NEVER DRIVE AND WINCH! LET THE WINCH DO ALL THE WORK! I'm sure you've heard that before. Some manufacturers actually deactivate the winch unless the car is in neutral, or restrict its use to certain modes e.g. not in…
Ever wondered how cavemen learned?
It was by watching someone do something and then replicating that action. That's the way humans have always learned, how skills were handed down from generation to generation.
The watch-learn mechanism in your brain is also exactly…
A tracking shot is when you shoot from one moving vehicle to another. Here's how this shot was done.
First, you need to find a suitable road. To get the sensation of motion - blurred wheels and background - you need a…
Crash after crash. "People can't tow."
Well you know what? We're not born with the ability to drive, let alone tow. Now you may have been lucky to have learned about cars and towing by osmosis since you were a nipper,…
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…
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…
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…