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Thanks! I'll let you know more as I get to know the G and its capabilites/shortcomings. I have already got it stuck on a clay track, and (oh so infra-dig) had to call a friend in his Discovery 3 to come and pull me out. No camera, though - I wasn't intending to do anything more than a quick...

My Defender 130 is LHD, oddly enough. And so was my exedition truck, by choice. And I have driven lots of RHD cars over in France etc. So I am used to driving with the steering on the wrong side. The G, though, is British spec, so it's no problem at all for me here.

Wow.. that's a long way of asking, "Do you use your spare fuel first?" :elkgrin: The answer's generally yes, in my case. But if there are several legs of the journey that might (but probably won't) require the use of the spare fuel, then I'd leave it in the cans. But long-range tanks - that's...

Well, I finally did it - found a LWB diesel Geländewagen for sale, and took the plunge. It's the first one I've owned, and so far, I love it! In comparison to the RRC's, Discoveries and even Defenders I've owned, it's palacial inside, with ample room legroom for rear seat passengers, even with...

Just followed the link and been reading your buildup thread - wow, very exciting and cool project!

I also don't think one needs to go for a particularly big hoist. It's much heavier to handle than a smaller one, and no matter what you use, you have to do all the work anyway. So using one that offers a much bigger mechanical advantage just means you have to pump the handle further, or more...

If you're using a manual system, it seems to me that you'd want to use a lot of appropriate synthetic rope for the rigging, rather than chain and wire rope etc. The Tirfors etc. need to pull on wire rope, but there's no reason to have more than a few metres of the wire stuff, if you have several...

I think the main advantage of using any type of sand ladders or mats is to spread the load and prevent the wheel from sinking into the ground. Traction is generally a secondary issue - in fact too much traction just makes the sand ladder/mat get thrown out from under the wheel. I have seen...

I'v never yet got slept with for my jerry cans, but I'll take your word for it, and live in hope! In fact, for that potential alone, I'll move that reason for liking jerry cans to the top of my list too! :)

I don't think complexity is too much of a problem if the failure mode is merely an inconvenience. I'm a bit of a gadget man by nature, but I always try to design systems in such a way that essential functionality won't be affected if the bells and whistles stop working. So things like digital...

That's an interesting tidbit. My perception was the other way around. Body roll seems a slow suspension event - going around a traffic circle for example, allows a long time for air to shift from the outer to the inner bag. Going over a bump, or diagonally through a dip in the ground, on the...

When you say individually controlled - you mean you manually raise and lower the pressures in each bag individually depending on the obstacle you are negotiating? Or do you mean you decide which bag is connected to which other(s)? For inflating/deflating mine, I didn't bother with having in-cab...

I used a similar idea to the "cross-linking" on the rear "tandem" of my Defender 6x6. I had Air-Lift air bags in all four rear coils, and I linked the two left-hand bags together, and the same with the right. The idea being that when the front (middle, that is) axle went over an obstacle, the...

It is true that a solid axle lifts the whole axle when the wheel goes over a bump, thus hopefully clearing the diff over any corresponding obstructions . Independent suspension will only necessarily lift the body (and the diff), when the suspension reaches the bump stop. However, this apparent...

I agree entirely about hydraulics, and yes, it makes a huge amount of sense that a big truck would need something other than an electric winch. You can multiply up the torque of any winch by using a snatchblock (or more), but then you need to run the for winch twice as long under load (or more)...

That's too funny! You must be proud of those, although I think some CAD experts might not think they are perfect... Firstly, it look like a uncomfortable ride, with the elliptical wheels. And why's the transfer box on the ground when you bump off the ledge? :ylsmoke:

I don't have any personal experience of them, but the general view seems to be that they are surprisingly good, given that they are made in India. India does not (yet) have a good reputation for manufacturing cars, although of course that does not mean they don't make any good ones. It took the...

All good info! Much appreciated. I'm going to see if it's available here in the UK.

I guess another issue with big vehicles is that the chances of finding a secure enough anchor start coming down rapidly, so there's not much point in fitting a 30-ton winch to a 20 ton truck.

Of course a lot of winches fitted to working trucks are for purposes other than self-recovery, and therefore their capacity is unrelated to the vehicle's GVM. I can't imagine why any "rule" would be different for bigger vs smaller vehicles? Other than, of course, that getting stuck is a bigger...