PeterA
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I have not but most likely will before the next northeast winter.
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I have not but most likely will before the next northeast winter.
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No More Singing!
Removed the crossbars (Thule) and the basket (Yakima) and, behold, the high pitched whine is gone. I suspected this might be the case as I screwed up the install on the Thule bars leaving a hole on the top of the front bar. Think of it like a very large flute with air flowing over the hole at 50+ MPH. Of course I could have easily fixed it with a bit of duct tape. ;-)
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Removed the crossbars (Thule) and the basket (Yakima) and, behold, the high pitched whine is gone. I suspected this might be the case as I screwed up the install on the Thule bars leaving a hole on the top of the front bar. Think of it like a very large flute with air flowing over the hole at 50+ MPH. Of course I could have easily fixed it with a bit of duct tape. ;-)
Dan
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First definite "off road" experience today. With a group event organized and sponsored by Land Rover Denver. Included some very helpful folks from the Solihul Society (Colorado Land Rover club). Cascade Creek trail south of Idaho Spring, CO. Rocky, rocky, rocky. 15 miles of "rocky". ;-) Following are some pics from one of 4 areas where we needed some spotting.
Sporting the new Compomotives (had lots of complements) and Hankook 265/60/R18s.
Sporting the new Compomotives (had lots of complements) and Hankook 265/60/R18s.
Pics look great dan!
One word of advice, watch your sunroof being open when wheeling! A guy on my outing had his open and a tree branch decided it didn't like it very much and removed it for him.
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Ha ha! (OK, not very funny for the guy on your outing.) Thanks for the advice. Never even crossed my mind. The drive was slow going through the section with obstacles so we had our windows open as well as we were going very slow and waiting a lot.
And as all of you who have been on narrowish trails - yes, I will need some wax work this week to get out the pinstripes.
I always wheel with windows down and sunroof open but I couldn't believe it when the guy came back from the afternoon run with duck tape holding it down and they said a branch caught it at crawling speeds and pulled it off.
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Dan, the photos are awesome - it looks like your LR4 (and your driving skills) handled everything very nice. That's a bit like some of the terrain out here - lots of rocks! I am glad to hear the tires did well with no issues.
I know what you mean about pin stripes - ugh, my last day of off roading gave me some pretty good ones.
I always keep my sun roof closed as well - I've been down a few trails where there could have been issues.
Looks like you had a great day!
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Hey guys, I live in Florida and I was wondering if their was anywhere I could go off-road bear Tampa...btw I have a stock hse lux so nothing too extreme
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Hey there,
Brandon has not been on, but he is in Tampa and goes to Citrus quite often and knows a few places. Let me text him for you now.......
-David
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