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Don’t wreck your car through understeer and oversteer

6 May 2021 Robert Pepper

Motorsport is a safe, risk-averse sport, right? There’s hundreds of pages of safety compliance regulations; everything from your valvecap design to how old your fire extinguisher should be. This is all wonderful, but also terrible. Because I am yet to see an accident caused by the wrong kind of valvecap. But I have seen many, […]

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What I’ve learned about walking kelpies

2 May 2021 Robert Pepper

So if you’ve read the first instalment you’d know that I love dogs, kelpies in particular, but I’m not going to make the significant lifestyle change for the next 15 years or so to own one. Instead, I’m a Kelpie Fun Uncle, borrowing the dogs to do my You Yangs hike. And if you haven’t […]

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Let’s start rating 4X4 recovery gear properly!

27 April 2021 Robert Pepper

There’s no standard for rating 4X4 recovery gear, so you often don’t know exactly what you’re buying or using, and that’s not good for safety. Any 4X4 recovery involves forces, and very often forces so great they are lethal. So, we all need to perform recoveries with due care, skill and knowledge, otherwise there will […]

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Rated Recovery Points?

12 April 2021 Robert Pepper

Reader question: “Firstly, thank you for your channel, there is some really good information there. I am new to 4wds and have found your videos on winching techniques particularly interesting (I loved physics at school!) I have also sent some of your recent videos on traction circles and understeer to my 3 learner drivers for […]

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4×4 Bridle Recovery Forces

11 April 2021 Robert Pepper

This post answers a few questions about the Bridle Forces recovery video: Can you use a bridle for snatch recovery? Yes, you can, provided the bridle is designed for it. Can you use a tree trunk protector (or tree saver) as a bridle? Yes. Is there a maximum length for a bridle? No, but once […]

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Is a rear locker any good in sand for towing?

9 April 2021 Robert Pepper

Reader question: “Hi Robert, I hope you don’t mind me asking a direct one on one question. I have a 2016 200 and tow on sand quite a bit. ABH, that kind of thing. I have generally been very happy with the traction control but feel the one situation where it lets me down is […]

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Should I take a camper trailer into the Victorian High Country?

23 March 2021 Robert Pepper

Question from a reader: Hi Robert, I appreciate your informative Youtube videos and appreciate your approach to explaining things. I am looking a purchasing an offroad trailer, with most of my 4wding is in the Vic high country I would like your advise on how (or to avoid it altogether) to deal with tricky situations […]

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I borrowed a kelpie

10 March 2021 Robert Pepper

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I’ve always loved dogs for all the usual reasons; their unconditional devotion, companionship, giving you a sense of purpose. But owning one? There’s a problem. A dog is a huge, huge 15-year commitment, but also a lifestyle change. I live mostly alone, so there’s nobody to share the load and I travel a lot, plus […]

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Let’s try and understand Land Rover and Jeep owners

10 March 2021 Robert Pepper

This dates back from 2005, but I think it’s still valid today. Most of us decide on a vehicle, and use it. Sure, if you do well with a particular brand you’d be inclined to look for vehicles from the same manufacturer, but you wouldn’t necessarily stick with them, or start a small collection. That’s […]

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Manual cars of all types are dying out, and that’s tragic…isn’t it?

4 March 2021 Robert Pepper

Can car lovers learn to live without manuals? How much fun would golf be if you just loaded a ball into a gun, pressed the trigger, and the ball was shot out of the gun towards the green at exactly the right velocity? And why do people sail boats, when they could far more easily just […]

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