A method for sideways movement of an earth working machine such as a road miller, recycler, or surface miner, the earth working machine comprising a machine frame that stands via a propelling unit on a standing surface of a substrate, the propelling unit comprising at least one front drive unit and at least one rear drive unit, which drive units (18, 20) are configured to roll on the substrate in a running direction, the at least one front drive unit and the at least one rear drive unit being rotatable relative to the machine frame around a steering axis associated with the respective drive unit (18, 20) so that the running direction of the respective drive unit (18, 20) encloses a modifiable steering angle with the longitudinal machine frame direction, characiterized in that the method-related sideways movement occurs in a sideways direction that deviates from the travel direction of the earth working machine determined by the respective steering angle, the method encompassing the following steps: - tilting the at least one steerable front drive unit relative to the standing surface in a first tilting direction around a front tilt axis enclosing an angle, preferably a right angle, both with the associated steering axis and with the running direction of the drive unit, in such a way that a pivot point around which the tilted drive unit pivots relative to the substrate upon exertion of a steering torque around the steering axis is shifted away from a virtual intersection point at which the steering axis, notionally prolonged toward the substrate, intersects the standing surface, - rotating the tilted at least one front drive unit relative to the machine frame around the steering axis in a first rotation direction and thereby pivoting the tilted at least one front drive unit relative to the substrate around the pivot point shifted away from the intersection point, - tilting the at least one steerable rear drive unit relative to the standing surface in a second tilting direction around a rear tilt axis enclosing an angle, preferably a right angle, both with the associated steering axis and with the running direction of the drive unit, in such a way that a pivot point around which the tilted drive unit pivots relative to the substrate upon exertion of a steering torque around the steering axis is shifted away from a virtual intersection point at which the steering axis, notionally prolonged toward the substrate, intersects the standing surface, - rotating the tilted at least one rear drive unit relative to the machine frame around the steering axis in a second rotation direction and thereby pivoting the tilted at least one rear drive unit relative to the substrate around the pivot point shifted away from the intersection point. - tilting the at least one steerable front drive unit relative to the standing surface in a first tilting direction around a front tilt axis enclosing an angle, preferably a right angle, both with the associated steering axis and with the running direction of the drive unit, in such a way that a pivot point around which the tilted drive unit pivots relative to the substrate upon exertion of a steering torque around the steering axis is shifted away from a virtual intersection point at which the steering axis, notionally prolonged toward the substrate, intersects the standing surface, - rotating the tilted at least one front drive unit relative to the machine frame around the steering axis in a first rotation direction and thereby pivoting the tilted at least one front drive unit relative to the substrate around the pivot point shifted away from the intersection point, - tilting the at least one steerable rear drive unit relative to the standing surface in a second tilting direction around a rear tilt axis enclosing an angle, preferably a right angle, both with the associated steering axis and with the running direction of the drive unit, in such a way that a pivot point around which the tilted drive unit pivots relative to the substrate upon exertion of a steering torque around the steering axis is shifted away from a virtual intersection point at which the steering axis, notionally prolonged toward the substrate, intersects the standing surface, - rotating the tilted at least one rear drive unit relative to the machine frame around the steering axis in a second rotation direction and thereby pivoting the tilted at least one rear drive unit relative to the substrate around the pivot point shifted away from the intersection point.