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SIDE HILL I'm reasonably well tilt-calibrated. My APF involuntarily demands consideration regardless of what the tilt gauge reports. All deserve my undivided attention. It's now time to do a side hill for real. Before you drive it, eyeball it. This usually requires you get out and inspect the threat from different angles. Only time and experience will calibrate your judgment. Some have it, some develop it, some never get it and Mother Nature can distort it, but learn to judge side tilt. I'm still amazed at what the good guys can do. Look for bumps and rocks, or a change in tilt angle. See if there is a smoother, less-angled track around the treacherous tilt. Wrecks at the bottom are a clue to take a different route!
Third, mentally compose a roll avoidance plan described below.
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Second,
don't zoom through the tilt like a racecar on a banked track. It's a
misconception to think speed will hold you to a straight, side hill
trail. Racecars stick to a banked track because of speed and the curve.
Without the curve, they'd most likely slide off the track.
If
it looks driveable, pick a track and proceed. Proceed means go very,
very slowly. This means creep along well below 1-MPH. This prolongs the
agony and exposure to tilt-time danger, but that ain't bad. Slow is your
friend on a straight side tilt.