The Land Rover Appreciation Group.

[Mick Dempsey]

3 minutes ago, PeteB said:

No changing rim size etc?!? What all the customizer do? What about racing cars or off road freaks?

Dunno, I’ll look into it.

[Paddy1000111]

52 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Theres a law here now saying you cannot fit bigger/wider wheels/tyres than standard to you vehicle so that takes the decision out of my hands.

That really sucks. Especially as you have a 110 and not a 90. I think 110's only came with a 7.5 radial but the 90s had up to a 265/75/16. 💔 

[Mick Dempsey]

Well yes and no (and I’m yet to get to the bottom of it) I have found the power loss on oversize tyres quite significant. 

 

Edit: poked about a bit on the web, it seems any tyre wheel combos have to be an approved size by the manufacturer.

Edited May 13, 2021 by Mick Dempsey

[Khriss]

On 02/07/2020 at 08:09, Blake@waveney said:

Nearly finished 

Tidy job there, but you need a NATO hitch on the back so its easier to snap that webbing strop on when yr pulling Hiluxs out from where they shouldnt be 😉 K

[Mike Hill]

On 03/06/2020 at 22:49, william127 said:

I was supposed to be buying a cheap transit for a day or 2 with the chipper every couple of weeks??? 

oh well, I managed nearly 8 months without a defender (after 18 years of continuously  owning one)?

That might be Dean Lofthouse's old wagon?

[HuntingHicap]

5 hours ago, Khriss said:

Tidy job there, but you need a NATO hitch on the back so its easier to snap that webbing strop on when yr pulling Hiluxs out from where they shouldnt be 😉 K

Nato hitches are terrible. As are sankey trailers. Only the british military could come up with  such an over engineered rattly design, and a trailer that can be towed across a ditch but is next to impossible to reverse. Pin/ball hitch combo would be more use, then if you are bothered enough put the strop through the pin.

[Khriss]

1 hour ago, HuntingHicap said:

Nato hitches are terrible. As are sankey trailers. Only the british military could come up with  such an over engineered rattly design, and a trailer that can be towed across a ditch but is next to impossible to reverse. Pin/ball hitch combo would be more use, then if you are bothered enough put the strop through the pin.

I like them. Solid and good fr trapping unwarey fingers on frosty mornings. K

[woody paul]

9 hours ago, Khriss said:

Tidy job there, but you need a NATO hitch on the back so its easier to snap that webbing strop on when yr pulling Hiluxs out from where they shouldnt be 😉 K

That’s if a Hilux can get were landy has got 😀

[Stubby]

3 minutes ago, woody paul said:

That’s if a Hilux can get were landy has got 😀

I once got somewhere a landy could not get in a Vauxhall Frontera . Had to come back and tow it out .  2.4 petrol . Mostly down to driver technique I think .

[Khriss]

Mine towed a Euro Daf to garage that had buggered its clutch. Never used Low box so much. 

 

Main reason i used Nato hitch is it makes my trailer harder to steal. K