Thread: M/Tor A/Tfor beach????

1990s Datsun
90% road
8% soft sand beach
2% gnarley river bed

Mts or ats?
31x10.5r15
Budget- low


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All terrains. the less aggressive the better, On sand you want your tyre to compress the sand, not dig into it

Yep less aggressive. The aussies who do a lot of breach driving stick with highways.

Originally Posted by mcche171

Yep less aggressive. The aussies who do a lot of breach driving stick with highways.

And they drop the pressure down to below 20

And always carry a shovel, a decent ground anchor and a long rope......

Just make sure you are able to a) pump them back up once you're off the sand, and b) know how to rebead one if you manage to debead one for any reason

In you're case you are probably going to be better off going with a highway tyre mate and carrying a couple of strips of carpet in the back in case you end up in the shit on the beach.
Goodluck

Dropping the pressure is the most important thing to do on sand. It will get you further than any other thing you can do. Higher gear,so that you're not spinning the wheels and digging holes. Depending on tyre, you can take them down to 10-15 psi. Just drive at a lower speed, and don't corner hard, or you run the risk of popping the bead

As above, but be careful reducing air pressure below 15-18psi as the risk of rolling a bead increases rapidly. I would recommend fitting tubes to your tyres as it can save you a lot of heart ache. Another thing is to look for an AT tyre that has a low side wall ply rating. The softer side wall will give you a bigger foot print for the same tyre pressure meaning that you don't have to reduce your tyre pressure as much (less likely to pop a bead, and less air required when you go to re-inflate to road pressures).
Off road I used to use a Hankook RT01 which I could run at 20psi where as others using BFG's had to drop to 15psi to get the same side wall deflection and hence foot print. One guy made the mistake of having some truck tyres recapped with a MT pattern. At 7psi they still looked like they had 30psi in them.