| There are a few major parts of four wheel | | | | to a standard car. Some rock crawlers will have |
| driving, and one of these is known as rock | | | | 25 gears, and the top one will get them to 60 |
| crawling. Driving in mud, on sand and through | | | | miles an hour! Being able to crawl along at a very |
| water is a lot of fun, but for some reason rock | | | | slow speed ensures limited wheel spin, and limited |
| crawling is one of the more major things that | | | | damage. |
| people compete in. The only issue with rocks is | | | | The worst thing to do when crawling rocks is to |
| that they are hard, and very unforgiving to your | | | | spin your wheels, as when they eventually grab |
| vehicle. When you slide at all, or drop down | | | | traction (and they will) all of that force is |
| damage is something that happens very easily! | | | | transferred into one movement, and you will |
| Rock Climbing is a full on four wheel driving sport | | | | often break a CV or axle. The tip is to pick the |
| in America and Australia, along with many other | | | | right lines, let your tires down to very low |
| places. Four wheel drives are transformed into | | | | pressures and to do everything very slowly. |
| buggy like vehicles which are able to crawl over | | | | Avoid any big rocks if your vehicle is not very |
| rocks with ease. If you do much rock crawling, | | | | well modified, as they love to dent panels and |
| you need to have gears which are very different | | | | break your driveline if anything goes wrong! |