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Originally Posted by green van man
Try jacking a landrover with the handbrake on the rear prop shaft and watch it roll off the jack to prove that point.
The official landrover method is to engage center diff lock and chock wheels before trying to Jack the vehicle up.
I always chock 2 wheels but do not nessesarily engage center diff lock as the chocks do a better job in my opinion, but the slope on my drive is more side to side rather than fore and aft.
Always use EPB and never had a problem. Only vehicles I leave with brakes off are the caravans while in storage, but they are on level floor in barn and all wheels including the jockey wheel are chocked.
Paul.
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regarding the landrover with that big drum brake on the propshaft , that must be lethal if you pull the handbrake on whilst driving , you'd lock the wheels and spin off the road with the large braking torque multiplication through the final drive.