Glenno's D4 on Low Range Video

[BobD]

My son has just subscribed to the "Roothy's Low Range" videos. We received number 1 yesterday. Glenno drives his D4, Roothy in Milo and another guy in a ute. Glenno's 80 Series is the camera car and a lot of the crew from 4WD Action have been poached by the looks of it.


The D4 did well, except when Glenno nearly rolled it on a very steep rock step after the front tyre popped off the bead. I think he is using black GOE wheels with Cooper tyres. Did he get the wheels from you, Gordon?


Not a bad video. A bit less extreme than 4WD Action and more historic and environmental information provided. Nothing really difficult other than the one short rock hill where Glenno had his problem. They did a tongue in cheek comparison between Milo and the D4 for a bit of a laugh.


Bob

[BobD]

I just had another look at the video and he definitely has GOE wheels and Cooper STT tyres. He also has rock sliders but I'm not sure whether they are GOE or not.


According to the DVD this was his first time off road in the D4.


When he popped the bead and after getting the car into a stable position he lifted the car using the air suspension, put a rock under the slider and lowered the suspension, which surprisingly slightly lifted the offending wheel and was enough to allow the bead to be reseated. Quite a good idea under the circumstances.


Bob

[CaptAwsm]

Saw a video of the build up that Glennos done. I like his work! Got me extra motivated for my D3!

[Bytemrk]

Saw a video of the build up that Glennos done. I like his work! Got me extra motivated for my D3!

This one....

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[CaptAwsm]

Yeah. That's the one.

[BobD]

Thanks guys. I haven't seen that video before so it was really good to have a look at what he has actually done to the car, rather than trying to guess from the video shots. Pity he hasn't caught up with GOE and seems to have got his wheels from England. At least he did find out about Graeme and Llams and probably got a Traxide dual battery kit via Mitchel Bros.


He's lucky he didn't write it off on the Low Range video and it will live for many more trips no doubt. Gleno was certainly terrified and was preparing for the big tumble down the hill when it came to rest in a very precarious position.


Bob

[justinc]

That is certainly a problem for such capable vehicles, you can go so far that you can easily get into some serious trouble. Vehicle is quite heavy, too.


Jc

[gghaggis]

They bought two sets of rims off me. I offered them a copy of our booklet, which from viewing their video they would have found useful.

Cheers,

Gordon

[BobD]

Good to hear Gordon.


He said that he had it in rock crawl but I suspect that he didn't, the way the front wheel in the air was spinning. I wonder if he set it and then shut down while stuff was being filmed and didn't reset it to rock crawl?


It would be good to send him a copy of your book so that he has better understanding of the systems and doesn't give LR a bad name! I will pay for it for him if you like, just send me an email. He seems to be genuinely trying to use the D4 properly and not bag it so there is some hope that they would be helped by your book, rather than working everything out themselves by trial and error.


Bob

[gghaggis]

Thanks Bob, but under control

Cheers,

Gordon