What you that bothered about a Dart for if you've got a Discovery (sorry)

Tow Itch wrote: What you that bothered about a Dart for if you've got a Discovery (sorry)

Landrover discovery i think i read

Just shows my sense of humour, I thought it was funny too

well done mike.

yes its one of those big nasty 4X4 things and shock of all shocks it goes off road as well !!!.

I tend to work as a marshal on rallies such as Wales rally GB and the bulldog classic rally.
sleeping in the disco (4X4!) aint getting any easier, especially when you six foot three.

SO.

that's why I want a dandy dart as its small enough to put up in a forest on the side of a hill in the middle of the night.
the reason I want one that needs work doing to it, is because I will need to strengthen the chassis and suspension so it will take the stresses and strains off road.
I may even remove the old chassis and mount the camper onto an army (sankey) trailer chassis as they are built like barn doors and would give me the ground clearance I need.

this may get me drummed out the brownies but I think it would make an interesting project.
if you let me stay a brownie , I may even write about it with some pictures of my exploits.

Mounted on a sankey would be perfect

Ive seen a Dandy mounted on the back of a VW T25 pickup before il see if i can get a picture

the bloke who owned it put it up on e-blag.
it went for £75.
it ended during the day and i was at work.
I BID A POUND SHORT (BIG BUGGER!)
the A frame had been cut off so it would have been the ideal one to use .
i want an old cheep one as it would be a big shame to cut a nice new(ish) one about.

I have contacts in ex mod surplus as we do deal with them alot

Ive seen the sankey catering trailers incase we need food for a BIG dandy meet

that could come in handy , looking at a few sankeys at the moment on E-blag.

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this may get me drummed out the brownies but I think it would make an interesting project.
if you let me stay a brownie , I may even write about it with some pictures of my exploits.

Not at all we will just hire a hit man any body remember the one on ebay two or three years ago on a extended trailer so the chap could carry his quad on the same trailer,i heard it was a factory special.

Id like to see a hard dandy for off roading...Alloy chequer plate clad with rock sliders & jacked up on some big wheels

What Discovery do you have?

mike wrote:Quote

this may get me drummed out the brownies but I think it would make an interesting project.
if you let me stay a brownie , I may even write about it with some pictures of my exploits.

Not at all we will just hire a hit man any body remember the one on ebay two or three years ago on a extended trailer so the chap could carry his quad on the same trailer,i heard it was a factory special.

I remember that one Mike, he had the Dandy put on a longer trailer with a sort of mini garage in blue pvc on there too.

Is part of your desire for a Dart so that it would fit between the wheel arches on the Sankey trailer?
What is the width between the arches?
No matter what size the Dandy the beds are the same size so why limit to a Dart? Would a Delta at 4' 10 fit? Would you cut "Arches" in the Delta to make it fit?
I see a Sankey trailer is 5'6" wide. Cut and weld the top and a 5 at wheel arch height would only overlap by 2" per side.
As the Dandy will end up a bit higher I think you would end up looking at gas struts to help you lift the beds. You might even end up developing gas struts to unfold the front and rear a la Destiny?

This looks very nice

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OK. OK .

if your going to hire a hit man, don't tell the girlfriend because she'd want to insure me first.

my disco is a 300tdi jap import with only 74K on it , its only off-road use is forest tracks when doing rallies.

my offroader is a Suzuki SJ410, I built a V8 landy , sold it and bought the SJ, that was ten years ago and its still going strong.

it would depend which sankey you buy, a narrow track or a wide track as to the cutting that would need to be done.
im after a dart because its the narrowest when open so it stands a better chance when opening it up on a narrow forest track.
don't think opening it up would be to much of a problem, im 6'3" so should be able to reach.

the trailer on e-blag s no good, cant fold it up when wet and leave it.

Good point

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