Robert Pepper's 4WD Handbook
The complete guide to how 4WD's work and how to drive them offroad.
- Latest vehicles
- Comprehensive recovery examples
- Communication and navigation
- ...and more
Meticulously researched to cover everything a driver needs to know about 4WD, Robert Pepper's 4WD Handbook is quite simply the most comprehensive guide
to 4WD and 4WDriving available.
The handbook covers how 4WD's work, from differentials to suspension to wheels and tyres, driving techniques across a wide variety of terrains, a comprehensive review of recovery techniques and an accessories guide. Specialist chapters are devoted to navigation and communication including satphones and distress beacons, as well as topics such as long-distance driving, night driving and fuel economy. It also includes detailed information on the loads involved in recovery, explanations of winching physics and step-by-step guides to tyre repair, chain fitting and synthetic rope splicing.
The very latest vehicles and technology are covered, with dedicated explanations throughout the text, and a full chapter is devoted to soft roaders. Illustrated in full colour the photographs in Robert Pepper's 4WD Handbook mix inspirational images from around Australia with practical shots highlighting the various topics covered in the book.
- ISBN: 9781921874789
- Author: Robert Pepper
- Publisher: Boiling Billy
- Published: 2012 (Revised Edition)
