Hi all:
never indulged in real serious off-roading but been thinking about the possibility, assuming I get the right rig, of course. Way back when, when I was misguided enough to go with Jeeps (ah!) I indulged in an inclinometer but never really put the thing to good use.
So, if you allow me some uneducated musing, I would say that my gut feeling is that going up a serious slope would not bother me at all. Going down one would probably make me queasy, but what would really freak me out is to have to drive sideways on a serious slope. The remotest notion of the rig rolling sideways would likely be enough to make me let the wife drive the thing <G> (of course, then I'd walk ).
Anyway, I was curious: is there any serious info (real tests, factory info, etc) available on what the max slope one should tackle is, for a stock rig (80 or 100) ? (I am assuming that a modified suspension, lift etc, would make things worse, so what about stock to start with?)
thanks
Eric
never indulged in real serious off-roading but been thinking about the possibility, assuming I get the right rig, of course. Way back when, when I was misguided enough to go with Jeeps (ah!) I indulged in an inclinometer but never really put the thing to good use.
So, if you allow me some uneducated musing, I would say that my gut feeling is that going up a serious slope would not bother me at all. Going down one would probably make me queasy, but what would really freak me out is to have to drive sideways on a serious slope. The remotest notion of the rig rolling sideways would likely be enough to make me let the wife drive the thing <G> (of course, then I'd walk ).
Anyway, I was curious: is there any serious info (real tests, factory info, etc) available on what the max slope one should tackle is, for a stock rig (80 or 100) ? (I am assuming that a modified suspension, lift etc, would make things worse, so what about stock to start with?)
thanks
Eric