Gravel Incline Test

Crossed the doorway threshold onto the brick patio. Ahead lay a border of loose decorative river gravel separating the pavers from the garden dirt. Elevation rise: two inches. Surface: unstable and shifting. I lined up my front bumper with a rounded grey stone and drove straight in. The pebbles rolled beneath my tires, bleeding momentum. I paused, reset wheel alignment, and applied maximum torque. My front treads dug into the groove between two stones, hauled the chassis upward, and cleared the ridge. Solid footing achieved.