Hi from the UK, this is great adventure, you don’t need posh hotels, infinity pools, fancy dining to make life great. This makes far better memories and stories. Great filming, nice LR, well put together.
Awesome vid, I just discovered your channel, probably due to my new Series 2a... Leithfield Beach is amazing... I used to live there and was constantly being asked to pull people out... But it's awesomely scenic. Anyway I'm enjoying your vids and will keep an eye out for you on the local trails. Cheers, Steve
Beautiful Landy! I miss mine, all of them. A Series 2a 88", a series 3 safari wagon 2.6 straight 6 sidevalve, and a 110 County td5. Every drive was an adventure!
Why, douglas, why... Each Landy has a soul, you must get one again.... It's a Landy thing... I've got 6 x.... Can't get rid of them, like children.. Irritate you when they in the house, miss them when they leave... 🇿🇦
Great job getting out👍 I don’t know what you were Aired down to at the end but I’ve been down to 12 psi quite comfortably on a similar wheel tire combo and it helped a lot also for the future maybe try using a shovel to make the ledge out less aggressive
Only aired down to around 18 in the muddy situation and then 14 ish in the gravel and rocked back and forth a bit in both situations to get moving. The Shovel was my next trick in the mud but was not dressed for the occasion so trying to stay as clean as possible for photos made my life a bit tricky 😂 in the gravel though recovery tracks would have worked best just to give me a slingshot start to get rolling… and get out of the low gears. Cheers for your comment!
Well done. Been in similar situations myself. Often you can rock back and forth to bounce yourself out. That sinking feeling in the stomach is never nice...but i find if you apply the brain it goes away. Funnily enough I'd say my Defender is worse for getting stuck than my 109".
That’s so interesting, although I have found the 109 to eat most obstacles for breakfast. Lowering the tyres is a must though, for comfort and capability! We did do a bit of rocking back a fourth not shown in the video but I was very concerned about digging myself in deeper while on my own so opted to improve my chances with my brain as best I could hahah. In the end rocking forward and giving it the beans was probably what got us out. Driftwood was maybe 2 percent responsible for actual traction, but mentally very helpful.
@@foldinthemap Yep, building up traction with wood or stones can help, as can lower tyre pressures as you say. With the crash gearbox on a IIA the rocking back and forth can be challenging as it needs to be done quickly, it's much easier in my Defender. On my IIA I have a further advantage of 9.00x16 tyres which improve ground clearance and approach/departure angles. Even so, sometimes the mud wins and I have to resort to my winch or a tow. There are several videos on my channel of my trucks off road if you are interested.
Here in Australia a lot of the beaches are run by the various indigenous groups and they charge a fee for access, I didn’t know that wasn’t the case in NZ.
That seems a lot more reasonable, I understand vehicle access being restricted but I’m not really onboard with allowing some and not others, it doesn’t promote unity.
Thanks a lot! I’ve been using the hero 11, good non fish eye options at decent resolution and 10bit colour makes all the difference. My setting are, high bitrate, manual white balance auto shutter and auto iso, low sharpness and flat colour. My EV comp is set to -5 in sunny conditions and +5 in cloudy… +7 if the light it really low. I usually shoot 5.3k at 30 frames with linear lens with hyper smooth auto boost on. In post I take the slog footage from my Sony a7siii and reduce the contrast and saturation of the GoPro to match that footage and I do any exposure adjustments on each clip at this stage too. A curves layer to roll off the high lights sometimes helps when the sky is getting a bit clipped. Then I colour grade them both together with my special sauce 😏 hope that makes sense, the main thing is reducing the high contrast, over saturated, over sharpened look GoPro tends to have and starting again from there. Cheers for the comment!
That’s what I want ideally but they’re hard to come by over here. If I’d had my tyres aired down to begin with I reckon it would have crawled through .. or at least back out no trouble. But that’s no fun haha. High lift Jack is on my list though for sure. I could have hand winched off that pesky bollard 😂😂😂
Hi guys avoid high lift if you can dangerous bit of kit especially on your own,seen a few diastours results, 30yrs over landing behind me,few sacks or old coats would help aswell but you got out that's the important thing and all safe you and landy,keep them coming I got your twin landy here in Ireland 🇮🇪
@@aidanring7364 yea we’ll aware they can bite back, keen to have one for changing tyres in awkward spots more then recovery. I like the simple cheap solutions, often the best! Will do cheers for watching!
Cheers, have to disagree on the need for mud tyres though, all terrains are way better in 80 percent of conditions. Mud tyres are best in the mud but worse everywhere else.
Both are good, Land Rover made amazing traction control for their later vehicles but I’m a four on the floor kinda guy. True low range and high range 4x4 all the way!
My wife and I are VERY interested in buying a LR series IIa 109 to convert into something we can live in for 2-3 weeks while exploring Europe. My only worry is the engine power to move everything I would add in the back. Can you please comment on how fast (or slow) your series II is with everything you have? Can you cruise comfortably cruise at 80km/h - 90km/h on the highway and what kind of gas mileage are you getting? Oh, and how is the noise level while driving? thank you so much! btw, do you have a video going through your LR?
Errrrmmmm short answer is, no not really, no one cruises comfortably in a series any faster than 60kmph. The whine of the gearbox and the engine/road/body noise is very loud. I don’t mind it but if you’re worried about being slow, it’s slow.. That wonderful little gearbox when you go offroad though… it takes that little tractor engine and puts a lot of torque to the ground. That’s what they’re best for. For long distance on road travel I’d go a disco 2 or maybe a Range Rover classic for the more retro feel? Td5 defender would go alright too. No not yet! Great to hear from you and thanks for your comment, it sounds like an awesome trip you have planned!
@foldinthemap Thank you for the reply! I was thinking of going crazy with sound deadening to make it quieter and try to remove the tin can sound. But it may not help too much. As for the speed, that might be an issue 🤔. By the time I import a series 2a into Portugal and factoring all the maintenance and build for the rear, it'll be around €20,000 +/-. If I want to go with a D110, i'd be looking at €30,000 +/-... The joys of living in Portugal and their crazy (and illegal) import tax scheme. But man, 60km/h is slow! Haha. 😬 but it might be worth us saving €10,000. Like they say, its the journey that counts, not the destination, right? Right? I thought about the disco 2 and RRC, but they dont have the interior space like the S3 or D110. I need to do some soul searching 🧐
All good experience and great video. What did you use to mount the camera on the roof rack at the front around the middle of the video? Was getting sea sick watching that part!
@@simonbarclay9507 the GoPro image stabilisation is unreal, makes it easy to film yourself. On the last trip o used a lot more tripod and drone shots, I’ve also been experimenting with extension arms to move the GoPro off the vehicle a bit which should make for smoother viewing in future. Definitely a tricky task getting the terrain, view and vehicle in the shot in a way that doesn’t make the trip take an eternity but we’re getting there!
I just found your channel and subscribed. Loved the video, just a suggestion, perhaps you know it by no, but still. Lower your tire pressure as soon as you know you'll be driving off road for a bit. I read you were at 35psi, that ok for highway driving, but it's too much for off road. I drive at around 25psi on dirt roads and at about 12psi on soft surfaces (mud, sand, etc) it depends on your tire size, but you could have got out no problems if you had air down. Still, as I say "every mistake, it's an opportunity to learn" all the best from Chile. PS: I'm watching from my camp site for tonight, safe travels.
Hey mate cheers for your message and thanks for subscribing! Normally I run 20-25 psi off-road dropping down to 15 in really rocky, Sandy or muddy conditions. It was pure laziness not dropping them down as we were planning a short trip to the beach, I expected the access to be easy but there had been a lot of flooding which made it boggy. It was a fun day out exploring and we were prepared enough but also didn’t expect to get stuck! Being on our own definitely made it feel more challenging as with a support vehicle this would have been a 2 minute recovery tops.
@@foldinthemap Oh yeah I completely agree, being on your own is something totally different. And also I've been in that situation of planning a short trip thinking "no need to air down" and then getting bogged XD. But if you're not getting stuck you're not exploring. A block from where I live on Tuesdays there's a farmers market, and there's this guy (late 60's) who drives a blue Land Rover, He sells books, and this yesterday I was talking to him, it turns out that Land Rover was his father and he got it as a gift from his father about 30 years ago.
These tyres are plenty aggressive enough… driving in there at 35PSI wasn’t super smart though, running lower PSI makes a lot more of a difference then a different tread pattern imho. I’ve seen plenty of mates with aggressive mud tyres just dig deeper holes.
They’re all terrains mate. I guess leaving negative comments on TH-cam is another way of getting attention. Congrats on getting ten seconds of mine I hope it keeps you warm tonight.
@@foldinthemap haha you sensitive personality sorry i hurt your soft spot. Get on with your life in a normal way. Everthing must be perfect on youtube but thats bs and btw all terrains are sheit in most conditions. Good day.
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Unless the mud is up to the dash you’re never bogged in a Land Rover.
Not for long any way! She certainly keeps up with the modern defenders and takes a beating without complaint.
@@foldinthemap The new Pretender though is mall-crawler, as soft as a soccer player, and held together with plastic pop studs. It’s a joke.
@@seanlander9321 I refuse to acknowledge the new pretender as a contender at all.
the final spot was lovely, that top tide-piled round gravel is soft as...
Yes! Haha a trap for young players that’s for sure. Not the first time it’s got me and won’t be the last.
Hi from the UK, this is great adventure, you don’t need posh hotels, infinity pools, fancy dining to make life great. This makes far better memories and stories. Great filming, nice LR, well put together.
Thanks for watching and hello from New Zealand! Agreed and thanks for the kind words!!
Mate, that was the laugh I needed tonight. Sorry it was at your expense. Great video and adventure!
haha no worries my man that's what I'm here for! Cheers for the support!
Nice ride👍 and a beautyfull scenery👍
Cheers legend!
You said you're inexperienced... I say, you are learning the most amazing way possible, using your 109 and loving it.
That engine sounds awesome! Btw
Cheers! Couldn’t agree more, always learning, always enjoying the ride 🙏🏼🤙🏼
:...has the turning circle of a small moon." 😂
truth of the matter haha!
Awesome vid, I just discovered your channel, probably due to my new Series 2a... Leithfield Beach is amazing... I used to live there and was constantly being asked to pull people out... But it's awesomely scenic. Anyway I'm enjoying your vids and will keep an eye out for you on the local trails. Cheers, Steve
Nice one Steve! Cheers for watching. Yes a very pretty spot indeed. Looks very approachable but lots of spots to get stuck haha. Cya out there!
Beautiful Landy! I miss mine, all of them. A Series 2a 88", a series 3 safari wagon 2.6 straight 6 sidevalve, and a 110 County td5. Every drive was an adventure!
That's the truth right there, I'm sure if I ever sell I'll miss the damn thing like hell!
Why, douglas, why... Each Landy has a soul, you must get one again.... It's a Landy thing... I've got 6 x.... Can't get rid of them, like children.. Irritate you when they in the house, miss them when they leave... 🇿🇦
Great vlog, looks like an adventures day!
Love your content 😊
Love your work mate 😉♥
Dude😂 maybe a handwinch, high lift😮
Really nice video, thank you from roving tracks ❤
Cheers! Appreciate it 🖤🖤🖤
Great video. The colours as the sunset were mint. Agree, recovery tracks are the best bang for buck bit of kit to buy.
Thanks mate! Yea didn’t expect the pink sunset so that was a bit of a treat!
Makes for an interesting video, but don’t you just hate it when that happens?!
Glad your out and the buggy is safe!
Cheers.👍
That’s what I was thinking at the time as I begrudgingly picked up the camera 😂 not sure how much of a drama it was all going to be.
Liking the photography. Tip: deflate the tire onto the recovery board/wood/etc. It'll give you a few more easy inches
Ah nice one, yea I'll give that a try when this inevitably happens again haha. Cheers!
Great job getting out👍 I don’t know what you were Aired down to at the end but I’ve been down to 12 psi quite comfortably on a similar wheel tire combo and it helped a lot also for the future maybe try using a shovel to make the ledge out less aggressive
Only aired down to around 18 in the muddy situation and then 14 ish in the gravel and rocked back and forth a bit in both situations to get moving. The Shovel was my next trick in the mud but was not dressed for the occasion so trying to stay as clean as possible for photos made my life a bit tricky 😂 in the gravel though recovery tracks would have worked best just to give me a slingshot start to get rolling… and get out of the low gears. Cheers for your comment!
Well done. Been in similar situations myself. Often you can rock back and forth to bounce yourself out. That sinking feeling in the stomach is never nice...but i find if you apply the brain it goes away. Funnily enough I'd say my Defender is worse for getting stuck than my 109".
That’s so interesting, although I have found the 109 to eat most obstacles for breakfast. Lowering the tyres is a must though, for comfort and capability! We did do a bit of rocking back a fourth not shown in the video but I was very concerned about digging myself in deeper while on my own so opted to improve my chances with my brain as best I could hahah. In the end rocking forward and giving it the beans was probably what got us out. Driftwood was maybe 2 percent responsible for actual traction, but mentally very helpful.
@@foldinthemap Yep, building up traction with wood or stones can help, as can lower tyre pressures as you say. With the crash gearbox on a IIA the rocking back and forth can be challenging as it needs to be done quickly, it's much easier in my Defender. On my IIA I have a further advantage of 9.00x16 tyres which improve ground clearance and approach/departure angles. Even so, sometimes the mud wins and I have to resort to my winch or a tow. There are several videos on my channel of my trucks off road if you are interested.
Here in Australia a lot of the beaches are run by the various indigenous groups and they charge a fee for access, I didn’t know that wasn’t the case in NZ.
That seems a lot more reasonable, I understand vehicle access being restricted but I’m not really onboard with allowing some and not others, it doesn’t promote unity.
love how things go and you able to get out of situations. soon you will be calling that ëxperience".
Yep all part of the process! Cheers for the encouragement.
Would love to know about your gopro settings and the way you colorgrade your gopro stuff? looks flawless
Thanks a lot! I’ve been using the hero 11, good non fish eye options at decent resolution and 10bit colour makes all the difference. My setting are, high bitrate, manual white balance auto shutter and auto iso, low sharpness and flat colour. My EV comp is set to -5 in sunny conditions and +5 in cloudy… +7 if the light it really low. I usually shoot 5.3k at 30 frames with linear lens with hyper smooth auto boost on. In post I take the slog footage from my Sony a7siii and reduce the contrast and saturation of the GoPro to match that footage and I do any exposure adjustments on each clip at this stage too. A curves layer to roll off the high lights sometimes helps when the sky is getting a bit clipped. Then I colour grade them both together with my special sauce 😏 hope that makes sense, the main thing is reducing the high contrast, over saturated, over sharpened look GoPro tends to have and starting again from there. Cheers for the comment!
You might be able to get a set of aluminium boards. Prob look more classic for old landy
That’s what I want ideally but they’re hard to come by over here. If I’d had my tyres aired down to begin with I reckon it would have crawled through .. or at least back out no trouble. But that’s no fun haha. High lift Jack is on my list though for sure. I could have hand winched off that pesky bollard 😂😂😂
Hi guys avoid high lift if you can dangerous bit of kit especially on your own,seen a few diastours results, 30yrs over landing behind me,few sacks or old coats would help aswell but you got out that's the important thing and all safe you and landy,keep them coming I got your twin landy here in Ireland 🇮🇪
@@aidanring7364 yea we’ll aware they can bite back, keen to have one for changing tyres in awkward spots more then recovery. I like the simple cheap solutions, often the best! Will do cheers for watching!
You need a winch. That’s why someone put the post there.
So thoughtful of them if you think about it!
Hola, muy buen video. Pero tienen que usar cubiertas para barro
Cheers, have to disagree on the need for mud tyres though, all terrains are way better in 80 percent of conditions. Mud tyres are best in the mud but worse everywhere else.
Another great trip, where abouts in NZ were you? Best regards from a Kiwi lad living in Melbourne 👍👍👍👍
Thanks mate! This is just north of Christchurch on the coast between the Kowai & Ashley rivers.
Is better Quadra drive 2 or terrain response system
Both are good, Land Rover made amazing traction control for their later vehicles but I’m a four on the floor kinda guy. True low range and high range 4x4 all the way!
My wife and I are VERY interested in buying a LR series IIa 109 to convert into something we can live in for 2-3 weeks while exploring Europe. My only worry is the engine power to move everything I would add in the back.
Can you please comment on how fast (or slow) your series II is with everything you have? Can you cruise comfortably cruise at 80km/h - 90km/h on the highway and what kind of gas mileage are you getting? Oh, and how is the noise level while driving?
thank you so much! btw, do you have a video going through your LR?
Errrrmmmm short answer is, no not really, no one cruises comfortably in a series any faster than 60kmph. The whine of the gearbox and the engine/road/body noise is very loud. I don’t mind it but if you’re worried about being slow, it’s slow.. That wonderful little gearbox when you go offroad though… it takes that little tractor engine and puts a lot of torque to the ground. That’s what they’re best for. For long distance on road travel I’d go a disco 2 or maybe a Range Rover classic for the more retro feel? Td5 defender would go alright too. No not yet! Great to hear from you and thanks for your comment, it sounds like an awesome trip you have planned!
@foldinthemap Thank you for the reply!
I was thinking of going crazy with sound deadening to make it quieter and try to remove the tin can sound. But it may not help too much.
As for the speed, that might be an issue 🤔. By the time I import a series 2a into Portugal and factoring all the maintenance and build for the rear, it'll be around €20,000 +/-. If I want to go with a D110, i'd be looking at €30,000 +/-... The joys of living in Portugal and their crazy (and illegal) import tax scheme.
But man, 60km/h is slow! Haha. 😬 but it might be worth us saving €10,000. Like they say, its the journey that counts, not the destination, right? Right?
I thought about the disco 2 and RRC, but they dont have the interior space like the S3 or D110.
I need to do some soul searching 🧐
That's definitely not a "white jeans" situation!
No sir! 😂
All good experience and great video. What did you use to mount the camera on the roof rack at the front around the middle of the video? Was getting sea sick watching that part!
Cheers! GoPro stuck straight on the roof, maybe not for everyone!
Should include a car sickness warning haha
@@foldinthemap indeed, I thought it was in some sort of gimbal :-)
@@simonbarclay9507 the GoPro image stabilisation is unreal, makes it easy to film yourself. On the last trip o used a lot more tripod and drone shots, I’ve also been experimenting with extension arms to move the GoPro off the vehicle a bit which should make for smoother viewing in future. Definitely a tricky task getting the terrain, view and vehicle in the shot in a way that doesn’t make the trip take an eternity but we’re getting there!
@@foldinthemap well the end result so far is great
I just found your channel and subscribed. Loved the video, just a suggestion, perhaps you know it by no, but still. Lower your tire pressure as soon as you know you'll be driving off road for a bit. I read you were at 35psi, that ok for highway driving, but it's too much for off road. I drive at around 25psi on dirt roads and at about 12psi on soft surfaces (mud, sand, etc) it depends on your tire size, but you could have got out no problems if you had air down.
Still, as I say "every mistake, it's an opportunity to learn" all the best from Chile.
PS: I'm watching from my camp site for tonight, safe travels.
Hey mate cheers for your message and thanks for subscribing! Normally I run 20-25 psi off-road dropping down to 15 in really rocky, Sandy or muddy conditions. It was pure laziness not dropping them down as we were planning a short trip to the beach, I expected the access to be easy but there had been a lot of flooding which made it boggy. It was a fun day out exploring and we were prepared enough but also didn’t expect to get stuck! Being on our own definitely made it feel more challenging as with a support vehicle this would have been a 2 minute recovery tops.
@@foldinthemap Oh yeah I completely agree, being on your own is something totally different. And also I've been in that situation of planning a short trip thinking "no need to air down" and then getting bogged XD. But if you're not getting stuck you're not exploring.
A block from where I live on Tuesdays there's a farmers market, and there's this guy (late 60's) who drives a blue Land Rover, He sells books, and this yesterday I was talking to him, it turns out that Land Rover was his father and he got it as a gift from his father about 30 years ago.
That front "BBQ" grille is worth nearly as much as the vehicle!
Hahaha yep!
Maybe time to get a more aggressive tire?
These tyres are plenty aggressive enough… driving in there at 35PSI wasn’t super smart though, running lower PSI makes a lot more of a difference then a different tread pattern imho. I’ve seen plenty of mates with aggressive mud tyres just dig deeper holes.
Wow exciting getting stuck in an old Landy on road tires and film it for so long. What people do to get attention on youtube.
They’re all terrains mate. I guess leaving negative comments on TH-cam is another way of getting attention. Congrats on getting ten seconds of mine I hope it keeps you warm tonight.
@@foldinthemap haha you sensitive personality sorry i hurt your soft spot. Get on with your life in a normal way. Everthing must be perfect on youtube but thats bs and btw all terrains are sheit in most conditions. Good day.