SECTION 8 Off-road driving
Section Contents Page Basic off-road techniques ........................ 217 Driving on soft surfaces & dry sand ........ 220 Driving on slippery surfaces .................... 220 Driving on rough tracks ........................... 220 Climbing steep slopes .............................. 221 Descending steep slopes ......................... 222 Traversing a slope ................................... 223 Negotiating a ’V’ shaped gulley ................ 223 Driving in existing vehicle tracks .............. 223 Crossing a ridge ...................................... 224 Crossing a ditch ....................................... 224 Wading .................................................... 224 Bib Spoiler ............................................... 225
This section of the handbook is devoted to your vehicle’s superb off-road driving capabilities. Before venturing off-road however, it is absolutely essential that inexperienced drivers become fully familiar with the vehicle’s controls, in particular the transfer gearbox, and also study the off-road driving techniques described on the following pages.
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