So, I've been working on getting the truck in shape for a while now. I'm hoping on taking on her some trail drives in the near future, and would appreciate some resources on trail driving you might be familiar with. I could get out there and just "muscle" it, but I'm a little older and, hopefully, a bit wiser than that. thanks...

 

Where are you located? Books are helpful, but they do not come close to giving you the real world experience you need.

 

watch these ...you'll be golden

 

Nah jamestfl, you're never to old to enjoy yourself ..................... you're a long time dead so make the most of living ........................ bearing in mind you only die once.

Some years ago, about 2001/2 we driving down the mountain roads towards Nice during winter/spring and caught up with a Golf GT, Swiss registered, and a BMW, also Swiss reg, they were having their own little tear up ding dong so I decided to join the fray for the hell of it. I was driving a near new D2 4.0 V8 at the time. It became apparent these two clowns 'couldn't drive a greasy stick up a dogs ****' but the road was slightly icy and damp. We were running alongside a 500-1000 ft drop with a few stone blocks to separate the road from doom. I thoroughly enjoyed that drive (the wife didn't) and the two Swiss guys stopped when I stopped at a mountain cafe and bought us breakfast just for giving them a good run for their money. They had thoroughly enjoyed the tear up too for about 100 kilometres. On reflection I must have been completely mad ............. insane .............. one mistake and certain death down the mountainside and into the river below so we do some crazy things just for a laugh and hopefully live to tell the tale.

 

OP:

Here's a decent vid involving Land Rovers

 

^^^ That's the exact video I was going to recommend.

There are also some very nice articles (and a couple videos) on off road driving technique on Expedition Portal.

 

thanks guys, I appreciate the leads. especially Dusty. somehow, I just knew he'd "help" with something like that...

 

okay. here's one.. fast forward to 4:23........don't do that

 

"fast forward to 4:23........don't do that". ouch, that's gonna leave a mark!

just noticed that the Uwe Safari is coming up in April. any veterans of that? anybody going? Am I even in the right forum here!?

 

Great vid, some good stunts as long as ya brother is an auto panel man.