This is an updated and expanded third edition of this comprehensive manual for owners or prospective purchasers of four-wheel-drive vehicles for off-road use, from a local forest track to crossing the Sahara desert. It details the most commonly available passenger-carrying 4WD vehicles and their accessories; features driving in. and recovering vehicles from, hostile environments such as sand, mud, water, snow and ice; advises on planning expeditions, including survival techniques, common problems and emergency field repairs; and reports on equipment such as winches, tyres, specialist transmissions and navigation aids.
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Planning an expedition?,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Off-Road 4-Wheel Drive Book: Choosing, Using and Maintaining Go-Anywhere Vehicles (Hardcover)
Most Americans have the luxury of service stations at the trailhead and cell phones to call for help if we become stuck off road. For those who live in the west, where a cell phone signal is two hours away and a breakdown may be more than inconvenient, Jack Jackson's The Off-Road 4-Wheel Drive Book has good experience and insight to offer. The British point of view makes the book a bit quirky and centered on Rovers, but a refreshing perspective. You won't find the fat tire, bigger is better mentality here. Good information on self-reliant get there and back 4 wheeling is what this book is about. The preponderance of desert travel observations were particularly useful for the locale I explore. Get it and read it with Brad DeLongs 4-Wheel Freedom. You will not want for more information.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good all around information-but lacking,
By John Swamper "Jordan" (Athens, Georgia, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Off-Road 4-Wheel Drive Book: Choosing, using and maintaining go-anywhere vehicles (Hardcover)
This book was helpful in describing all around driving techniques, and basically just alot of information for the extremely novice wheeler. Very slanted toward the Euro market, with all Euro names for vehicles, (Vauxhall for Isuzu, etc.) very different styles of vehicle modification, etc. Not an easy book to read cover to cover.
15 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent book by a veteran off-roader.,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Off-Road 4-Wheel Drive Book: Choosing, Using and Maintaining Go-Anywhere Vehicles (Hardcover)
An excellent book, covering the off-roading scene in England,
the rest of Europe, the Sahara Desert, and the Middle East.
Jack Jackson gives the reader much useful advice on how to
travel through very difficult country, and summarizes the
4x4 vehicles available in Europe.
My own book "4-Wheel Freedom: The Art of Off-Road Driving"
covers off-road recreation and all-weather driving in the
USA. The serious off-road recreationist will want to add
both these books to his or her library.
Brad DeLong
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