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Esprit de Four 4x4 Safety clinic - September 18th 2010

Esprit de Four 4x4 Safety clinic

September 18th 2010

http://www.espritdefour.com/dynamic/?page_id=26 Esprit de Four is having their semi-annual 4x4 safety clinic at Hollister Hills on Sept. 18, its on a Saturday with a optional; BBQ at the end of the day. It is an all-day course with half in a class setting and half on the trails - Dean encouraged me to take this class a few years ago and it was well worth it - guarantee you will learn something - built up or stock - it not what you drive, it's how you drive it...

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Permalink Reply by downy_ball on August 15, 2010 at 8:53pm

I'm going... Just signed up.

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Permalink Reply by Boss73 on August 16, 2010 at 3:31pm

Look out its the Jeep guy posting stuff again.. hehehehehe Just kidding D

Yes this is a great class that has been put on by esprit de four for a long time.. Its a great way to get to know your truck..

The people at esprit de four are also some damn nice people to boot.

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Permalink Reply by FJJeremy on September 19, 2010 at 8:01pm

I went to this class the other day and learned a thing or two. This guy, however, wasn't paying attention:

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Permalink Reply by DWH on September 19, 2010 at 8:10pm

Ouch!

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Permalink Reply by potatomutato on September 19, 2010 at 8:05pm

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Permalink Reply by 5AND5TORM on September 19, 2010 at 8:24pm

How did they manage to do that?

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Permalink Reply by FJJeremy on September 19, 2010 at 8:27pm

We were at the very end of the trail at Lupis Loop and it was sort of a tight corner with a small ravine on the right, flat spot in the center, and an embankment on the left side. We were supposed to drive either in the flat spot or to straddle the ravine. He chose to drive in the ravine and got stuck. He decided to crank his wheels to the left and power out. He powered out and then kept going up onto the embankment. He was far too off-camber and flipped 3/4 of a turn to the right back into the ravine. It took more than an hour to right the truck.