TheSixAppealWheelGroup

If you have sent a message via FORMS........

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 08:20:00 +0000

I have just got an internet connections after a move so I will plough through the 25 so of messages asap. I will reply even if too late! Apologies...

British 6x6 to be Stars !

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 08:05:00 +0000

Received this from Hughie:

Hi.

Portalrover are delighted to announce that we have been asked to supply the 6x6 Landrovers for the new 'Expendables 2' movie.

This is at the request of Bruce Willis.

We will supply 6 vehicles - 4 110 4x4, and 2 6x6 custom built.

They are being shipped to the studio in Bulgaria where the movie starts shooting in September.

The vehicles are all tuned Td5.

It's nice to know that british vehicles are being used as the stars in an all action block-buster !

Hughie. www.portalrover.co.uk

Well Done & Congratulations

Walter's on the Move

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:35:00 +0000

Just in case anybody had noticed that Walt had gone a bit quiet lately there is no need to worry. He is in the middle of a house (flat) move. He is not yet connected to the internet at his new luxury apartment and to compound the problem his mobile 'phone has been stolen or lost.

He has asked me to inform you all that he hopes to be fully linked up again early in August and wil be back on line asap.

'Uncle Gids' Memorial Marathons

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:13:00 +0000

Glenn Boorer posted on your Wall

Hi walt Hope you're well. Apologies if rude for asking but I am running 2 marathons in gids honour and putting all money raised to the martletts where he passed. If you or anyone u know that knew him from the sixappeal please pass on my fundraising details www.justgiving.com/uncgiddy.

Thanks walt

Glenn - Gids Nephew.

Land Rover Monthly 'Club of the Month' July 2011

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 08:40:00 +0000

The group is 'Club of the Month' in the LRM July issue also great feature on Tac-T by Paul Hazell...

Membership has reached 200 !!

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:38:00 +0000

I am pleased to tell you all that membership of the new group has topped 200... keep on TACring!!!

Gideon 'Gids' Watt - To All Members of the Group

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 23:07:00 +0000

I am sorry to have to inform you all that Gideon is in the final stages of cancer.

If any one wishes to know more please contact me on facebook messenger or at wickedwatt@googlemail.com.

John Scott Watt.

I came upon this tonight and have sent a message to John.

Six Appeal?

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 10:48:00 +0000

Found this old post on the Land rover forum(2008 )

"On level ground, all six wheels have an even contact pressure.. But on any uneven ground, without compensation for the rear bogey, any one of the rear axels could be carrying more weight than the other.. If your going to make an effective 6x4 you must design a rear suspension that will spread the weight evenly between all the rear axels over all surfaces. Great examples of this are with the Sammell 6x6 which uses a rocking beam between the rear axels, giving full compensation. No one axel carries any more weight than the other.. Plus without this you can easily overload the axels.

On the Range rover 6x4 fire tender, that extra ''dolly axel'' is dead. In an off road situation Ive watched, a fully loaded range rover fire tender got stuck crossing a ditch between the road and a field.. Seeing just one front wheel spinning in the grass while the middle wheels spun helplessly in the air looked shameful. 6 wheels and none of them could drive. If only they'd fully compensated the rear axels and not simply added another coil sprung axel it would have worked.

So it stopped because once the front wheels crossed the ditch, as soon as the middle wheels reached the hollow and of the ground this left all the weight on the undriven axel. If the rear bogey was properly compensated then the weight would have been shared evenly between the rear axels..

Thats why compensation is vital if your extra axel isnt to become a plow".

This happened to me on some very loose soft ground before I knew anything about the Range Rover 6x4.Because of a slope the middle wheels were spinning so were the front ones. The rear wheels just supported the front spinners! We had to reveres back down the track to get out of this situation. Even Difflock made no difference.

Just thought it would be of interest to members.