No matter how well prepared you are for your travels, you may well need help sooner or later. And then you need communications. In the video below I go through all the options, but in this article I want to…
Satphones require satellites, and the two main types of satellite constellation are geostationary and LEO, or low earth orbit. The latter means lots of satellites orbiting at low altitudes, and the former a very few satellites orbiting at higher elevations. …
The key to sand driving is tyre pressure, first and foremost. After that there's a whole range of techniques, but if your pressures aren't right, you're going nowhere.
Many people launch cars at Big Red, the largest dune in the…
I've reviewed Yankum's Offset Ring and you can find the video at end of this post. Here I'm going to address clarifications and additions. Making a tech video is hard work and while I try and cover everything, sometimes I…
There are plenty of videos about the Simpson Desert. If you want all the information you could ever need on the topic, refer to Stefan's channel. If on the other hand you want to see what it's really like, then…
There is no perfect travel vehicle. Even if we take cost out of the picture entirely, you have a tradeoff between size/manouverability and interior space/comfort. For example, you can buy a Ram 3500 and tow a 4000kg caravan...super comfortable, but that's one…
I have produced a lot of content explaining how towing works; what the weights are, what causes sway, offroad driving and much more. There's also a calculator to give you an idea of likely weights for your rig.
But nothing will replace…
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…