Member Since: 11 Jul 2011
Location: Wharfedale
Posts: 112
Joining a club sounds like a great idea., Any recommendations for around Leeds?
7th Nov 2014 12:32 pm
JonM
Member Since: 24 May 2012
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 1247
The Green Lane Association (GLASS) would be a good start. They have monthly meetings in Aberford and membership gets you access to Trailwise which is very useful for researching lanes to drive.
Have a look at www.glass-uk.orgMY2022 D5 HSE D300 - with extra nice bits added
MY2019 D5 HSE 3.0 SDV6 - sold to a dealer for a crazy price! - So good I bought another!
MY2012 D4 HSE 3.0 SDV6 - retired to a new home
7th Nov 2014 12:46 pm
Wollemi
Member Since: 11 Jul 2011
Location: Wharfedale
Posts: 112
Thanks Jon
I've now joined GLASS and will try to get to next meeting.
7th Nov 2014 1:03 pm
JDB
Member Since: 25 Mar 2010
Location: NW Hampshire
Posts: 2486
Wollemi wrote:
So, I need to get a good jack - recommendations for what constitutes a "good jack?"
Is something like a waffle board useful for putting the jack on, or is a piece of wood OK?
Waffle boards are useful but then just with a jack are a bit OTT and perhaps too long (screw some squares a plywood together to make a small square base.
If you are taking a "standard" bottle jack then they will help, a trolley jack is better still but takes up more space and maybe harder to position, best of all is an air bag jack - enclosed is mine in Morocco whilst checking for an annoying "squeak":
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7th Nov 2014 5:40 pm
grahamjc
Member Since: 12 Jan 2015
Location: Surrey
Posts: 8
Some good ideas, but I really like the airbag jack
12th Jan 2015 4:20 pm
yaxman
Member Since: 02 Jan 2015
Location: pontyclun
Posts: 433
How much are air jacks?
15th Jan 2015 11:19 pm
jobster
Member Since: 08 Jul 2012
Location: Hilversum
Posts: 591
And where to get a good deal on a decent quality one (incl a spare stop for the exhaust)RLD Sump Guard
GVIF & rear camera
New FBH via Dan
BAS Remap with IIDTool
15th Jan 2015 11:54 pm
JDB
Member Since: 25 Mar 2010
Location: NW Hampshire
Posts: 2486
"How much?" - in this market you tend to get what you pay for - my one in the photo above is one of the military spec ones of these - http://www.easylift.co.uk/ - I would advise if you need an air jack that you get one that can cope with the weight, is robust and well designed/protected, and that you buy some axle stands. I am led to believe it can be quite exciting if one goes pop at a critical moment........
16th Jan 2015 6:10 am
yaxman
Member Since: 02 Jan 2015
Location: pontyclun
Posts: 433
£900
17th Jan 2015 7:11 pm
Jay666d
Member Since: 11 Feb 2014
Location: Northumberland
Posts: 753
GSLRO wrote:
One of these ... ...
I need to start driving this way to work! 07 Land Rover Discovery III HSE
07 BMW 1200 GS Adventure
08 Mercedes Sprinter
20th Jan 2015 9:35 pm
MHP
Member Since: 31 Dec 2011
Location: lydd
Posts: 2776
yaxman wrote:
£900
Very very worth it though! We used one on a slate bank and the track we were driving was about 2/3 ft sunk into the ground, so 'walls' alongs boths sides of the car not to mention it was half way up a mountine in wales on the PNC a few years back!
Without that we would have been there for a long time trying to get it changed!!2009 Discovery 3 HSE - Gone
2019 Anniversary Edition D5 - Going
2019 HSE D5 - coming!
20th Jan 2015 9:50 pm
Blobby
Member Since: 28 Feb 2009
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 277
J@mes is spot on in my view.
If you are going to get more adventurous on your own then get a winch as well. Hand operated don't cost a lot and can pull you out forwards or backwards, but a good electric winch just makes it all the more fun. With winch add tree straps and consider a ground anchor.
20th Jan 2015 10:27 pm
GSLRO
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Location: Sunderland
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£900
