Off road angles
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Off road angles
Hi, I have a 2011 XLT screw with 5.5' bed 4x4. What is the most side angle you guys would consider safe? I have a spot in my lawn that when I drove on it it was at 14 degrees according to the offroad screen and that felt pretty steep. This is my first 4x4 and am not too sure of some things. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Mike
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we do a good deal of off road driving at work, mostly in the inslopes of roads and ditches.
your 14 degrees equates to a 4:1 slope, which by highway standards is considered "recoverable" meaning, if you were to leave the road, you could slow down and re-enter the road without fear of roll-over.
untill you get used to it 4:1 feels steep. i don't even begin to concern myself until i get on a 3:1, (19 degrees), at which point i slow down and look for pot holes that could make a corner dip and throw the truck off balance. realistically, this probably wouldnt happen until you exceeded 2.5:1 (23.5 degrees).
generally speaking, if the truck is empty, and especially if you are on loose soil or grass, the rear end will slide downhill before the truck even comes close to tipping. All bets are off if you have the bed loaded, especially with something that could move around like a water tank.
maybe there are some hardcore off road'ers around here that can add to or dispute any of the above, but that's what i've learned. and all of that in a 4x2 cauz "we don't need 4x4's"
your 14 degrees equates to a 4:1 slope, which by highway standards is considered "recoverable" meaning, if you were to leave the road, you could slow down and re-enter the road without fear of roll-over.
untill you get used to it 4:1 feels steep. i don't even begin to concern myself until i get on a 3:1, (19 degrees), at which point i slow down and look for pot holes that could make a corner dip and throw the truck off balance. realistically, this probably wouldnt happen until you exceeded 2.5:1 (23.5 degrees).
generally speaking, if the truck is empty, and especially if you are on loose soil or grass, the rear end will slide downhill before the truck even comes close to tipping. All bets are off if you have the bed loaded, especially with something that could move around like a water tank.
maybe there are some hardcore off road'ers around here that can add to or dispute any of the above, but that's what i've learned. and all of that in a 4x2 cauz "we don't need 4x4's"
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we do a good deal of off road driving at work, mostly in the inslopes of roads and ditches.
your 14 degrees equates to a 4:1 slope, which by highway standards is considered "recoverable" meaning, if you were to leave the road, you could slow down and re-enter the road without fear of roll-over.
untill you get used to it 4:1 feels steep. i don't even begin to concern myself until i get on a 3:1, (19 degrees), at which point i slow down and look for pot holes that could make a corner dip and throw the truck off balance. realistically, this probably wouldnt happen until you exceeded 2.5:1 (23.5 degrees).
generally speaking, if the truck is empty, and especially if you are on loose soil or grass, the rear end will slide downhill before the truck even comes close to tipping. All bets are off if you have the bed loaded, especially with something that could move around like a water tank.
maybe there are some hardcore off road'ers around here that can add to or dispute any of the above, but that's what i've learned. and all of that in a 4x2 cauz "we don't need 4x4's"
your 14 degrees equates to a 4:1 slope, which by highway standards is considered "recoverable" meaning, if you were to leave the road, you could slow down and re-enter the road without fear of roll-over.
untill you get used to it 4:1 feels steep. i don't even begin to concern myself until i get on a 3:1, (19 degrees), at which point i slow down and look for pot holes that could make a corner dip and throw the truck off balance. realistically, this probably wouldnt happen until you exceeded 2.5:1 (23.5 degrees).
generally speaking, if the truck is empty, and especially if you are on loose soil or grass, the rear end will slide downhill before the truck even comes close to tipping. All bets are off if you have the bed loaded, especially with something that could move around like a water tank.
maybe there are some hardcore off road'ers around here that can add to or dispute any of the above, but that's what i've learned. and all of that in a 4x2 cauz "we don't need 4x4's"
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we do a good deal of off road driving at work, mostly in the inslopes of roads and ditches.
your 14 degrees equates to a 4:1 slope, which by highway standards is considered "recoverable" meaning, if you were to leave the road, you could slow down and re-enter the road without fear of roll-over.
untill you get used to it 4:1 feels steep. i don't even begin to concern myself until i get on a 3:1, (19 degrees), at which point i slow down and look for pot holes that could make a corner dip and throw the truck off balance. realistically, this probably wouldnt happen until you exceeded 2.5:1 (23.5 degrees).
generally speaking, if the truck is empty, and especially if you are on loose soil or grass, the rear end will slide downhill before the truck even comes close to tipping. All bets are off if you have the bed loaded, especially with something that could move around like a water tank.
maybe there are some hardcore off road'ers around here that can add to or dispute any of the above, but that's what i've learned. and all of that in a 4x2 cauz "we don't need 4x4's"
your 14 degrees equates to a 4:1 slope, which by highway standards is considered "recoverable" meaning, if you were to leave the road, you could slow down and re-enter the road without fear of roll-over.
untill you get used to it 4:1 feels steep. i don't even begin to concern myself until i get on a 3:1, (19 degrees), at which point i slow down and look for pot holes that could make a corner dip and throw the truck off balance. realistically, this probably wouldnt happen until you exceeded 2.5:1 (23.5 degrees).
generally speaking, if the truck is empty, and especially if you are on loose soil or grass, the rear end will slide downhill before the truck even comes close to tipping. All bets are off if you have the bed loaded, especially with something that could move around like a water tank.
maybe there are some hardcore off road'ers around here that can add to or dispute any of the above, but that's what i've learned. and all of that in a 4x2 cauz "we don't need 4x4's"
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see edit below:
sorry, i had my tangent and sine functions corn-fuzed ... didn't want to present bad info since your truck reads in degrees, not slope (cauz engineers are the only ones who use slope ... and that's only because we're wierd to the outside world)
regardless, anything past 19 degrees (3:1) and i start to be more cautious about what i'm doing. at 22 degrees, i'm at a crawl hangin' on to the door, and wishing i didn't have to be.
sorry, i had my tangent and sine functions corn-fuzed ... didn't want to present bad info since your truck reads in degrees, not slope (cauz engineers are the only ones who use slope ... and that's only because we're wierd to the outside world)
regardless, anything past 19 degrees (3:1) and i start to be more cautious about what i'm doing. at 22 degrees, i'm at a crawl hangin' on to the door, and wishing i didn't have to be.
we do a good deal of off road driving at work, mostly in the inslopes of roads and ditches.
your 14 degrees equates to a 4:1 slope, which by highway standards is considered "recoverable" meaning, if you were to leave the road, you could slow down and re-enter the road without fear of roll-over.
untill you get used to it 4:1 feels steep. i don't even begin to concern myself until i get on a 3:1, (19 degrees), at which point i slow down and look for pot holes that could make a corner dip and throw the truck off balance. realistically, this probably wouldnt happen until you exceeded 2.5:1 (23.5 degrees).
edit: 2.5:1 slope is actually 22 degrees.
generally speaking, if the truck is empty, and especially if you are on loose soil or grass, the rear end will slide downhill before the truck even comes close to tipping. All bets are off if you have the bed loaded, especially with something that could move around like a water tank.
maybe there are some hardcore off road'ers around here that can add to or dispute any of the above, but that's what i've learned. and all of that in a 4x2 cauz "we don't need 4x4's"
your 14 degrees equates to a 4:1 slope, which by highway standards is considered "recoverable" meaning, if you were to leave the road, you could slow down and re-enter the road without fear of roll-over.
untill you get used to it 4:1 feels steep. i don't even begin to concern myself until i get on a 3:1, (19 degrees), at which point i slow down and look for pot holes that could make a corner dip and throw the truck off balance. realistically, this probably wouldnt happen until you exceeded 2.5:1 (23.5 degrees).
edit: 2.5:1 slope is actually 22 degrees.
generally speaking, if the truck is empty, and especially if you are on loose soil or grass, the rear end will slide downhill before the truck even comes close to tipping. All bets are off if you have the bed loaded, especially with something that could move around like a water tank.
maybe there are some hardcore off road'ers around here that can add to or dispute any of the above, but that's what i've learned. and all of that in a 4x2 cauz "we don't need 4x4's"
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the link above refers to approach and departure angles, and those numbers are correct for a "head on" approach.
i think the OP is referring to cross-slope, which incidentally is about the same angle.
at least according to my calibrated "puckerometer"
i think the OP is referring to cross-slope, which incidentally is about the same angle.
at least according to my calibrated "puckerometer"
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