Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
CHAPTER 1 Attitude and Emergencies: Zen and the Art of Four-Wheeling
CHAPTER 2 Traction 101: Get a Grip!
CHAPTER 3 4×4 Ratings: 1960–2020 4×4s
CHAPTER 4 Controls and Communications: What Does That Lever Do?
CHAPTER 5 Essential Skills—Outlook and Basic Technique: Solid Foundations
CHAPTER 6 Basic Vehicle Tuning and Buildup: The Toolbox
CHAPTER 7 Advanced Skills and Buildups: Grizzled Gear Grinders
CHAPTER 8 Recovery Techniques: Inertially Challenged
CHAPTER 9 Navigation and Field Repairs: Bring ’Em Back Alive
CHAPTER 10 Recreation: Overlanding 101
APPENDIX 1 Glossary of Terms: Four-Wheeler’s Dictionary
APPENDIX 2 Sources
Index
 

About the Author

Jim Allen has been a soldier, a sailor, an ASE-certified auto tech and an off-highway driving instructor. He began writing for 4x4 magazines in the early 1980s and is the author of seven books on four-wheeling and technical topics. He's also a small-time farmer in the boondocks of Northwest Ohio.

James Weber has been a contributing editor to SPLASH!, 4 Wheel Drive & Sport Utility, and OFF-ROAD magazines, and has written for TRUCKIN, Diesel Power, and Side x Side. He lives in San Diego, California.