Higher riding with Agrover
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• Leicester City Council has ordered a base Land Rover hardtop, which it plans to uprate with an Agrover conversion. Agrover designer, A T Vehicles of Rossendale, Lancashire, hopes that the Agrover's extra ground clearance, hydraulics and full-engine power-take-offs will appeal to other local authorities, public utilities, foresters, and the construction industry.
For between £5,000 and £6,000, the owners of standard late-model Land Rovers get a minimum ground clearance of 355mm (up 139mm), thanks to portal axles that retain the original axle location and simply offset the drive through the body of the portal axle. A power-take-off gearbox is then fitted between the engine and the flywheel to provide a full engine power-take-off at the rear of the vehicle, and also provides power for a hydraulic pump. Normal drive to the rear wheels is also retained.
While the use of portal axles can give rise to more pro nounced roll in a vehicle, the company claims that performance is unaffected. The conversion takes around ten days and can include special wheels, tyres, and even a three-point tractor linkage.