10 Safety Tricks When Off-Roading Using Jeep Truck – Part 2
Several days ago we have discuss and learn about 10 Safety Tips Driving Your Vehicles Off-Road – Part 1. And now I will continue next Safety Tricks When Off-Roading using Jeep / Truck Vehicle.
6th Safety Tricks – Get to know your vehicle type and it is performance expected. SQUEEZE the accelerator softly to avoid wheelspin, backing off the pedal when spin does happen, then gaining traction once again.
A spinning wheel / tire combo, no matter how large, doesn’t give traction on your cars. That dirt pile does not know the difference of a Mud T/A or a Pirelli Red Line if it’s spinning at 80mph. You still will not get traction. You can not steer, brake or go with a spinning tire out. Look the point where the jeep vehicle is close to stall, squeeze the throttle gently, then back off the throttle, particularly during rock crawling, raised hill and snowed-in trails. With automatics you could have to use the left foot on the brake occasionally. Generally when you take your foot off the accelerator, the truck vehicle looks to “stall,” so you set your foot back on the gas pedal and then the truck vehicles goes too fast. These “herky-jerky” technique can be avoided by applying finesse with left foot braking and right throttle modulation. Know your vehicle, SUV, trucks or Jeep and the actions and disturbances of the engine and suspension system as you go over the trail.
7th Safety Trick – Avoid extended wheel-spin; digging into the track only gets you many stuck and ruins the environment. Whenever stuck into the track, use a Hi-Lift jack to lift your SUV, jeep or truck vehicle. Develop the ground under the tires. Putting brushwood and blankets, etcetera. under the tires will occasionally help with clearance.
Then again, occasionally, you’ll have to let the truck tires “dig” a bit to help forward momentum. If you feel the truck vehicle starting to turn a loss traction or forward motion, try backing off the throttle valve then giving a short “blip” on the throttle. Try this a few times in quickly succession. If this goes wrong, back up and get another deal the obstacle and try another approach for your truck / Jeep vehicles.
When you guess you’re getting stuck and the driving tricks do not seem to be helping out from troubles, immediately back out of the obstacle. Use the Warn winches (you can choose winch type and characteristic which suitable for your jeep / truck vehicle, heavy-weight series winch, premium series winch, standard series winches or Warn winch for rock crawling. It depend on how much weight must be support to winches) to get through or go somewhere else. Do not drive off the trail and around the challenge unless there’s a legal by-pass.
Rocking the car vehicle back and forth only serves to digging you in deeper. Occasionally it helps to rock back and forth, and then to back out of the obstacle, but normally I do not like to dig deeper. Control under your truck / jeep to see what is holding it ; a stone? a stump? or another grabber thing? Be sure those matters are clear before winching or applying the recovery strap. In soft sand, I take four long (about 4 feet), thin (tire width) rolls of carpet. They help to get the vehicle rolling out of the sand traps. And, naturally, always carry a well-stocked winch recovery kit, include snatch block and gloves to avoid your finger from an accident !
8th Safety Tricks – Keep the usage of the brakes to an absolute minimum to prevent the wheels from locking up on wet, swampy, loose rock descend steep slopes in low range and first gear. Rely on engine compression to slow down your offroad truck / jeep vehicle. If sliding happens, drive the vehicle ahead to gain traction once more, then back off the throttle.
Occasionally when in extreme rocky descents with ledges and shelf steps, the clutch essential be pushed in and the brake system used to provide the car vehicle to crawling forward ever so slowly. This should only be done in those cases. Generally engine control through throttle modulation is best assisted by engine compression on descents. A locked sliding tire gets no more traction.
BEWARE of the LURCH and SURGE! Unless you’ve air lockers connected on both axles, the lurch and surge will scare the heck out of you tuntil you’ve experienced it a lot of times. When geared, no brakes, and open diffs, the car vehicle has traction from only one tire connected an axle – you know what occurs when going uphill and getting traction to only one tire per axle. Well, when going downhill, whenever the tire that has link to the transmission system gets air or slides, the car vehicle will lurch forward because the non-tractive tire has no resistance from the gear box. Generally it’s a short surge, and control is reached when the tire reaches good terrain. When that’s likely, a light foot pressure level on the brake pedal will assist to prevent the next lurch. The car vehicle will actually “shoot” forwards fast for a short distance. If not checked or anticipated, you can gain impulse and quickly get out of control, particularly on long descents.
The similar happens when backing down off an ascent as well. While backing down on your jeep or SUV vehicle, always be in reverse gear. The similar procedure relates as in the descent. This is especially significant when backing down, as the front end turns light and the steering tires will not give the afforded traction for steering, traction and braking.
9th Safety Trick – Don’t oversteer – especially while in grooves or deep tracks. The steering wheel might look centered, but the tires possibly at full turn. Murphy’s law tells – when traction is gained, there will be a big tree or rock at that point.
Driving offroad on a trail, a lot of obstacles will be found that will move the steering wheel all around. The tire gets uplifted or drops down in a hole and makes the steering wheel to move like it were turning on a curve. This “wallowing” of the front end and “bump steering” creates the incorrect impression that you must correct the original steering class. Get used to the feeling of the front end formulating over the trail, and control the steering wheel on-center. Just hold the wheel securely and “aim” the rig over the trail in those rough sections.
What occur is the steering wheel goes tugged to one side, you precise to the other side, then the next minute the wheel comes right back and you’ve to correct it once again, or actually re-correct it. And now, all you’re doing is over-correcting and turning the steering wheel back and forth, breaking your arms! You do have to steer along the trail and keep the rig centered, but do not oversteer! When in mud, clay or deep ruts, occasionally quickly turning the steering wheel so that with your hands at the “three and nine” position, you move it halfway round and back nearly touching your wrists in a cross over placement. This will make the front tires turn back and forth, inducing the sidewall edges to help claw their way through.
10th Safety Tricks – Make slow, steady progress through deep water to make a “bow wave” and an air pocket in and around the engine compartment and front wheels. This minimizes risk of water drowning the engine. Water doesn’t compress likewise as air. Do not let hydrostatic lock ruin your beautiful day. Control the brakes after coming out.
Having a plastic canvas or poncho to covering the front of the vehicle, particularly around the radiator grill, will serve keep most of the water out of the engine bay. Ensure that the electrical distributor and ignition system are tightly sealed and waterproof to some extent. Smooth progress through deep water or mud will hold the air pocket stable. A big rock or drop-off will impact the steady progression and then “burst your bubble,” so be careful! Normally speaking, a deep crossing should be no more than just over the tires. Mud clay that deep will stick you before the front line axle gets half-way. Take an additional air filter element just in case you do drown the car engine. Get the vehicle out of the creek, and then work on it.
Whenever the engine does swallow a lot of water pull the sparking plug, air filter, coil wire, and dry the electrical distributor cap out using a clean cloth and WD-40. Crank the engine over and blast the water out of the cylinders. Check the engine oil before cranking! I’ve seen the engine completely fill with water. You may have to drain the engine, so perform it for the environment and apply water jugs or coolers to collect the watered oil.
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