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4x4
Training
Programs

Introduction to 4 Wheeling for Newcomers

Classes meet in Big Bear Lake. After a short drive to the trail head, tires are aired down and several exercises are explained for the drive to our training area. At the training area, an instructor will drive you around the course explaining driving skills on a variety of obstacles. The Instructor will then ride with you to coach you over the varied terrain. The training course consists of hill climbs, descents, ruts, bumps, rock crawling and side slopes

Introduction to ROCK CRAWLING

WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE

  • Using the Controls

  • Optimum Tire Pressures

  • Axle Articulation

  • Using a Spotter

  • Choosing the Optimum Vehicle Path

  • Optimizing Ground Clearance

  • Using Lockers

  • Controlling Wheelspin

  • Climbing Rock Ledges

  • Descending Rock Ledges

  • Climbing Undercut Rock Obstacles

  • "BUMPING" Up Obstacles

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Introduction to Rock Crawling

1-on-1 training  - maximum 2 vehicles with one MASTER TRAINER per vehicle

2 support vehicles

 6-7 hours  $499 per vehicle

This Training Program Uses Black Diamond Trails in Big Bear Lake, CA

Advanced ROCK CRAWLING

WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE

This class uses more extreme trails for capable street-legal 4x4s

  • Using the Controls

  • Optimum Tire Pressures

  • Axle Articulation

  • Using a Spotter

  • Choosing the Optimum Vehicle Path

  • Optimizing Ground Clearance

  • Using Lockers

  • Controlling Wheelspin

  • Climbing Rock Ledges

  • Descending Rock Ledges

  • Climbing Undercut Rock Obstacles

  • "BUMPING" Up Obstacles

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Advanced Rock Crawling

1-on-1 training  - maximum 2 vehicles with one MASTER TRAINER per vehicle

2 support vehicles

 7-8 hours  $699 per vehicle

This Training Program Uses extreme trails in Cougar Buttes and Johnson Valley

WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE

  • Everything in the Newcomer Group Class

PLUS

  • Compensating for heavier loads

  • Driving in uneven terrain with a roof rack and/or roof top tent

  • Minimum gear requirements for a 1-2 day overland experience

  • Trailer towing

  • Gear storage options

  • Dispersed camping

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Introduction to Overlanding

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

5 to 6 hours  $449 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

Newcomer Off Road Driving Experience

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

6-7 hours hours  $549 per vehicle

Winching & Vehicle Recovery

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     

Recovery Gear and Winches are not required

Winching & Basic Vehicle Recovery Clinic

1-on-1 training  - maximum 4 vehicles with one MASTER TRAINER per vehicle

 5 hours  $399 per vehicle

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