Off road question - Land Rovers Only

scotth · 03-13-2007, 09:32 PM

As I have stated in some earlier post I have no off road experience with my Rover. I have had other 4x4's in the past and have been off road with them. My question is when your tires load up with mud on a Disco how do you clean them out? The way I understand the traction control works is it will not let the tires spin to clean out the mud. This my sound like a crazy question but it was just something I thought about. My thinking could be way off and once I do take my Disco off road I may have a better understanding then.

01001010 · 03-13-2007, 09:39 PM

A lot has to do with the tread pattern on your tires and the type of mud you're driving through. Being that you're in South Carolina, I'd say you mostly see clay type terrain. Most brand name mud terrains clean out well.

rmuller · 03-13-2007, 11:02 PM

Also airing down your tires a bit allows them to clean out better.. the traction control shouldn't really affect it all too much.

p76rangie · 03-14-2007, 12:56 AM

The traction control still allows the wheels to spin, it just stops it every couple of rotations to give drive to the other wheel.

wimp · 03-14-2007, 04:04 AM

if you feel you must, you should be able to disable TC by brushing the brakes (just a bit) while applying the gas. As others have said, you shouldn't need to do this. Good tires and TC are pretty effective for shedding mud.

happy muddin'

Disco Mike · 03-14-2007, 06:06 AM

Once you get some driving time off the road, you might want to look into doing some sort of CDL hook up so you can put more traction to the ground.
Mike