Good to see you back Mark ! You are one of the few forum members that I can tell SWMBO are real people and not imaginary friends!
22nd Sep 2022 6:34 pm
stew 46
Member Since: 01 Dec 2011
Location: cornwall
Posts: 10146
Hope all well with you Mark
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if you cant hold on dont let go , it ill come in handy for something even if you never use it.
D3 SE 05,
110 s wagon 300 tdi SOLD
h top transit
crew cab transit
transit connect
ausa dumper, muck truck .
peljob 2.5 digger
06 L 200 crew cab
22nd Sep 2022 6:36 pm
BBDisco3
Member Since: 23 Nov 2008
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 3643
Good to see you back Mark.
And see from the photo, Stew is having his lunch outdoors today
22nd Sep 2022 8:29 pm
James W
Member Since: 27 Mar 2008
Location: Riyadh, KSA
Posts: 3077
Great to hear from you Mark
Very envious of all the biking you're getting in D4 XS, gone, much loved, never forgotten
2018 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography - Gone to someone with less sense and more time to enjoy it
2016 Toyota Hilux Invincible - Liberating experience
22nd Sep 2022 8:48 pm
JackNorris
Member Since: 06 Jul 2012
Location: Beds/Bucks Border
Posts: 1879
Hey Mark MY2023 Discovery 5 R-Dynamic 3.0
MY2020 Discovery 5 Landmark 3.0 - SOLD
MY2005 Discovery 3 V8 4.4 HSE - SOLD
MY2019 Discovery 5 SE 3.0 - LR Replaced !
MY2005 Discovery 3 S 2.7 - SOLD
MY2016 Discovery 4 Graphite - SOLD
MY2015 Discovery 4 SE Tech - SOLD
22nd Sep 2022 9:07 pm
GLYNNE
Member Since: 06 Oct 2006
Location: KENT
Posts: 4675
Gareth wrote:
Nope! Got a new Defender and lovin’ it !!
Click image to enlarge
Any issues hitching the caravan with the spare wheel Gareth or do you open the door
Pick my Defender 90 up tomorrow
22nd Sep 2022 9:15 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72970
nice one Mark Home of RLD Hidden winch mounts Spare wheel Locks Trailer Body Fabrication [email protected] D3/4 sump plates MY 14 sump plates and the Discovery Sport wheel protectors Discovery 5 wheel locks
more Helsport tents and other things for camping Law of Mechanical Repair:
"After your hands are coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you'll have to pee!"
23rd Sep 2022 7:33 am
astonbuilder
Member Since: 29 Sep 2006
Location: MIDLANDS
Posts: 8100
Hi Mark, welcome back to the, mostly, ex-D3 (with guest appearances by D4) forum
Haven't had a D4 since about 2013 or so
Defender 110 driver currently, but swapping for a V8 F-Type in a couple of months as a last hurrah for the big old ICE beasties
23rd Sep 2022 7:55 am
Gareth Site Moderator
Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
Posts: 26754
GLYNNE wrote:
Gareth wrote:
Nope! Got a new Defender and lovin’ it !!
Click image to enlarge
Any issues hitching the caravan with the spare wheel Gareth or do you open the door
Pick my Defender 90 up tomorrow
To be honest it is a bit of a pain. You have to have the door open to be able to lift the hitch lever up to engage the ball. Problem comes when you reverse up to the van, with the door shut, you then can’t open it enough because it hits the jockey wheel handle!
So, sequence to avoid frustration-
1 Open rear door
2 Reverse to caravan (or roll caravan to car)
3. Engage caravan with car and lock the hitch.
4. Close rear door.
5. Fully raise jockey wheel.
You will probably find that to fully open the rear door with the jockey wheel raised is not possible. I bent the winding handle down a couple of inches to get over this.
Having said all this, the lower tailgate used to get in the way of the hitch when I had D3 and 4. They are easier than Defender though. Once your accustomed you will be fine. The Defender tows amazingly well.
23rd Sep 2022 8:54 am
biskit
Member Since: 23 Dec 2009
Location: in my Mancave.
Posts: 1376
Nice to see your making the best use of your very early retirement Mark, Ent dragging you away won’t give much time to socialise with such as us I still have my Disco 3 fifteen years on. Mantec sump guard.
Prospeed tree slider/steps.
Flack duel battery system.
18"Compomotive/AT3 tyres
Brembo 4pot front brakes
Thats just not fair Stew, pasty porn on my second day back !The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything;
They just make the best of everything they have.
23rd Sep 2022 12:57 pm
James W
Member Since: 27 Mar 2008
Location: Riyadh, KSA
Posts: 3077
Gareth wrote:
GLYNNE wrote:
Gareth wrote:
Nope! Got a new Defender and lovin’ it !!
Click image to enlarge
Any issues hitching the caravan with the spare wheel Gareth or do you open the door
Pick my Defender 90 up tomorrow
To be honest it is a bit of a pain. You have to have the door open to be able to lift the hitch lever up to engage the ball. Problem comes when you reverse up to the van, with the door shut, you then can’t open it enough because it hits the jockey wheel handle!
So, sequence to avoid frustration-
1 Open rear door
2 Reverse to caravan (or roll caravan to car)
3. Engage caravan with car and lock the hitch.
4. Close rear door.
5. Fully raise jockey wheel.
You will probably find that to fully open the rear door with the jockey wheel raised is not possible. I bent the winding handle down a couple of inches to get over this.
Having said all this, the lower tailgate used to get in the way of the hitch when I had D3 and 4. They are easier than Defender though. Once your accustomed you will be fine. The Defender tows amazingly well.
Gareth
.. But I quick one... When I was going to get a 110 I investigated this and a few on the caravan forums had removed the top part of the alko stabiliser handle, apparently it screws off and you can still apply it without the top bit there, I think it might give you enough space? Acknowledging the jockey handle may still be a problem too.
Basically, the red part of the handle here:
Click image to enlarge
Anyway ...SorryD4 XS, gone, much loved, never forgotten
2018 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography - Gone to someone with less sense and more time to enjoy it
2016 Toyota Hilux Invincible - Liberating experience
23rd Sep 2022 1:10 pm
Gareth Site Moderator
Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
Posts: 26754
A flaw in that plan, mine is a BPW hitch, so can’t take it apart. 😞
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