rusty on beach driving

[Cratch]

Heading up to Hat Head soon in my Prado and have not done any beach driving for many years. any advice ??
I guess tyre pressure should be around 18psi ?? What about bead locking - do i need to be concerned about this in a new model prado? interested in other tips or tricks...

[madipantat]

You're spot on with your tyre pressure. You won't need to worry about bead locks at 18 PSI. Just don't whip the wheel around and you should be fine. Momentum is the key in the soft stuff, you don't need to drive at mach 1 just stick it in H4 and get going. If you drop into deep ruts when you are driving along, just stay in them until you get to a shallow part to drive out. The majority of accidents happen when people fight the sand and end up rolling the tyre off the bead or tipping their pride and joy over.

[baby_troupe]

Make sure you have adequate recovery gear (snatch strap / shackles etc) and a long handled shovel (not a garden spade).
Driving tips, try not to use your brakes & drive smoothly.

[wazhere]

Just keep your momentum up in the soft sand, if you get bogged put it in L4 and try to reverse out and try not to turn sharp, also take some sort of jack plate to stop the jack from sinking if you get a flat. Just remember to have fun! 8)

[sbv]

Hi

Is your Prado auto or manual?
The only soft sand you will find on hathead beach is the entry points try it the first day with tyres on 18 then try it with road pressures the next day (you can always let them down if starting too get problems)
do you have a compressor?





Heading up to Hat Head soon in my Prado and have not done any beach driving for many years. any advice ??
I guess tyre pressure should be around 18psi ?? What about bead locking - do i need to be concerned about this in a new model prado? interested in other tips or tricks...
:)

[alki]

I've spent two weeks over cristmas brake at Hat head.
driving on beach was a brease at first until many city slickers came with their all wheel drive and road tyre pressure.
They cut up the sand badly that even after tide went out,sand was still soft,and you really needed low pressures.
As someone allready said,entry and exit points are soft,rest of the beach is normally pretty firm.
Just use some momentum going through exit/entry point,specially South West Rocks side of the beach.
If you get stuck try to reverse in 4low.
I had my tyres at 10psi one day,when I was recovering bogged commodore :o.
As long as you dont turn steering wheel sharply,pressures as low as 10psi are OK,without beadlocks
Have fun,it's a nice place

[BlueLux]

Don't treat it like the freeway and take it slow. Watch out for wind lips.

[Sanchez]

Have to aggree with baby_troupe, make sure you have good recovery gear. Don't rely on other peoples recovery gear. You don't want to get stuck with the tide coming in and have to use a frayed snatch strap from some yobbo.

[chops]

also if you find yourself slowing down turn your wheel between 10 and two quickly a few times this will stop the build up of sand at the front wheels while your moving that is depending on how hard the sand is and enjoy make sure you give it good hose down when you get home too

[taziiy]

Always best to have your own recovery gear as a lot wont use there own trying to get you out i learnt that lesson the hard way :(

[BJHilly]

man what tight asses... taziiy that sux what ever happened to helping out a fellow motorist... whats the world coming to, if it breaks just charge em a couple more cartons :D


i love watching russel coyte offer his assistance.

Cratch posted this almost 12 months ago....... with 1 post...... i wonder if he ever came back to check the advice he asked for! LOL ::)

[taziiy]

Good point never checked the date of thred just replied because someone else replied :o

[Brendan]

Things Ive learnt the hard way in the short 4 weeks I've owned my 4wd:

Your fatarse mum in the back seat of an mq swb bogs the car down heaps, specially when ya running 7.5 inch wide beasts of rubber

Crusty fishos may be off-putting with their smell and their lectures but they're still good for a snatch when you're stuck 2 wheels in the air on your bash guard on some coffee rock :-[

Spare wheel carriers under the fuel tank are crap.

Narrow beaches are a very bad idea on a tide running in.

And of course, getting bogged is half the fun, and it aint a real drive if the only reason you need to get out is to lock your hubs!!

[baby_troupe]

Cratch posted this almost 12 months ago....... with 1 post...... i wonder if he ever came back to check the advice he asked for! LOL ::)

Maybe he got stuck & is waiting for someone to get him out

[BJHilly]

lmao he didn't check the feedback.
must have not taken some recovery gear of his own.

[Scoff]

Hi

Is your Prado auto or manual?
The only soft sand you will find on hathead beach is the entry points try it the first day with tyres on 18 then try it with road pressures the next day (you can always let them down if starting too get problems)
do you have a compressor?
by driving on and off the beach at road pressures cuts up the track reduce tyre pressure youre 4wd will do it easier and not rip up the track and keep the others off our backs remember we want to use these tracks for a long time to come ;)
;)



Heading up to Hat Head soon in my Prado and have not done any beach driving for many years. any advice ??
I guess tyre pressure should be around 18psi ?? What about bead locking - do i need to be concerned about this in a new model prado? interested in other tips or tricks...
:)