Thread: Will a bit of beach driving bugger my truck?

Well I decided to go have a look at Muriwai after all. We had an end of year company party I guess, so the boss (who's got an old land cruiser with a 400 cubic inch V8 in it) and I thought we'd fit everyone in our trucks, do a couple of trips and run people up the beach to a spot we set up for a barbie.

It was choice. Just whacked the truck through a car wash on the way home that had these jets that cleaned the bottom of the truck, like driving over about 5 water blasters.

We made a bit of a mess of the beach before remembering it's a policed beach and cut out our shenanigans, but even without an LSD in rear wheer drive the surf can get some choice powerslides going on on the sand. I drifted around the bosses truck about a dozen times.

We left a little bit late and the tide was getting high and buy you bog down in the soft sand. The truck started getting a little hot, and it smelled hot once we got back off the beach, but I left it running and it cooled down quick. I'm going to get my radiator cleaned (or replace it with a better one) and fit a snorkel over Christmas.

The V8 Land Cruiser


The Surf