Someone who knows how to 4WD and can start you off with good basic techniques.Originally Posted by Ceason
Techniques like gear selection, picking lines, throttle modulation, crawling, safe recovery techniques and especially how to do stall recoveries.
Do a course or join a club or go with someone who genuinely knows what they are doing.
Don't just follow them around, jump in their pax seat or have them jump in yours for some of the track challenges while you are out there and get them to talk you through it... and never stop asking questions.
Thinking Glasshouse then here is a few of the golden rules to get you started.
Don't touch the clutch - in a manual the moment you push the clutch in is the moment you have lost control so simply stall out, assess and recover
2nd Gear, Low range is Gods Gear - if in doubt use it
Go down a challenge 1 gear lower than you would use to go up
Traction - if you lose it then it can be really hard to get it back and only throttle modulation not braking helps
Momentum - will replace Traction in some challenges but means you may be pointed a different direction to what you started off
Traction for go, Momentum for show
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