No, im not on about the hideous, useless, blue oval badged rubbish....
How do you find fords?
Is it a case of just trundeling down lanes, or do they appear on maps?
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Finding Fords.
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FOG Administrator Frontera Technical Support Often Imitated Never Bettered http://www.fronteraowners.co.uk  Its here, the FOG Annual Meet 2014 viewforum.php?f=123
in the dark times of my Early Frontera days I found
http://www.wetroads.co.uk after months of playing locally I discovered they had a forum .. so I joined it! I got chatting to a guy named HL3 and He was a laugh then a lunatic called MuddyCarl started chatting to me .... the rest is history!! He dragged me here, I put the link up for wetroads http://fronteraowners.co.uk/v-web/bulle ... .php?t=980 and got permission from the site owner to plan a fording drive using His site .. now when we do the Next one, Lee who owns Wetroads is going to be sat in my Fronty
Talking with one of my colleagues last night while I was at work...
There is a big ford near to where we were and it's apparently got 4 vehicles stuck in it (or did last night). And one of the vehicles was a 4wd as well, hehehe. Must try to find out where that was again. I know several of you guys would want to try it (and I'll sit there and watch from the safety of the bank). 
Hmmm, I think it might have been HEADLEY. Or somewhere like that. www.4x4search.org - your 4x4 search engine. 100% human submitted and edited!
excccccellent...
Cheers for that mate.
Couldn't get out there to have a look last night. But I don't think the BMW would've done too well there anyway. Wouldn't mind trying it but in a petrol Fronty I wouldn't dare.. deepest ford I've been through was only lapping at the doors, or a little higher (was too busy driving to notice to be honest). www.4x4search.org - your 4x4 search engine. 100% human submitted and edited!
I have been through Headley ford many times, hence the pics, in a petrol Fronty, no problem.
Just use common sence, there is a deapth guage
And yes, i did drive it once the car had been recovered  
Wuss 
You can get away with it lapping at the top of your headlights as long as you keep moving 
Totally agree Andy....but....
If the ford is flooded (brown water) you dont really know if the surface is suitable (pot holes etc)... I have only baulked at Headly once, it was flooded
But use your head, if you are not sure, dont do it
it's only the price of an engine.....!
...yeah good point
If anyone’s ever in Lincolnshire I can recommend this ford at Little Cawthorpe.
Just remember as this review says, don’t cross it turn left and drive up it . Check the depth at each end first, as it can be misleading one end is a lot shallower than the other. 
Little Cawthorpe TF358840 (5*) Suitable for All Sent in by Rod Souter (01/06/2003) 'A fascinating ford ensemble, in theory two fords but really just one. As Image 1 shows the ford at first glance looks like a short shallow crossing. However, what isn't instantly apparent is that you can turn upstream and follow the river bed for at least 300 feet! 'It starts shallow, but gets deeper near the end as the bottom changes from gravel to sand. http://vamp.idlers.org/~jaffa/lincolnshire.htm http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi? ... oordsys=gb 
Always Advisable to walk Little Cawthorpe first before Driving it ..
Some big Branches always seem to "Appear" under the water and they have claimed some LR Brake Pipes before!!!
I've just realised.... I know the headly ford, hehe... Took it twice in a day a few years back in an old new-style transit (the one they've only just replaced). Working for white arrow at the time, learning my trade as a professional ~~~~~.
Only one problem with the water - I got a teensy bit carried away on the return trip, and filled the horn up with water... Most embarrassing when i got back to our depot, tried to beep the horn so security would open the gate, and all i heard was a pathetic bubbling sound...  Jim...
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We need more people to join the Wetroads Forums and start posting in there.
I got an E-mail from Lee the site owner and He's getting a bit concerned about Post Counts and Members .. If you enjoy fording and want to let others know where you go and your experiences please join the forums on the Wetroads.co.uk Main Page and start posting ... Also there are Members on there with other Vehicles who seem willing to jmeet up and go for drives !! (now you know how HL3 came to be here)
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