4x4 Driving Skills

Classes build on your existing experience and your 4x4 setup

Classes meet in Big Bear Lake/Cougar Buttes. After a short drive to the trail head, tires are aired down and several exercises are explained for the drive to our training area. All of our classes offer one on one training. In the Basic Off Road class, the instructor will ride with you to coach you over the varied terrain. In the other classes we offer more advanced training to further develop your driving skills. All of the training courses consists of hill climbs, descents, ruts, bumps, rock crawling and side slopes. Each class is designed with your experience and setup in mind.

BASIC OFF ROAD DRIVING TRAINING

1-on-1 training | Maximum 3 vehicles with one MASTER TRAINER per vehicle

What You Will Experience

Vehicle Control Use
Optimum Tire Pressures
How Sway Bars Work
Axle Articulation
Vehicle Right of Way & Rules of the Road
Gaining Ground Clearance
Tire Placement
Finding Traction
Driving in Ruts and Bumps
Keeping the Vehicle Stable
Using a Spotter

Choosing the Optimum Vehicle Path
Climbing and Descending Hills
Rock Crawling Basics
Using the Brakes
Controlling Wheelspin
Keeping Trails Open
Trail Difficulty
Communications

Vehicle Requirements

4 wheel drive Jeep, SUV or truck with a transfer case (not AWD)
Off road (All terrain or mud terrain) tires minimum 31 inch diameter
Stock ground clearance or lifted - no lowered vehicles!

6-7 hours | $549 per vehicle (Multiple Vehicle Discount Available)

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WINCHING & BASIC VEHICLE RECOVERY CLINIC

1-on-1 training | Maximum 3 vehicles with one MASTER TRAINER per vehicle

What You Will Experience

Situation Assessment
Recovery Gear Inventory
Creating a Recovery Plan
Designating the person in charge
Towing a disabled vehicle
Using a kinetic "Yanker" strap
Using a Hi-Lift jack
Changing or repairing a flat tire
Using extraction board and traction aids
Altering tire pressure for more traction or more ground clearance
Road building to get unstuck

WINCHING
- Winching safety
- Estimating winching loads
- Winch pulling power
- Winch line angles
- Winching the same vehicle
- Winching other vehicles
- Winching anchor points
- Using a snatch block or recovery ring
- Winch lines - synthetic vs. steel
- Using ground anchors
- Respooling winch line

Vehicle Requirements

4 wheel drive Jeep, SUV or truck with a transfer case (not AWD)
Off road (All terrain or mud terrain) tires minimum 31 inch diameter
Stock ground clearance or lifted - no lowered vehicles!

5-6 hours | $549 per vehicle (Multiple Vehicle Discount Available)

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INTRODUCTION TO ROCK CRAWLING

1-on-1 training | Maximum 2 vehicles with one MASTER TRAINER per vehicle. Two support vehicles. This Training Program Uses Black Diamond Trails in Big Bear Lake, California or Cougar Buttes, California.