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Recovery position....
drmike:
If we're talking weaknesses I have always understood reverse gear to be weaker than the others and now I always make sure I am using a forward gear.
I agree with the bloke above who said if you're having to worry about breaking their towing point then don't get involved.
Mike
Xtremeteam:
--- Quote from: "Wanderer" ---Thinking about it, if you've got a Discovery then reverse would be fine under normal circumstances.
However if you've lifted it and you lose grip and slipping and suddenly regain grip the rear trailing (radius) arms can be liable to bend. They are designed with forward motion in mind and don't like abnormal foces being applied in the opposite direction.
Ask Bev Sooty and a few others.
Ed
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dont see how that could happen when pulling something backwards,that would only happen if A ur doin somethin stupid & B u give it too much beans & the wheels stops against something
Xtremeteam:
--- Quote from: "drmike" ---If we're talking weaknesses I have always understood reverse gear to be weaker than the others and now I always make sure I am using a forward gear.
I agree with the bloke above who said if you're having to worry about breaking their towing point then don't get involved.
Mike
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reverse is much softer than any of the forward gears,also if goin forwards u can use the other ratios to spin up the wheels & its easier to see where ur goin aswell
Wanderer:
--- Quote from: "V8_redline7500" ---
--- Quote from: "Wanderer" ---Thinking about it, if you've got a Discovery then reverse would be fine under normal circumstances.
However if you've lifted it and you lose grip and slipping and suddenly regain grip the rear trailing (radius) arms can be liable to bend. They are designed with forward motion in mind and don't like abnormal foces being applied in the opposite direction.
Ask Bev Sooty and a few others.
Ed
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dont see how that could happen when pulling something backwards,that would only happen if A ur doin somethin stupid & B u give it too much beans & the wheels stops against something
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Wasn't that what I said. "normal circumstances" implies abnormal circumstances would be needed.
Also slipping and sudden grip.
Beleive me it doesn't take much to bend a trailing arm when in reverse. Bev wasn't doing much more than walking pace along with sudden grip on an incline.
Ed
Xtremeteam:
only time ive EVER bent an arm was when my mate decided to strap the 90 down for me n put the starp over it,never ever done 1 even doin trials etc & done some extreme things
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