300bhp/ton Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 This was at the end of February beginning of March this year, thought some might be interested. Will hopefully be going again during summer so won't end up with wet carpets but will probably have a pub lunch , I'll probably arrange it thru my local LR Club but if anyone is local and wants to tag along for an informal jaunt one weekend then I see no problem. ___________________________________________________ Seems like we have record high water table levels here in the UK at the moment (and a frigging hose pipe ban as well ). So decided to go fording today as there are some really good fords not far away. Haven't done this for years. There's about 9 fords in total however I only grossed 8 today, one was just too deep!!!! This one was the deepest I went thru, and yes it did get the carpets wet. However the Discovery 3 seemed to take it in it's stride, their suspension really lifts them quite high for a stock vehicle, much higher than my Discovery rides anyhow, although you can see the water is still half way up the doors on this the LR3. I don't have a pic of the deepest ford, but it's about 60-80 yards long and you actually drive up the river a way. I did go part way in but deemed it a tad too deep plus it was very slippy and traction was an issue. The water level was well over half way up the doors as you can see by the water mark, and no it's not a splash it really was that deep and a little too close to the air intake for my liking. The Discovery performed superbly, even more so as I'd done ZERO prep work for this. It NEVER missed a beat all day, the only thing that happened was the power steering belt slipped when wet so made the steering a little heavy when leaving the water. But that's it!!!! Go diesel power!!! Oh I did end up with a little moisture in my spot lamps though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llanigraham Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 Looks like a good day out. Hope you fitted the fording bungs? Presume you know of this site: http://vamp.idlers.org/~jaffa/index.htm Otherwise known as Wetroads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
300bhp/ton Posted May 16, 2007 Author Share Posted May 16, 2007 Looks like a good day out. Hope you fitted the fording bungs? Nope but a proper breather kit is on my list of "to buy" things. Presume you know of this site:http://vamp.idlers.org/~jaffa/index.htm Otherwise known as Wetroads. Yeah it's a good site, although I only found it after the fording trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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