SWMBO got me a BYO school session at Strathmiglo in Fife to let me learn a bit about what the Trooper can actually handle.
Had a fantastic day on Wednesday - the instructor Derek had previously worked with Troopers at Knockhill's offroad course and was well keen on seeing how one handled the Strathmiglo course.
Pretty much everything was handled with a bit of care to ensure suitable ground clearance - since the Trooper's diff's in the centre. Well impressed with it's climbing and descending capabilities - with a bit of a lift it'd easily take on the landies any day I reckon.
Unfortunately on the last section we both mis-judged the depth of the ruts left behind by the nasty green-ovaled machines and ended up ploughing up part of the trail using the two front skid plates under the body.
The front plate's plastic and now has a tear across it whereas the second one is pretty thick steel plate and now has a ridge in it front to rear.
They both appear to be just be bolted on - so my question is - how straight-forward is it to replace these? They look pretty simple. Any gotchas I should be aware of?
I'll try to take some pics this evening & post them.
Cheers,
Dg.
