I have a 2013 F350 4x4 6.7 Fx4 on the 18" at tires. My brother is convinced that we'll get stuck if we drive my truck on the Kenai beach, because of the weight.

Anyone else in AK have experience or thoughts on this?

Thanks.

 

I'm not the most experienced at driving on sand but I would air down as far as you can and still keep the tire on the wheel. You should be able to go down to 15psi or so. You'll need to find a way to air back up when you get back to pavement though. If nothing is near and you need to drive a bit you may have to try 25psi. E rated tires should be able to support your truck for short distances at that pressure (assuming you aren't really loaded down).

Weight will always play a role but besides airing down, not spinning your wheels and using common sense you should be fine.

Plenty of guys take their SD's on the beach so hopefully they'll be along to give you some real advice.

 

Air down to 15 psi and you will go up or down anything you want. I go to the Glamis sand dunes all the time and its amazing to see these stock trucks way out in the middle of these huge dunes going where ever they want and then you see huge giant lifted trucks stuck in the sand only a couple feet off the pavement only because they don't know enough to air down. It's crazy what a difference it makes

 

I am sure you are aware of it already, but Watch the tides up there!! The incoming tides can rip up the inlet catching people by surprise. We were in Anchorage last summer and I actually had a local warn us about walking too far out on the beach and also told not to drive out (not that we would have in a rental car).