Course Length: (1) One and (2) Two Day(s)
Course Prerequisites: None
Course Dates: In conjunction with Security Driver Course (SDC)
Course Cost: Contact Us
This course is designed to improve the off-road driving skills at any experience level. The student will learn about the different terrain surfaces, how to read and change driving techniques based on vehicle language. They will learn and understand approach and departure angles, determine suspension variables and the importance of planning prior to negotiating an obstacle. Upon completion the student will realize the importance of “slow as possible, fast as necessary”. Emphasis is placed on the mission based getting from point A to point B principle.
Course Program:
Vehicle Inspection
Students will learn to identify the vital components both underneath and in the engine compartment of a vehicle and what needs to be protected. They will also become familiar with the equipment needed for a vehicle recovery.
Vehicle vs. Driver
Students will learn and understanding the driver/vehicle relationship. Vehicle language, weight and traction transfer, ocular driving, body position, hand management and pedal control
Road Surfaces
Students will learn the challenges of high and low frequency bumps and the problems each can create as well as vehicle control in gravel, top soil, grass, hard packed clay and shale rock at elevated speeds.
Obstacle Negotiation
Students will learn the challenges of smoothly negotiating a variety of obstacles such as rocks, stumps, ditches, dry creek beds, logs, ruts, hills, mud and top soil.
Trail Driving
Students will learn how to use brake/throttle traction management and momentum to maneuver on, around and over obstacles.
Road Building
Students will learn how to build a road with available materials in order to overcome an obstacle as well as the necessity and techniques of using a ground guide.
Extraction Techniques
Students will learn how to employ all the necessary pieces of equipment to recover a downed or stuck vehicle. This task is learned in a single and multi-vehicle fashion. Some of the items used consist of recovery straps, tow straps, shackles, chains and high-lift jacks.