took surf out for first time greenlane

[TonyN]

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Feckin' iPhones!

I never trust mine, and still get caught out.

[shokenore]

Surely the best advice would be not to venture off road on your own ?

[Arkamelis]

Surely the best advice would be not to venture off road on your own ?

thanks shokenore
will be two of us, girlfriends dad has toyota 2.4 pickup.
i will keep an eye out also for any days out the site puts together and tag along if not to far away, be nice to meet some of the members, and get some good advice

matt

[Apache]

Something no-one's mentioned regarding hill descents. Keep your foot over the throttle pedal - if you feel yourself start to slide, accelerate gently, don't brake. If you're sliding, you have no steering, and the number one priority then is getting your steering back.

As Tony says, use 4WD on any surface that *could* be soft or slippery. That way you don't cut the surface up and get the anti's whinging.

[NiftyNev]

Nothing wrong with locking the center diff on any loose surface, it really dosn't matter. I don't get the big deal?

Better to plod along already in 4wd than try it in 2wd, get stuck, dig a hole in the surface, then put it in 4wd to get out, or even discover then your 4wd dosn't work, especially if you've never done it before.

It dosn't need to be this stressful, good on him for having a go, everyone has to start somewhere.

Agreed. Some on here just have to have a dig at someone.

Nev

[Sancho]

Agreed. Some on here just have to have a dig at someone.

Nev

Colonials....

[Rob5464]

Surely the best advice would be not to venture off road on your own ?

Have some equipment to get you out as well would be another.

[BUSHWHACKER]

Surely the best advice would be not to venture off road on your own ?

People don't like advice on here, they want the answers that match the ones they've already convinced themselves are correct.

[Rob5464]

People don't like advice on here, they want the answers that match the ones they've already convinced themselves are correct.

Not necessarily; If I am searching for confirmation I would be happy to accept I was wrong if the person that told me had a viable/more logical explanation etc. I just don't accept 'because it is' answers as some people seem to like pretending they know what they are talking about when actually they don't.

[BUSHWHACKER]

That'll be me then.

[muddle]

That'll be me then.

Because it is.