Best car for 2 mile track with 40% gradients, rocky surface?

Best car for 2 mile track with 40% gradients, rocky surface?

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BroadsRS6

Original Poster:

785 posts

39 months

Tuesday 22nd June 2021
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We've got the chance of a wee cottage on the isle of Skye for silly cheap money BUT the 2 mile access road has rocks and stones 1 inch to 2 feet across and 1 in 2.5 gradients. Land Rover short wheelbase seems the logical choice maybe about 10 years old but can anyone suggest anything else which may be ok? It's narrow too.
Thanks.

BroadsRS6

Original Poster:

785 posts

39 months

Tuesday 22nd June 2021
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Haltamer

2,455 posts

80 months

Tuesday 22nd June 2021
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Hmm, How about a grader? laugh

Andeh1

7,110 posts

206 months

Tuesday 22nd June 2021
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Cheap hilux & a lift kit!

shih tzu faced

2,597 posts

49 months

Tuesday 22nd June 2021
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c. 10 year old Fiat Panda 4x4.

Tiny, fun and very capable.

alorotom

11,939 posts

187 months

Tuesday 22nd June 2021
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Donkey and a waterproof poncho

Earthdweller

13,545 posts

126 months

Tuesday 22nd June 2021
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So that’s why it’s cheap

scratchchin

BroadsRS6

Original Poster:

785 posts

39 months

Tuesday 22nd June 2021
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One of the reasons it's cheap. But 40 grand for a detached 3 bedroom cottage and half an acre of land sounds good to me. No mains electric or gas. Brilliant location for walking and fishing and relaxing. Stunning scenery too.
Not sure a Fiat Panda's tyres would cope or if the engine would tackle 40 % inclines?

BroadsRS6

Original Poster:

785 posts

39 months

Tuesday 22nd June 2021
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Jeep 4.0 litre 6 cylinder. Are they good?

Edited by BroadsRS6 on Tuesday 22 June 20:47

Prinny

1,669 posts

99 months

Tuesday 22nd June 2021
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This should be all about want not need. Get a Sherp.

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=...

Go on - you’ll love it. smile

braddo

10,464 posts

188 months

Tuesday 22nd June 2021
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Tailor made for an old Jimny, Shirley.

Rsdop

458 posts

117 months

Tuesday 22nd June 2021
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Previous shape Suzuki Jimny, possibly with a lift kit!

Pistonheader101

2,206 posts

107 months

Tuesday 22nd June 2021
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Something like a Skoda yeti

Sensibleboy

1,143 posts

125 months

Tuesday 22nd June 2021
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Helicopter.

Alex Z

1,115 posts

76 months

Tuesday 22nd June 2021
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You clearly won’t be allowed to tarmac it, but what restrictions are there on getting the worst of the debris pummelled flat to make it more driveable?

eltax91

9,872 posts

206 months

Tuesday 22nd June 2021
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Jimny. Just because anything in a 90” wheelbase from Land Rover is going to be stupid money.

Desiderata

2,381 posts

54 months

Tuesday 22nd June 2021
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You don't want anything road going for that, just buy anything that's cheap, proper 4x4 with a low ratio, proper off road tyres, and leave it parked at the bottom/ top of the road as appropriate and swap to a road car when you get to it.

SkodaIan

714 posts

85 months

Tuesday 22nd June 2021
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Best option would be to park up at the bottom and use a quad bike or off road motorbike to go up and down the track. To get up that in all weathers you need something light.
If anything of any size needs to be moved in and out of the house you'd need a tractor.

Yacht Broker

3,158 posts

267 months

Tuesday 22nd June 2021
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For starters, pay a couple of guys with a hydraulic jack hammer to work their way up the track making some of those bigger rocks much smaller. You might not be able to resurface it, but what's to stop you playing around with what is already there :-)

Yacht Broker

3,158 posts

267 months

Tuesday 22nd June 2021
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Oh and if you don't buy it, PM me the details and I might have a crack at it. Wouldn't mind a bolt hole in that part of the world.