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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.
SECTION 8
Off-road driving
Section Contents Page
Basic off-road techniques 197........................
Driving on soft surfaces & dry sand 200........
Driving on slippery surfaces 200....................
Driving on rough tracks 200...........................
Climbing steep slopes 201..............................
Descending steep slopes 202.........................
Traversing a slope 203...................................
Negotiating a ’V’ shaped gulley 203................
Driving in existing vehicle tracks 203..............
Crossing a ridge 204......................................
Crossing a ditch 204.......................................
Wading 204....................................................