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DiscoStevey
 


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Wading depth with snorkel

So whats the deepest anyone has been with a snorkel? I'm curious, the battery box isn't watertight, so how deep can you go before you knacker something important? How well do the door seals hold up?
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You will float away Thumbs Up
  
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You can't really answer that accurately. If you create a good bow wave you can go pretty deep. I've done that a few times over the years. It's gone wrong a couple of times, and the water's been over the top of the bonnet, only for a second or so and it was fine (luckily).

Sorry, should have added that that's without a snorkel or RAI. Door seals are good. As DG says, you'll likely to float away.
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U can wade this deep. Thumbs Up

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DSL wrote:
U can wade this deep. Thumbs Up

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is that a plank of wood on top for flotation ?
  
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There’s a clip on YouTube somewhere of Andrews taking his D3 through a swollen river in Wales, and just getting away with it. He nearly floated away. Car kept running though. Can’t find it just now.
  
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Gareth wrote:
There’s a clip on YouTube somewhere of Andrews taking his D3 through a swollen river in Wales, and just getting away with it. He nearly floated away. Car kept running though. Can’t find it just now.


I had Dark Bluie start to float crossing a river near Salisbury Plain. It's scary when, in off road height, she says she's going into extended mode. Means she's starting to float. Shocked
   
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I saw a d4 in Russia on youtube that started leaking inside and filled with water, thats my biggest fear.

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Door seals are watertight unless damaged ....only case of water ingress I've seen otherwise was the spare wheel winch rubber left off in the boot which made for a written off RRS ..VA ISTR
  
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VA? I thought he just sold up to cut the fuel bill. Confused There was a member here who's D3 floated away and was written off a good few years ago. Thumbs Up

PS crwoody from searching but I can't find the original thread. Sad
  

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saw this one the other week , near the end it goes swimming Whistle

   
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DSL wrote:
VA?


Can't remember who it was tbh ...though I'm sure he was involved somehow Laughing
  
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