honitonhobbit

I have seen pictures of Chris's trailer form when he had hair!

I asked this question a few weeks back as I had finally decided to resort to a snorkel. Rain ingress was my big worry, especially with a periscope snorkel type input doofer General consensus was that there was no worries. After a 100odd mile journey in super heavy rain on Saturday (and thanks to the new MK2 intake that lies along the line of the roof and picks up spray nicely) I had about half a pint of water in the air box! I am rmoving the bung and fitting a flange valve for all but the worst of the wet. To be honest a snorkel is not the most used bit of kit - unless you live in the Gloucester/Cheltenham conurbation. For all the hassle I have had making this bl**dy snorkel work I honsetly wonder if it is worth it sometimes

So very true! Got leaves on my ickle baby Chris remember that you can no longer build your own trailer unless it is covered by shed loads of red tape The Sankey will do more than adequately, it has all the basics that you need. To widen the track chuck on a set of spacers...

Mmmmmm Croisiere. Man that is soooo well organised Langley Farm - now there is a show. Probably the best venue around at the moment is Eastnor for the LRW show. Essentially the show is very good as well. It needs a bit of fine tuning BUT most of all it needs the moaners and whiners (sp?) to get off their collective lardy bottoms and help out. People make shows, not just the vendors but mostly the punters. That whole social magic is what you need. Get the clubs in and the social groups (forae), get a good beer tent and a good band, with good beer (get a brewery interested, like OTTER, they will do the show for the beer money if the marquee is provided).

My hi-lift is secured under the bench in the garage

Chris, I am in the process of doing just this at the mo'. Having spent a big chunk of time teaching people to drive off road with a trailer on, I am more than aware of just how much of a PITA it is and how much it compromises the vehicles abilities. IMHO that a max weight of 500kgs is what you have available for 90/100/110; cruiser; patrol. The lighter the better. Hitch type is very important with mil/nato ring with 360 degree capability being the dogs. Brakes are very important as is the old 'off switch' for the brakes (Bradley Hitch stylee). As long as the trailer is light enough and well balanced enough, I don't think the track is that important. I think the sankey is a good base but it's not my option as I couldn't find a cheap one! I am opting for a 14" wheel with 85 profile dual purpose tyres (10kgs wheel and tyre combo) that gives 18" of ground clearence. The drum brakes are mini shoes/drums/adjuster. Basically what IMHO what you need to carry is the stuff you don't want in the Land Rover, so fuel, water, cooking kit, gas, etc. A water tank is a PITA as you need to get the trailer close to the scource, use ex Mil 25ltr jobbies in a frame - same goes for the motion lotion. I have made up two 'tables' that fold up either side of the trailer, one has a hole cut out to allow for the SS washing bowl/sink the other has the gas supply ready to connect to a twin burner but doubles as a trangia mount and food prep area. I also have a cheap gazebo that has been modded for a camp kitchen. The trailer will have a 750cca gel battery mounted in it with a trickle charger from the vehicle and a small solar charger. This is purely for light as is the 650amp genny with 12volt hook up... The fridge stays in the vehicle! So far I have the bits and the trailer but I still have a long way to go. I had hoped to give it all a dry run at 7S in November

Put me down as a reserve on the Saturday

My respect for the little chap has reached about the highest level. Very entertaining viewing but Jezzer does drive like a complete tool

Pre-empt problems - your center diff should have been in ages before

To busy this weekend - taking smallist child to see my Dad for the first time. He is back in Chaemo next week with pretty cr*p odds on making it through. Haven't seen The Wife or The Girls all this week as her Dad had his hip op on Monday and she has been with the MiL. The let him home today! He is 80 with a dodgy ticker - talk about tough! Saw Oberst Von Trembath tonight howling up the M5 as I was wending my way home in post 70 hour week fog. What it must be to be a man of leisure! I shall be at the next bash if all is well with the move.

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Have you tried her Spag Bol, Salad, Garlic Bread and Cold Beers?

Just to add, LR used to use pretty hefty switches (eg RRC heated window switches) that would happily cope with 30plus amps...

I would point out here that Jen is one of the nicest people on God's Earth and that despite Dan's huge list of short comings he is house trained (to a point)

Kev, it sits on a specially made plinth and I read to the family from it on Sundays before dinner

I still reckon that West Wycombe/4x4 And don't go off road was the best show Big social, enough traders, king o' the hill, decent cheap off road course, big central arena with proper demos, easy to get to yadda yadda

Will/Andy Did you have the 'nose' on the PRT the right way up?

Mines the HB original and is in A1 condition Morning Kevin

YOu can have my copy for £250

I had it on test for TOR about three years ago. Matt Neale has the pieces in his workshop

Ask Bish, he is pretty fluent but with a Canadian accent

SFS - Staright Forward Supplies; ask Jim Marsden about it, he was there Streaky - I suppose it's like comparing a vehicle designed for deep desert with a racer. You would lose valuable time simply assembling the PRT which wouldn't matter in a 'real world' situation. D44's anchor or now Si's you just grab and go. Those bl**dy dangerous front mounts for the D44 are superb for fast use, grabbing you PP from out the back of the passion bus is somewhat slower. Si's new anchor is (IIRC) almost half the weight of a PRT... Get the drift BTW Streaky who is a good desert 'tour guide' in your part of the world, a mate of mine is out there soon for a business tour and was wondering. Was going to ask you on the other place but hadn't got round to it.

I was chatting with Si the other day about ground anchors and there are big differences in usage that greatly effect design. I have a feeling that Si's new anchor will be very good as he has spent a chunk of time developing it. The difference between competitive anchors and 'real world' is huge. I am lucky enough to have spent enough time in both worlds to have experienced this to some degree. PP and PRT were designed for overlanding, not for competition, they both work very well, just as DD's three bar system works so well. Speed of erection (ooer) is not a worry, but weight and easy; secure and neat stowage are. A D44 anchor would be pointless in an overland situation but seems to be hugley popular in Challenge - having run up and down a few slopes with one, I would rather eat my own underpants than use one but they do work... As for SFS's anchor, don't even get me started!

My old 300Tdi Auto was tweaked a bit. The new owner towed a 101 on a Bateson to WSM form Wrexham the other day with nary a problem nor a hiccup. 60mp up hill and down

I've got a PRT. It's so good JST and TJ101 tried to steal it; Moglite had to eat his words and one or two others who shall remain nameless have tried to buy it off me. The only Ground Anchor on the market I haven't tried is Si's. The only ones I would use are the DiddyDave system and the PRT. However this is based on real world overland type stuff and NOT competition... BTW Stephen the PRT is the badgers cojones in boggy ground