Overland Training: Educating the Adventure Traveler

[overlander]

Couple questions:

Was this course in AZ? Sure looks like it..(lamenting every leaving Phoenix right now).

Didn't' Rose put a 2.8 TGV into that Cruizer rebuild? Doesn't look at all like mine, which I'm surprised about.

 

[Christophe Noel]

I figured Scott was up to something when I saw Dave's XV-JP driving through Prescott. The Jeep in front of me about crashed as the driver craned his neck to get a better view of Dave's rig. I could almost hear him say, "what the heck was that.....?"

Looks fun, fellers!

 

[gjackson]

Just a note to all who are interested, we have changed some course dates around to reflect the interest we see. I have added a comprehensive course for Colorado from Nov 16 to Nov 22. Check out the catalog at:

http://overlandtraining.com/catalog/

Was this course in AZ?

Yes the course was in Arizona, based out of Prescott.

cheers

 

[skephart]

The classes look great. I was in Phoenix last weekend getting my WMI firstaid class. When will the schedule for 2009 be out? I interested in the vehicle ops & recovery. After February I will be retired so I am open then.

 

[gjackson]

I'll post up the 2009 schedule before the end of November.

cheers

 

[gjackson]

Overland Training provided new driver instruction at the AZLRO rally just outside Phoenix. Scott posted some pics here:

http://expeditionportal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=290174&postcount=245

cheers

 

[gjackson]

We still have a few slots available in the comprehensive course in Colorado. Class runs from Nov 16 to the 22 and will cover all of the Overland Certification material except the HAM license and the Wilderness First Aid. Cost for the course is $1240 and includes the text book by Tom Sheppard.

Contact me if you are interested, or email admissions (at) overlandtraining.com

cheers

 

[UK4X4]

Dam ...you mean I should have been trained before I set out alone into the cursed earth to bring law to the unlawful...?

oops bad movie quote.....

Actually even though I'm an old dude and significantly travelled.....I still learn things every day...I love the learn it the hard way- and learn by experience thing...but these days
and especially in the US with such limited vacation time courses are often well worth while.

One thing I meant to do before leaving the US was the wilderness first aid course..but babies got in the way

Nice idea dudes...best of luck with your new endevours

 

[jeepmedic46]

Beautiful pics. Excellent idea. Any plans to come to New England to start a school?

 

[Scott Brady]

We are starting to develop video shorts to demonstrate the type of field course training that is conducted.

This video shows the performance benefits of reduced tire pressure in sand. Now everyone knows that airing down is important, but how much? What situations dictate even lower pressures? How to reseat a bead, etc.

Most importantly, we conduct a series of progressively more difficult sand obstacles to allow the driver to gain proficiency and confidence.

Watch the first video here: Overland Training Demo Video - Sand

 

[nwoods]

superbly well done. Great music too!

 

[jcbrandon]

...video shorts to demonstrate ...

Nice job Scott, Graham, and team. The sand video sure shows the benefits of knowing how to do it. The guys who know their stuff make it look easy. I want to be one of those guys.

 

[1leglance]

Great video and some good info...I know as someone who mucked up the sand challenge
a couple of tidbits on the video...in the future I would either have the OJ Land Rover turned toward the action or out of the shot so there is less distraction....or maybe it was just me looking to see if there were any new mods

 

[Purple People Eater]

The video was really choppy for me, with no music...

 

[TCM]

The benefit of low tire pressure was made very clear to me at the Comprehensive course in Colorado. We calculated the contact patch of our own tires starting at street pressure and then incrementally down to 5 psi. For my particular tires , BFG MT 255/85R16, the contact patch at 36 psi was around 56 square inches per tire or 224 total. At 5 psi the patch had increased to 136 per tire or 544 total. Needless to say when in sand, snow or mud I will not hesitate to air down to this level if I am otherwise unable to make progress at my usual trail pressure of 18 psi. But even an intermediate pressure makes a real difference as is so aptly demonstrated in the video.