OFF-ROAD DRIVING & TOWING
4WD RECOVERY PROCEDURE
Want to learn how to drive off-road? Why not book into a 4WD driver training course; you’ll learn all of the skills required to help you get the best from yourself and your 4WD. Learn how to use recovery equipment effectively and how to avoid injury to yourself and others during recovery procedures.
Our articles on correct, safe, legal driving and towing practices – on and off road – and recovery techniques are covered in great detail to get you started and help you have happy and successful bush adventures.
LATEST ARTICLES
4WD DRIVING SKILLS
Driving an automatic-transmission 4WD correctly
Chances are your 4WD ute or wagon has an automatic transmission and everyone knows how to drive an auto, don’t they? Maybe, but maybe not…
Safe On Road Driving
Safely driving a loaded 4WD for days or weeks on end over corrugated dirt roads, dodging skittish kangaroos and suicidal emus, is no mean feat. Add to that the different off-road techniques necessary to conquer slimy clay climbs, steep, rocky descents, giant sand hills, deep mud ruts, icy or croc-infested creeks and incoming beach tides and you have a pretty respectable list of driving skills.
4WD TRAINING
Compliance without complaints
Transport industry training professional, Glen Lewis, has developed a software program that keeps track of driver and staff training and competence levels.
RECOVERY TECHNIQUES
Safe jacking and spare wheel handling
One day you’ll need to change a wheel and we show you some tricks that make the job less arduous.
You need to carry a scan tool
Back in the good ‘ol days of bush breakdowns you checked for liquids and ignition and you were set, but now it’s very, very different.
TOWING
Don’t believe 4WD makers’ trailer ratings
Before you buy a towing vehicle you need to make sure that it can do the job. Don’t rely solely on 4WD makers’ claims about permitted trailer weights, because in many cases they have small-print conditions attached.
Do you need a transmission oil cooler
There are literally hundreds of websites and videos from companies telling you how to fit the after-market transmission oil coolers they make, but do you need one, we’ve been asked?
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