Originally Posted by
graeme1969
The defence force 4wd course that I did a few years ago in hiluxes and landrovers had us doing stalled hill starts on ridiculously steep and rough tracks using the torque from the starter motor to get moving again. They would get us to put it into first gear, release the park brake, foot off brake (which was a bit of an uncomfortable feeling), then hit the key and away you went. It worked really well on both types of vehicles for everyone over the three or four days and seemed like a way of getting mobile back up hill while removing the risk of rolling backwards.