Driving in the sand
My tires are normally at 80 psi with the TC on. These are the original stock tires. I plan to air down on the beach this weekend. My question is, is how low should I go. This will be only while on...
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Jefe 4x4 wrote:
How about driving in quicksand? Yep, I've been there but not for a long time and not again. Right down to the frame in 1970, Salt Creek, Canyonlands NP:
...gotta love Salt Creek, and this entire stretch into potentially oblivion! Salt Creek is one of our fave' Needles back-country 4x4 adventures. Gotta love the quicksand there :B Makes for an "on your toes" experience LOL!
Canyonlands says the following to unwary 4x4 'ers even thinking about it:
SALT CREEK & HORSE CANYON:
Permits required for day and overnight use. required for day and overnight use. Roads travel along canyon bottoms where deep sand, deep water and quicksand are common. Too sandy for mountain bikes.
Good luck to anyone contemplating this one LOL, but we'd do it again in a heart-beat. This is where ya really have to know how to drive in sand! A 4x4 pick-up behind us never even made it through the "tamarsik sand tunnel" to the creek (thank goodness we went first!). We "belly skid" the Tracker/Zuke in places at higer speeds. There is a photo of Nikki driving through Salt Creek (I jog out front in the water and soup to sus-out the quicksand!) in Mello Mike's interview of us on his web-site //
