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4wd Truck laden or not on sand
For pickup trucks on snow/ice, the conventional wisdom is to throw some weight in the back (sand or cat litter) to add weight on the rear axle, increasing friction and making it less likely to go into ...
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How can one tell good 4x4 driving skills? (Cf. video example.)
I have about 40 years of driving on roads like this and worse in all manner of vehicles and weather conditions.
The driver shows his experience by his chill attitude. On the other hand, all the ...
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Is it possible to drive through the Simpson Desert in an AWD?
Short answer - if you have to ask, you most certainly shouldn't do it!
The Simpson is regarded as one of the ultimate challenges for cross-country drivers. There are no easy routes, and the dangers ...
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What is the proper way to ford a shallow body of water in a back country situation?
I will answer in reverse order:
(2) the least impact to the stream ecosystem, presuming you intend to cross, is to use the preexisting track. First, this restricts disturbance to an already ...
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Is it possible to drive through the Simpson Desert in an AWD?
As @Tullochgorum said, the Simpson is a very dangerous area, but it certainly looks beautiful! It's broken down into many sections, and since I don't know your level of off-road driving, I wouldn't ...
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Equipment for driving off road in the Northeast United States
I talk a little about the different kinds of 4x4 vehicles in my answer to this question you don't say what type of vehicle you have, make sure the terrain you want to cross and your vehicle are ...
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Is it possible to drive through the Simpson Desert in an AWD?
The answer of @Sue Saddest Farewell TGO GL is very comprehensive and is a must to read. The vehicle may be capable but the user isn't and that's the biggest problem with touring remotely.
AWD vehicles ...
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How necessary it is to have an SUV with AWD for trailheads in Collegiate Peaks, Upper Ark River Valley?
In over 40 years of getting to trailheads across the US, I've used a variety of vehicles.
(1) Classic 1970's era rear wheel drive US-made station wagons. These sufficed to get a load of people and ...
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How necessary it is to have an SUV with AWD for trailheads in Collegiate Peaks, Upper Ark River Valley?
AWD (All Wheel Drive) is available in many small cars and 'cross over' vehicles. You don't need to choose an SUV to have it.
Note that Four Wheel Drive (4WD or 4X4) is different then AWD. If you ...
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4wd Truck laden or not on sand
You want to be light with big tires with tread. The idea is to float.
Look up Baja 500. None of those vehicles are weighted down.
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How necessary it is to have an SUV with AWD for trailheads in Collegiate Peaks, Upper Ark River Valley?
I have been an obsessive eastern peakbagger for almost a decade. That means a lot of the summits my partners and I now visit are lost extremely deep in the woods of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, and ...
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Finding out if a road is paved or not
One thing you might try is Gaia GPS. With a free account you can explore OpenStreetMap, which tends to have good coverage of and metadata about dirt roads. And with a paid account you can access an ...
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What kind of vehicle is this? (tracked amphibious vehicle)
It looks like it's a ARGO FRONTIER EFI 6X6:
https://www.argoadventure.com/ARGO-FRONTIER-EFI-6X6_p_12818.html
Aka a 6x6 Amphibious ATV.
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Launch boat on a pebble beach
There's "dinghy wheels" which are swing-down wheels attached to the rear transom of the vessel; they may make it easier to manhandle the boat into a better position to get it onto the ...
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Adirondacks winter road open/closed status
Outside of identifying the organization / group that maintains the access roads you're interested in and seeing if they have a web presence, I think a good starting place would be to check out some ...
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Finding out if a road is paved or not
I have taken a look at the basemap published by the Austrian government. While my knowledge of German is very ancient, I was able to glean some info from the legend and GIS layers.
After looking at ...
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Finding out if a road is paved or not
The key to this is local knowledge, the best way to get local knowledge is to get in contact with local people or clubs and associations that specialise in that sort of activity.
While maps may show ...
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Finding out if a road is paved or not
Most countries have a national mapping service. In the U.S. it's the U.S. Geological Survey. In Canada it's the national topographic service. In the UK it's the Ordinance Survey.
Google is great ...
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