Thread: Corrugations and Land Rovers, which is best

What a great post. Thank you Richard. And what a great question. People 'need' to take this stuff because they can. I suppose in Switzerland the American style of advertising may have passed you by. I hope so. It's too late for us.
As for corrugations; well, coil springs are good, but driving on the wrong side of the road is the best answer I know.

Some great photos on your site! You get around.

In a D3-D4 with full air suspension, you will be treated to a limo ride by comparison to the coil and leaf sprung vehicles. The most obvious danger, is ignoring what is going on beneath, and pushing too hard. A case of no feeling , no sense. You should still be dropping your pressures though. If you drive on corrugated roads with blacktop pressures, you had better invest in a kidney belt. ( and some new shocks )

I reckon the Disco1 was the worst, go too fast over the corrigations and the inertia switch kept tripping

Originally Posted by johntins

What a great post. Thank you Richard. And what a great question. People 'need' to take this stuff because they can. I suppose in Switzerland the American style of advertising may have passed you by. I hope so. It's too late for us.
As for corrugations; well, coil springs are good, but driving on the wrong side of the road is the best answer I know.

Thanks Johntins, not wrong had a look at the aussie 4by4 magazines, what is happening to the 4x4 movement in Australia?
I reckon it is going to result in more and more restricted areas, summer closures, closed of areas like the calvert ranges. Sad really.

As to coil springs, i agree they are a big improvement over leafs, but the biggest drawback of the Disco is the relatively short wheelbase.
Any of the Disco I users, driven a Defender 110 on heavy corrugation and chopped up sanddunes, do they ride any better?

Too short a wheelbase, relative to what? A bus? A series LR 88 is 11.9" shorter, a 109 is 9.1" longer, so its somewhere in between? Speed is the key, especially the lack of it.

Most of the roads here in PNG are in a poor state so most of the driving is off road or semi off road.




In the D2 V8, I find 85klms/hr the ideal speed and best for comfort over corrugations, The issue is looking ahead far enough to slow down when required.


Cheers, Jerry

Muski go isi, kisim 60!

In answer to the OP's original question.

Landrovers are best - corregations suck!

Ian.