Super fun trail!! Love the old square body with a proper manual trans! I ran it on Friday in my 1958 Land Rover (Stealty iron block LS swapped) With my pals in the old Willys Jeeps, all of us on small bias ply tires. We had a total blast climbing these walls/ledges! Nice video, and yes, it's also a new favorite of mine.
I saw your videos with Grandpas Jeep! Your Land Rover is AWSOME! The way you guys drive those things is amazing! It's good to still see leaf springs in action. Thanks for watching!
Yes! don't loose faith in old school leaf springs. If you run into problems with chronic hop, they can be tuned to eliminate it under most conditions. Remember, any vehicle can be induced to hop under certain conditions, even linked buggys. I have another old Land Rover long wheelbase pickup on Chevy 52" springs up front, 64" out back, which I run both 37 and 40 inch tires on. With a healthy rectangle port 6.0 LS and a granny four speed. I sometimes have to heat up the Maxxis Creepys, and it does not have hop issues. It absolutely roasts the tires whenever I feel like it. I do not have or need a traction bar setup. My rigs have a lot of nose weight bias, which really helps keep the front suspension from unloading on the big walls / ledges. lots of subtle, sneaky old guy things really help. Leaf springs aren't the best suspension, but don't underestimate their potential in a non go fast non competition rig.@@saltysteelgarage5585
sounds like your addiction to Land Rovers is as bad as my addiction to square body Chevy's and GMC's! I'd like to see the pickup. Not sure I've ever seen a Land Rover pickup. @@timmcooper294
Yea, it's pretty bad, got hooked as a kid back in the mid 1970's living in Alaska. My dad had a friend with a (late model at that time) mid 1960's Land Rover 109 pickup diesel, with a big PTO winch on it. I loved riding around in the back of that truck. Then, in the 1980's, I got my own and really got the sickness, started swapping Chevy small blocks into them. My current series IIA 109 pickup is sprung over on the same excellent spring combo your running, and I kept the original heavy duty optioned Eaton front and rear axles that the truck came with....Yes, Tons from the factory !! Similar to the Eaton HO72, I was able to put GM 14 bolt Detroits in them and I love that setup !! Been thru a bunch of engines in that truck, right now it's waiting for another one, got a blown up 6.0 LS in it....... Should be fixed later this spring. Gotta take it to Sand Hollow soon !! @@saltysteelgarage5585
Great footage! Thanks for sharing. Now I need to go back and “throttle assault” a few obstacles.
For sure!
Super fun trail!! Love the old square body with a proper manual trans! I ran it on Friday in my 1958 Land Rover (Stealty iron block LS swapped) With my pals in the old Willys Jeeps, all of us on small bias ply tires. We had a total blast climbing these walls/ledges! Nice video, and yes, it's also a new favorite of mine.
I saw your videos with Grandpas Jeep! Your Land Rover is AWSOME! The way you guys drive those things is amazing! It's good to still see leaf springs in action. Thanks for watching!
Yes! don't loose faith in old school leaf springs. If you run into problems with chronic hop, they can be tuned to eliminate it under most conditions. Remember, any vehicle can be induced to hop under certain conditions, even linked buggys. I have another old Land Rover long wheelbase pickup on Chevy 52" springs up front, 64" out back, which I run both 37 and 40 inch tires on. With a healthy rectangle port 6.0 LS and a granny four speed. I sometimes have to heat up the Maxxis Creepys, and it does not have hop issues. It absolutely roasts the tires whenever I feel like it. I do not have or need a traction bar setup. My rigs have a lot of nose weight bias, which really helps keep the front suspension from unloading on the big walls / ledges. lots of subtle, sneaky old guy things really help. Leaf springs aren't the best suspension, but don't underestimate their potential in a non go fast non competition rig.@@saltysteelgarage5585
sounds like your addiction to Land Rovers is as bad as my addiction to square body Chevy's and GMC's! I'd like to see the pickup. Not sure I've ever seen a Land Rover pickup. @@timmcooper294
Yea, it's pretty bad, got hooked as a kid back in the mid 1970's living in Alaska. My dad had a friend with a (late model at that time) mid 1960's Land Rover 109 pickup diesel, with a big PTO winch on it. I loved riding around in the back of that truck. Then, in the 1980's, I got my own and really got the sickness, started swapping Chevy small blocks into them.
My current series IIA 109 pickup is sprung over on the same excellent spring combo your running, and I kept the original heavy duty optioned Eaton front and rear axles that the truck came with....Yes, Tons from the factory !! Similar to the Eaton HO72, I was able to put GM 14 bolt Detroits in them and I love that setup !! Been thru a bunch of engines in that truck, right now it's waiting for another one, got a blown up 6.0 LS in it....... Should be fixed later this spring. Gotta take it to Sand Hollow soon !! @@saltysteelgarage5585