Quote Originally Posted by Jean Kotze View Post
Tony,
Awsome post.
I am in the process of developing an internal driver training manual for our club. I have compared your comments with what we have to date. There are some issues that you have noted that I would like to include in our manual.
Do you mind if I quote some of what you have said? Do you want me to list you as reference?
In some cases you cannot and should not walk a river/stream crossing for safety purposes - rivers that have crocodiles, etc.
We recommend that, in such cases, that you tie the vehicles together, with the most capable vehicles in front and back. The front vehicle then slowly wades through the water, and if stuck, gets pulled back, a new line is taken, etc. until a good line is found for crossing the river/stream. The vehicles then drives through and can either be pulled through or backwards.
In cases where the possibility of vehicle drowning or other damage is probable, those vehicles are then simply pulled through.
Your thoughts on this?
Hi Jean,

No problem to use the info - you should probably credit Out There magazine, since I wrote this for them. Re tying vehicles together, absolutely. We do this routinely if a crossing is dodgy.