As a disco 2 owner this is not a problem cause all the horn buttons brake and pop out lmao

Nah got a d1 dont have that trouble

i agree 100% lmao

So True

Cheers mate! Mt Disappointment has the kind of tracks your into. Not to dissimilar to Lithgow. If you come down South you might want to look at Cobaw as an option as well. Some good ones out there as well.

Hobart Neville , True, he has also driven that hill before. That area is his backyard. And not forgetting it is the most capable vehicle with twin lockers vs one in the ranger and none in the Disco. Have a great day :)

knowing the trail is HUGE. i would try my "home track" in any amount of snow or vehicle. hell- i took my 74 vw bus up there (~50% in snow) and my sportster (~30% complete). on the flip- NOT knowing a trail is just as huge.

B Roll Offroad pretty much most of the tracks I do is new to me as I'm constantly exploring new areas that I havnt been to before. I have to drive a good few hours to get there but we are pretty spoilt for choice here in Victoria. Sounds like you have alot of good stuff up there where your from. 👍

that's awesome, keep exploring! and yes, Colorado is amazing. so many trails, all free, no check in, no fees or permits, just turn off the highway and drive up a mountain. started this channel late in the season which has cut me off from pretty much all of the cool ones. they either have too much snow or seasonal closure for animal migration. can't wait for this summer. have fun and keep posting them, i'll keep watching them.

Ranger needs some lockers in the front

so is the ranger 2.3 to be exact

@@lindapigram6521 the ranger has more space between the R and Front and also a good tyres than the disco , otherwise the disco is very capable with a cdl

my thought

he didn't stay up it long enough to let TC do its thing

@@ThCrunch exactly. the TC would have figured it out in 1.2seconds longer

@@ThCrunch Ford driver too, just need to give it more mayo and the TC will get you out of it.

Cchange4us it stalled when it lifted the wheels and would of lost brake booster pressure when the brakes where released to prevent it from rolling over backwards which is why it would of had next to no brakes and rolled down the hill so fast

well i dont want to harp on here because there is nothing worse than an armchair expert, however i stated that he should work on vehicle control.. as the disco became out of control. There are procedures to re-gain control of a stalled vehicle on hills.. been there done that. I drive a 2004 v8 manual disco.

There were plenty of mistakes made by the disco driver and myself in the Ranger. To make matters more difficult we were practically blinded by the sun also. Fortunately we all made it up ok and learned a lot. Thanks for watching and commenting !

Cchange4us Its a lot steeper then it looks if you drive a disco find a hill thats steep enough to have the rubber mats fall out of the dash and then you'll know how steep this hill is. As the front lifted the throttle was released to stop if from rolling over backwards but the downside is that all braking was lost (no brake booster pressure try stopping a 2000kg diso with no brake booster it won't happen) selecting reverse gear while rolling backwards wouldn't of happened cause its not a synchronised gear and pulling the hand brake at speed risked rolling it. you don't have to many options on a hill this steep the disco was taking on a hill it wasn't capable of doing and there a risks when doing so but its about the only track it hasn't been able to do

CDL is just standard 4 wheel drive out of awd and it could very well have it. Their main problem is it needs lockers

The Jeep comes with Factory lockers it just makes better off-roading vehicles and I'm a Land Rover owner LOL

michel dieuze thanks 😃

Springer spaniel cheers mate 👍

ANDRES ANDRES thanks 👍

Sure was. Cheers 👍

Sam Kelly I never noticed that until you pointed it out. yeah I would have imagined he was in low without a doubt. I was the guy that said winch. You have good attention to detail lol. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

Yea i heard that too. I was wondering seriously? If he wasn’t in low he obviously has no experience and shouldn’t be on tracks like that. I like how civilised you are on all your comments. Nice and honest with no chest puffed out. Some of the disco fans commenting are embarrassing. Not the car. I love my D1.

Alex Patea , cheers for the comments. I have rear diff lock in the ranger and a front diff lock is something I want to install in the future.

Piotr Sulej it was definately white knuckled and not all the cars attempted it. Thanks for watching and leaving feedback

This is what I was thinking. He could have disengaged his sway bars as well

He made everything look easy. Time for you to bring your Ranger out mate. Ranger meetup in November @ High Country.

Marc Greenaway it’s steep, really steep. Wouldnt attempt it without at least one locker.

@@michaeltoomer4090 Did he have his center diff locked up?

SunflowerArcher yes he did. He did it manually with a spanner under the car.

@@michaeltoomer4090 Cheers! I have since read too that if its not a 2004 that you have to also clip a wire on the traction control computer to keep the traction control on with center diff locked. Either way it was a valiant effort! Glad he kept his rig in one piece. Can't imagine the pucker factor on that backwards bounce fest.

@Bushmaster88 '03 & '04 brought cdl back. All Disco 2's have cdl but the '99-'02 had no way to engage it without doing a mod

@@sicsempertyrannis9024 not all d2's actualy had cdl fitted some 2002 and 2003 models never had the internals fitted. the only way to tell wich ones do have it in the box is to crawl underneath and look at the transfer case.

@@dazad1972 Just curious, is that just a limited number of '02/'03s?

​@@sicsempertyrannis9024 when i bought mine i was advised to get under and check the transfer case if i was going to re-fit a cdl and i did come across a couple of motors without cdl. as to how manyare out there i just dont know.

@@dazad1972 Yeah I have a 2000 and I eventually want to add the shift linkage mod to be able to engage the cdl. I was unaware of the ones you mentioned without it but it's good to know for general reference purposes in case I run into someone that may have one of those. So does yours have a cdl and if so have you fitted the mod to engage?

The center one is for the axle lmao

No, he has Traction control only, we can even fell the power being stopped by it when a wheel start flying

He has traction control and I believe he had centre diff lock also. But not sure how effective they are.. thanks for watching and commenting!

Michael Toomer what year is that disco, i have a 2004 and i lock up my diff all wheels drive off the ground or not. I think his may just be AwD with traction control high/low range.

davidisdivad , Just checked his profile and can confirm it is a 1999 Disco. I remember him crawling under the car with a spanner to activate. Also checked google which says early disco 2 models up to March 2001 has centre diff lock at the transfer case but no in cab controls as it was being phased out. Perhaps it’s not working properly in his car? www.discovery2.co.uk/diff_lock.html

He'll have Traction Control and centre diff lock however it looked like the TC wasn't kicking in. Either an issue with the truck or he let off before it kicked in.

The pre facelift (upto arpund 2001) came with CDL fitted, just didnt have the linkage for it connected to the handle. The linkage from a D1 fits. They only had it removed from the transfer box 2002-2003 and reinstated in 2004 with an updated SLABS module so the traction control worked at the same time as the CDL being engaged (on the earlier ones if you engaged CDL with the engine running it would disengage the traction control)

Peter Moore , not sure what his tyre pressure was. I myself was running between 18-20 psi. I would go down lower if necessary but without beadlocker’s run the risk of rolling the tyre of the bead which has happened to me before. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Michael, I'd run something similar but would go lower if required. In snow you're running as low as 15 sometimes with worrying about the bead, as long as you're smooth.

Peter Moore k

fukthegoog sounds like your mate bought a lemon spent money in the wrong places and grew a lemon tree....

Read the description. Disco has open diffs. Lockers make a huge difference. He almost made it up in unlocked diffs. Personally I wouldn’t even have tried.

fausto80 that disco should have walked right up that... with a competent operator