My first Green Laning run

[eltax91]

Hi all, I went out for my first Green Laning run today, with a couple of chaps from a local off road club.

We did about a dozen lanes, and it was really good to start to learn when to use what gears etc. We saw some deep rutted sections, and a splash or two! You guessed it though, inexperience on my part led to this:-



Oh well, all part of the learning process. Must got my tow bar removed!!

Edited by eltax91 on Saturday 1st May 20:16

[eltax91]

Quinny said:

Great fun

Its when your in the middle of nowhere, and on your own, and somthing like that happens


Thats when you have to get creative

Yeah! I don't think I'm brave enough to go out alone, well, not proficient enough yet. I've got a mate visiting next Sat, and think I'm going to repeat the lanes! Hopefully I can find someone near Leicester to come with me or I might have to get creative.

[eltax91]

Ayahuasca said:

Have you worked out why the Disco got stuck BTW?

Yeah, see the last line of my OP. Picture here of half the tow bar, the other half being buried..... all part of the learning process.

[eltax91]

Quinny said:

To reducing the chances of getting stuck in the first place























I bought a Jeep, instead of a Land Rover

Where abouts in the country are you based Quinney?

[eltax91]

100SRV said:

Nice photo and looks like a comfortable laning car.

It is well worth learning to straddle the ruts - if you can't feel what the tyres are doing with the traction available it doesn't matter how big your tyres are you WILL get stuck.

Learn to drive what you have first before spending too much money "improving" it!

100SRV

Absolutely! After beaching in the same ruts twice I started to straddle the deeper stuff. Interesting to take a different line to others and more challenging than just letting the tyres follow the ruts to be honest.