Have just been towed off a flat grass field after getting stuck (again). I've tried rubber mats and products designed for the job but with no luck. The biggest problem seems to be the differential on the front wheels and the transfer of all the power to the wheel that is already spinning. Any ideas about how to overcome this - bearing in mind I don't plan to get stuck in the mud so probably won't have prepared in advance! Can you lock the diff on a ducato?
Try plastic bread baskets cut the sides off and join 3 together with plastic ties works wonderfull. You can find them at mobile burger vans as they don't return them.
A cheap fix......Get two bread trays cut off the sides leaving just the base, park your van on these it makes a great grippy pad & spreads the load when parked..or cut 1 tray down it's length you now have 2 tracks ( easy to store in locker ), wedge them down into the rut & the wheels should grip & pull it's self out
I can recall there being a firm some years ago(I'm talking of mid 80s !),who did a limited slip diff or a lock diff conversion for the ducato/talbot express of the time.I can't fully recall the name tho'..something like Quaffe./.Quffe /Quaff?
I've no idea if they'd be still going..but a should assume someone somewhere does conversion.
It won't be long before someone comes along and tells you to.. park on mats/lower tyre pressures/use sandboards etc..
...but you shouldn't really need to faff about that much,just to pull off a level pitch should you..
At CC sites you can always get a tow by the wardens little tractor, not sure what the coachbuilts are like on the ducato but our Hymer A class is def light over the front, but by moving slow I have always managed to get off a pitch
i blame this new fad of making everything front wheel drive ,our old camper was rear wheeled drive and we even pulled modern ones off muddy fields
we had 3 plastic mats chained together each side and parked on the last one with two in front of the wheel worked every time.
we saw mats flying everywhere on front wheel versions ,a heavy left foot doesn't help some people think they can dig their way out with their wheels
most (but not all) real campsites have pretty good pitches but those in low lying places are problems.
we went to fishery creek in early spring 01 and every pitch had great grooves left bar ours when the campers left.
I can recall there being a firm some years ago(I'm talking of mid 80s !),who did a limited slip diff or a lock diff conversion for the ducato/talbot express of the time.I can't fully recall the name tho'..something like Quaffe./.Quffe /Quaff?
I've no idea if they'd be still going..but a should assume someone somewhere does conversion.
It won't be long before someone comes along and tells you
The company is called Quaife. They are still going, try a Google search. They actually specialise in motorsports work, but they do other projects as well. I don't know if they still do the Ducato LSD conversion though.
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Quote: Originally posted by mattlad on 18/4/2008
The company is called Quaife. They are still going, try a Google search. They actually specialise in motorsports work, but they do other projects as well. I don't know if they still do the Ducato LSD conversion though.
I used to have a 5speed Quaif gearbox on a race tuned Triumph twin. Built like a watch and priced to match.
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