Fording a river
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- Check out your path in a number of places to avoid surprises (holes, large stones, submerged tree trunks etc) and decide on a line to take and a place to emerge.
- Check the vehicle's watertightness.
Deflate the tyres to about 22 psi (1.5 Bar).
- Go gently into the water to avoid thermal shocks and damaging the radiator.
-Drive at a constant speed (maximum 12mph @ 22psi), pushing through the wave that will form in front of the vehicle.
- Once the ford has been crossed, look under the vehicle and remove any plants or branches that might be caught there.
- Re-inflate your tyres to the correct pressure for the terrain.
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Crossing muddy ground
- Stop before you get to the mud and study the terrain.
- Attach emergency straps at the front and rear to avoid having to do it when you are stuck in the mud.
- Decrease the tyre pressure if necessary.
- Move forward in low ratio, 2nd or 3rd gear.
-If there are deep ruts, approach them at an angle so that the wheels straddle them and do not go into the ruts. If unavoidable, put the minimum number of wheels into the ruts.
- Use central and rear wheel differential locking (if the vehicle has it).
Keep the wheels straight.
- Maintain constant acceleration.
- Try not to stop, but if you become stuck, change immediately into reverse gear and go back.
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