Can you winch yourself backwards using your front-mounted winch?
The only people who say electric bullbar-mounted winches aren’t all that useful are those that haven’t owned one, or just restrict their driving to dirt roads and the like.
For the rest of…
A 2:1 pulley rig will, in the frictionless world beloved of physistics, offer half the effort for twice the force, albeit with double the distance. So that means you pull in two metres of winch rope but you only travel one…
The INEOS Grenadier has a four position transfer case which is rare these days, but has taken some owners by surprise.
The modes are:
High Range - centre diff unlocked
High Range - centre diff locked
Low Range - centre diff…
The INEOS Grenadier has been much anticipated and many customers have been waiting a long time for their cars. In late January 2024 customers expecting delivery began to post about delay and delivery suspensions. To get the official line I've…
This was a question from a YouTube viewer:
Well, a suitable rim width for a tyre isn't an "opinion" thing. It's a fact thing. Every tyre size has a minimum and maximum width which is dictated by the width of the…
A pretty frequent comment on my videos about winching physics is one like this:
and this one:
So let's be clear. It is entirely possible to gain mechanical advantage from a snatch block that doesn't move, such as in the title photo.…
Both car enthusiasts, but so very, very different. Why is it so few people are both?
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4X4 Owners
55H 5 72 828 / 54 388 288 ** (Don't bother look it up)
Sportscar Owners
Doesn't matter, they…
It’s so tempting to feed wild animals, but there’s many reasons why you shouldn’t.
HERE ARE five reasons to simply watch wild animals from afar and not tempt them with food:
1. Animals might starve – if enough people feed wild animals then…
You don't even believe them yourself, but you say these 4x4 lies anyway.
GENERALLY, 4X4 people are good people. They tend to be self-reliant, outgoing, adventurous and as travel widens the mind, open-minded. But in specific situations they are also outright liars.…
First I'm going to throw back a short time to when I posted about towing with a Suzuki Jimny - that video will be published soon. Many commenters said "you can't do that" or "you shouldn't do that". So to make them…