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Corral Canyon, CA making my way through the trail my driver side was inches from scraping that rock

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Question, as I've never had this much lean before and I'm trying to better understand the physics dealt with off road and lines to take etc; so in the above examples where the truck is learning hard but not yet tipped over, would you turn your wheel towards the tilt to reposition your front wheel and change the chassis balance to get it to lay back down? So in OPs pic would you turn driver to get more level?
 
The tipping point of a truck is a lot more then you think when I first started i pretty scared leaning, but the more you do it you get really comfortable. In the tan Tacoma I would probably turn more diver to get more level, but having an experience spotter will get you through a lot of gnarly stuff
 
midnight20pro said:
Question, as I've never had this much lean before and I'm trying to better understand the physics dealt with off road and lines to take etc; so in the above examples where the truck is learning hard but not yet tipped over, would you turn your wheel towards the tilt to reposition your front wheel and change the chassis balance to get it to lay back down? So in OPs pic would you turn driver to get more level?
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Yes, turning driver in that situation will begin to level you and stabilize the truck. On the contrary, turning passenger would make things worse and could become dangerous. So, in the situation in the photos, having the wheels straight is the closest to “point them at the sky” as you would safely want them. Of course, there are exceptions to everything, especially with a good spotter on hand.
 
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