<snip>Hey all,
Anyone wheel their 109 and take digital pix? I know Bill Rice has and look
forward to his comments. I have just gotten my 109 3-door ex-military and
want to know what real limitations I am going to experience over a 100"
Disco
or RR. I know the rear is much longer, but does the height of the 2"
military
shackle extensions amount to anything?
Planning to tow her up to the mountains in a couple of weekends. Flat tow,
that is, without front and rear prop shafts connected. By the way, anything
I
should be wary of when flat towing like this?<snip>
I wheel her, not as much as I would like but I am getting there. I do not
have any pictures but Keith Tanner, and Jim "Foo" Hall (Hi Keith and Jim)
have some shots of her from our trip to Moab.
Yes the rear overhang is a concern but if you rememer that it is there and
plan accordingly (take the dips at a diagonal instead of straight on) you
will not hit/ drap much. After I broke one tank (rear SW location, is yours
there?) the replacement had a "second skin" armor on it and I have thought
about building further protection for it. I also removed the drop ball tow
hitch that I had and put the ball back on upside down as a "low point" for
departure.
As you can see by compairing the shots of Bills vs mine hardened sills are
quite desireable (I beat mine up pretty badly in Moab last fall :( ). I
would also like to get a locker in the rear.
The only problems that I had (other than operator stupidity) was when
successive obsticles were 109" apart and I then got a wheel on each axle
spinning (this is where the locker is needed).
The longer shackles probably help and you should do parabollics if possible
to improve the travel of the wheels (that is a whole other subject there)
Why tow it? Drive it, that is why they are built that way :), the trailer
queen disease is as bad in wheeling as it is in classic cars (no offense
intended just ranting). I have never done a flat tow.
Cheers
John, Mehetabel, & Priscilla
'73 109" 6 cyl County Land Rover
'03 Mini Cooper S BRG with Checkerboard Roof
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