bill van snorkle Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Due to lack of space for my family in ''WildFing'' my portalled axled SWB series 2 Landy, I have been toying, just toying mind you with the thought of swapping my axles, winch and crawler gearbox into an 89 4 door RangeRover that I picked up a few months back. My Landey weighs in at 2220 kgs fully equipped including internal cage and seems to have about the right balance of ground pressure and floatation for my purpose on 35/36'' Simex /TSL's. Because Rangeys have more vulnerable panels and sills I was considering a full external cage with integrated rock sliders and bull bar, but don't really want to end up with something that weighs 3 tons. Anyone out there with a 4 door Rangey with exocage, winch etc that know how much it weighs? I can calculate the additional mass of my portals etc etc. Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishbosh Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 My uncaged, bobtailled RR with diff, & steering guards, winch and bumper and recovery gear came in on the weighbridge a tad under 2200kg. Its a 200Tdi with autobox. That is with no cage, no rear seats, no carpet in the back. Standard axles and 235 x 85 tyres. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ101 Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 Well my old bobtail 2 door,V8 Manual, with twin winchs,cage,underbody guards, etc as below came out on the scales at 2260 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill van snorkle Posted February 9, 2007 Author Share Posted February 9, 2007 Thanks gents ,that does help for future reference. My eldest daughter has just informed us she wants to leave home, so the Landy has enough space for the three of us after all. Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holyzeus Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 Well my old bobtail 2 door,V8 Manual, with twin winchs,cage,underbody guards, etc as below came out on the scales at 2260 Nice Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ101 Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 Yep, enjoyed that one, so much more comfy that a defender , But as Bill says, very vulnerable to panel damage, Ask Nick (tangoman) you can get away with the battle scars on a Defender, but a Rangie looks tatty very quickly !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white90 Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 Well my old bobtail 2 door,V8 Manual, with twin winchs,cage,underbody guards, etc as below came out on the scales at 2260 Tim who is that odd looking fellow levitating in the pic? looks a little Larry Grayson I reckon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ101 Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 Tim who is that odd looking fellow levitating in the pic? looks a little Larry Grayson I reckon Mmm, Pass,, think you spent all last week, locked in a shed with him ,,,you tell us if his a bit "shut that door" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white90 Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 No I saw him briefly in between other things he had ongoing I never knew he could levitate though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill van snorkle Posted February 10, 2007 Author Share Posted February 10, 2007 you can get away with the battle scars on a Defender, but a Rangie looks tatty very quickly !! Yeah, I had a close look at my Landy today, and there is barely 1 square inch of panelwork that doesn't have a deep scratch, dent or ripple in it, and I tried to imagine the RangeRover like that. Not a very pretty mental image, so I have gone right off the whole idea. Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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