tpb Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 Some neighbourhoods in Calgary have opted to make certain roads impassable. The road is designed with a "vehicle trap" which allows wide wheel base buses to pass. Narrower wheel base passenger cars get stuck. I'm not suggesting that anyone break any laws. This is purely an intellectual exercise. *IF* someone wanted to go through the obstacle, they just need to sneak through after a narrow bus on the gate side of the blockade. Immediately after the narrow bus in the picture went through the gate side (left side on picture - you can see the gate lifting) two cars followed illegally. I was a little curious how they worked, so I went and had a look. The cylindrical bars spin freely and have no play in them (no side to side, up and down, or front to rear). So, here's the question. Would a "stock" Defender make it through? If not, how heavily modified would a defender need to be in order to overcome this obstacle? For the purpose of argument, let's assume that the wheels on one side of the Defender fall into the trap while the other side remains on the concrete. Would a 90 or a 110 have an easier time versus the other? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white90 Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 standard one could clear that crossing it at an angle a modified Ie Lockers would walk that only my opinion of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest diesel_jim Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 Up over the grass verge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandyManLuke Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 centre diff, one wheel up on the curb, off you go. easy. let the tyre down if it gets wedged in. looks like fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smo Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 Because those are rollers, and landrovers have open diffs i dont think it would be that simple actually in a standard LR, lockers however are a different matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandyManLuke Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 the last picture shows an angle that would mean only one wheel on the rollers at any one time. looks like the length of the roller section straight-on wouldn't be a problem for a 110? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Who ? Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 With a little thought nothing is impassable for a Defender 110 (in my experience) though that small bunch of flowers left on the Grass verge is a slightly worrying sight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddy Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 PAH! difflock!?? what you want is 2 bricks bit of old worktop and a 70mph+ approach jobs a good un' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headdamage Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 Well I happen to live in Calgary and I can say that a Series IIa 88" will drive through these ok but I was younger at the time and I used to hit them quite fast I'm sure my 90 would go through them fine to but the only one that is a short cut for me know has a locked gate across it as the city buses no longer use that route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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