so.......................i finished work yesterday, picked my mate up and headed for the Shropshire/Powys border.
couldnt pass by Craven Arms without driving the 2 lanes with the river crossings.
one more ford on route to what is the most challenging lane ive ever found.
and so onto the lane that i had come for.
very overgrown at the top end.
soon we were dropping down into the woods and sliding all over the place on the wet clay.
sever side slope, 3 weeks worth of rain and clay arnt a good combination for traction.
waffles helped a bit.
for every foot forwards i was sliding 2 foot sideways towards the trees.
only one thing for it.
recovery drawer open.
needed to winch forwards down the track/hill but also sideways away from the trees and big drop.
2 snatch blocks work so well for this!
this became a common view out of the passenger window coming down this lane, trees inches some times mm off my bodywork.
and winched sideways and forwards around the tree perfectly.
all lockers engaged.
we were almost down when i slid into a tree.
by this time it was getting dark, was raining and we were both pretty tired as it was getting late.
managed to rig up another double snatch block pull to pull the truck forwards and sideways at the same time.
the original intention was to drive down the lane, and then turn around and have a go at going back up using the lockers. but it had taken us 2 hours just to get down, and the 3 weeks of constant rain had made the clay surface difficult to stand up on, let alone drive on.
will have to come back when weve got more time and light, and hopefully after weve had some dry weather.
made a start knocking the dent out of the passenger door this morning.
I thought you would change the pinion crush sleeve to a solid one while you were in there, they can be a bit of a weakness on a locking diff.
then what will you do
