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First time off road?

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Range Rover Blues:
There's a question.

I have a 2metre, 3 metre and 9 metre.  Probably best to start with a 9, it can be doubled-up to a 4.5 that way (the longest you can legaly use as a tow-rope IIRC).

You don't always want to be too close either.

But as for what to buy first :-k

I'd say a couple of pints at your local pub meet.  Get to know your local crowd and ask about modifications, essential kit etc.

The most important thing to have on your first trip is some mates (and I don't mean profelactics).

Matt.t.:
lol, yeh i will bring a mate or 2 with me,

V8MoneyPit:
One thing nobody has mentioned yet is recovery points. Assuming you get stuck (everyone does!), you need 'proper' recovery points. Not the silly little tie down rings, but jate rings or similar directly mounted to the chassis. There are some huge forces generated extracting a 2 ton vehicle from 2 feet of gloopy mud!

Do Tixover operate a vehicle check on entry? If they do, they'll almost certainly insist on proper recovery points. This may just mean a tow bar. But worth looking into.

littlepow:
Disco 2 front recovery point is a proper jobby, not a silly flimsy tie down thingy you get on defenders.

Matt.t.:
just looked out my office window, footloose 4x4 specialists over the road! lol

cool i was looking at recovery points, it has a tow bar

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