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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() Heres the video if using a winch. Adervesh(altaf) Has an electronic winch which has been fitted on to his Gypsy. This helps him to get his car out if stuck. It comes with a remote. So all you do is sit tight in your Gypsy and with a wiggle of a few buttons you get your self out of the muck and on your way. |
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Team-BHP Support ![]() ![]() | ![]() Diff Guard: Here is a picture of a duff guard. Can be fabricated here in India easily and I would say that it is a good add on/mod to have. ![]() |
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Team-BHP Support ![]() ![]() | ![]() Thanks, now I remember seeing this. This part was available for GV in some web site. |
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Can you share more from the perspective of a person 'who doesn't have a 4x4 and is accompanying 4x4 enthusiasts for an OTR'. This way lots of folks here who DON'T have a 4x4 and want to go along on an OTR with a 4x4 owner can get a feel of what to expect and watch out for and how to get 'introduced to this adventure sport called off-roading. Things that you mentioned; such as "winch, shovel, Diff Guards, Spare tire and puncture kit etc..." are things that the 'accompanying' person would NOT bother about. These are for the 4x4 owners/off-roaders to worry about -- nevertheless these are important points. Keep your inputs flowing here. | |
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New guys, some off-roaders carry extra gear oil in case their gear box or rear end starts leaking. If you run out you can temporarily use coconut milk, vegetable oil, bananas or best yet, motor oil. The place for these is in your diff (differential), not some other place the sun rarely blesses with its bright countenance ![]() | ||
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Watch out for suspension damage! The rear suspension on your Avataar jeep seems to be bouncing too much... or is it the front bouncing too less!!!! ![]() ![]() | |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() Really useful.....I have already planted a 4x4 in my milestone. Will collate all these useful threads for future reference ![]() |
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Team-BHP Support ![]() ![]() | ![]() Ok, here are next set of tips for folks who want to get started with off-roading but haven't done so. NOTE: These set of tips are for people who don't have a 4x4 or have a 4x4 but have NOT done off-roading. Myth -1: You can read about off-roading, off-roading techniques from internet and pick up the required skills, points etc to do off-roading. Myth -2: You can read posts on off-roading, 4x4 and learn about off-roading from the discussions that other off-roaders are having Reality:While the posts on off-roading can help you clarify ideas, confusions etc, I doubt if one can ever learn about off-roading from just reading alone Note the finer points from Samurai' post: Quote:
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![]() One of the possible technique that would work here is to place the front tyres very very slowly at the edge of the bamboo branches at the stream edge and once the tyres are there, one should just rip and press the accelerator. If one is tooo slow throughout of is ripping out from the start itself, one would get stuck or the jeep could get damaged. So folks interested in picking up off-roading techniques should go out there and be there. that's the only way to learn off-roading. The forum/internet etc would help folks who have some OTR experience and then can appreciate and understand the 'context' of the discussions. Cheers, | |||
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| ![]() as i am true lover of nature, many times i take unknown nonexistent roads. here, i am going to share one such experience. last year, in the month of October, on Thursday, i reached to mayureshwar sanctuary located just 40 km from my city, baramati. this sanctuary is just 5 sq.km in area with hilly terrain and grassland full of chinkara and fox. as i donate some books for children taking part in quiz organized by forest department on occasion of world wild life week in October, i have good rapo with forest officers. when i reached the sanctuary, time was 5 pm. forest officer told me to have look in sanctuary and need some offroading. first, i was concerned then made my mind. myself, officer and one ranger entered in sanctuary in my alto. this was my first offroading. there were no roads, total grassland with two parallel tyre track. sometimes, that was nonexistence. we were moving very slowly initially as our aim was to see animals. i was not able to see or to guess what is under grass between two tyre tracks. we reached a watchtower slowly watching chinkara and fox. reaching to tower was uphill drive with no track. somehow, i managed. now time was almost 6 pm. after leaving tower, we moved further. there was dark. i ignited headlamps. but as there was just tyre track, now it was not possible to even guess the terrain. i was moving through barren land, hill, forest finally reached to tar road at 7:30 pm. i had scraped underbody two time and hitted one bump. ![]() ![]() ![]() this was my first offroading by alto. i got some confidence and learned something. after this offroading, i had done three/four offroading. if you have no 4*4 SUV, offroading can be done with your car. first time, you can try some simple terrain which is known to you. second time, try some moderate terrain which is known to you. third time, try moderate terrain which is unknown to you but take company who knows this terrain. first timer, never try offroading in late evening and night. Last edited by ASHISHPALLOD : 7th September 2008 at 11:48. |
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I can use a mobile phone to hammer a nail, but why spoil the mobile phone. Same goes for cars and offroading. | |
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| ![]() samurai san, you are right. right tool for right job. but what can i do if i have no 4*4 but want some offroading. safe way is knowing my car's limit, i will do it in safe manner untill i get 4*4. |
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| ![]() Couldn't think of a better thread to post. I have a trivial newbie question not related to off roading itself but about jeeps nevertheless. How are jeepers treated by cops while driving in the city ? Are you stopped often like bikers ? |
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