work...

[elfinwood saws]

What wheelbase is a Discovery, defenders are 90/110/130 and a Disco is, i,m after a cheap rotton defender or disco to chop in half and stretch, to make a lwb flatbed.

[treequip]

What wheelbase is a Discovery, defenders are 90/110/130 and a Disco is, i,m after a cheap rotton defender or disco to chop in half and stretch, to make a lwb flatbed.

 

 

They are 100 inches, I have a vehicle in the workshop now awaiting just that treatment

[elfinwood saws]

They are 100 inches, I have a vehicle in the workshop now awaiting just that treatment

 

Thank you, how much of a stretch are you doing? I,m looking at making a body that is 3 dumpy bags long, so need to get my tape measure out when i find a donor vehicle.

[Jack]

D3

 

Chelsea Tractor, more suited for the school run.

[elfinwood saws]

Chelsea Tractor, more suited for the school run.

 

They seem to have a lot of low slung wishbone when you follow behind one and i saw one bottom out, coming diagonally off a high curb!

[treequip]

Thank you, how much of a stretch are you doing? I,m looking at making a body that is 3 dumpy bags long, so need to get my tape measure out when i find a donor vehicle.

 

Defenders go to 130 inches so staying as much as possible with standard parts I am going to aim for that and change the back axle for a sailsbury to get the MAM up to 3500kg

[gensetsteve]

I am thinking of buying a D4 commercial in May with about 10,000 miles on the clock unless someone talks me out of it:biggrin:

[WorcsWuss]

Defender 130 is actually still one hundred and twenty seven inches... fnar fnar geek hat on....

 

D4 commercial an AWESOME truck... do fancy one of those... SDV6 engine is a belter...

 

Ground clearance wise they have better clearance than most 4x4's because they now have independent suspension.... although on 3's this can play up something rotten so that one which bottomed out may just have been on the blink! When they're up you'd struggle to bottom one out, same goes for a Sport....