How to 4WD in Sand

[ilikedonuts_10]

Thanks The dog man, the look good

[89GQ]

The soft stuff down at 42 mile crossing Coorong, Drive it like you stole it!!

[zuluwoffle]

Awesome video. Having just moved up to Port Stephens, good to get tips on driving on Stocko beach

[ado1972]

great tips

[Black Rock]

whats the best way to get out again if you don´t have a winch and nobody is around?

second car is highly recommended (with elastic recovery stripes)
orr.. good shovel to dig yourself out (diffs - must be free), sides and suspension - more you dig out faster you will be finish (be prepare do spend up to 4 hrs of digging in case of of you get stuck really bad)

[MudRunnerTD]

whats the best way to get out again if you don´t have a winch and nobody is around?

Any time you have "some" movement you are not stuck yet but your getting there. Get out of the car as soon as you STOP COMPLETELY. Dont sit there and dig big holes.

If you are stuck down to your belly then you sat and dug holes.

The sooner you do recovery action the better chance you have.

Rule number 1 >>> When in doubt - Let more out >> Let more air out of your tyres, a couple of psi at this time will make a massive difference.

Dont guess how much air. use a gauge and a deflator.

Use the shovel to remove the "bow wave" of soft sand in front of the car and each of the tyres. No point letting the air out and hope to drive out if you leave 2cubic metres of sand in front of your car and tyres, as flat a drive out of the trenches as possible please.

Rule number 2 >>> Momentum will get you through but wheel spin is your enemy.

Try driving forward without breaking traction in the trenches you just made, if you get stuck in the next metre then dont fret, reverse back the distance or until you get stuck again (your packing the sand now and these trenches will likely get longer and longer) and then give it a bit more and see if you cant climb out of your problem..

>>>Let out more air you can always re-inflate them.

An Exhaust jack will be a real winner if your going to travel the sands alone. If you use an exhaust jack to lift your belly off the sand, Back Fill the trenches and let your car back down and drive out.

>>>Let out more air you can always re-inflate them.

[Caspar]

Great vid and tips.

[indigothecat]

I had only just watched this video and all the others here and then the weekend after gone to the beach area north of Perth. 3 "4x4 cars" and our Patrol. Guess who is telling them let your tires down low, no lower than that. Guess who is dragging them out on pressure near 10 psi? Some never learn. Thanks for all the videos here. It's good to hear or read about what to do but as a newbie it sets in your mind when you see others do it good or bad.

[benzo]

thanks very helpful :P

[DX grunt]

I learnt the hard way that my truck doesn't like stopping in sand with 90lts in the mains and 75 in the reserve. lol
At least my shovel got a workout, as well as me.

I have been told not to put your tyres on the lowest pressure first. There must be room for 'leeway'. I proved this correct
when I got bogged in the sand.