Excursion Beach Driving Information...
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Excursion Beach Driving Information...
Please share any and all tips you have on driving the Excursion on the beach. I inadvertently got a previous thread on this subject off topic and wish to rectify the situation for those who need to learn about driving the Excursion on the beach. Thank you.
I'll start - take a good shovel - you will eventually need it.
I'll start - take a good shovel - you will eventually need it.
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Good tip Landyot, but make sure to avoid large dark reddish patches of coarse shell and sand near the water line like the plague - you will sink in these like a rock. Take the high and dry road around through the soft fluffy stuff.
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Air down! You could go as low as 15 psi but 20-30 would probably be fine. Just make sure there is a gas station with free air nearby, as you don't want to drive very far with tires that low. Also, keep your momentum up. Stopping and starting is when you are most likely to get stuck. Wheelspin is your enemy. If the tires are spinning ,you are just digging deeper in the sand. We take my dads Excursion all over the sand dunes at Glamis and Pismo and have yet to get stuck when its not hooked to a trailer. Have fun!
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Originally Posted by AirSmitty
Air down! You could go as low as 15 psi but 20-30 would probably be fine. Just make sure there is a gas station with free air nearby, as you don't want to drive very far with tires that low. Also, keep your momentum up. Stopping and starting is when you are most likely to get stuck. Wheelspin is your enemy. If the tires are spinning ,you are just digging deeper in the sand. We take my dads Excursion all over the sand dunes at Glamis and Pismo and have yet to get stuck when its not hooked to a trailer. Have fun!
i took my Excursion down to Baja and camped out on the beach, my truck kept getting stuck in the sand untill i dropped my PSI's down to 20 psi after that i had no problems driving in the sand dunes! i popped in 4wd and did a little bit of
off roading going thru some cool trails, i even ended up pulling lots of other people out , the funny thing was i had more fun pulling people out of the sand then playing in the sand with my big toy lol, the trick to not getting stuck is to take long wide turns because if you turn your wheels to much really quick you can just dig the front end and screw your self .
hey smitty! im from saugus bro! good to see someone from around here
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Driving on the Long Beach Peninsula has never been a problem for me. I've never had to lower the PSI's yet, I'll save that in case I do get stuck. I just take my time and as mentioned before, make wide turns. No matter what, when in loose soft sand it will fill like the surface is washing out from under you. Just relax and don't get too excited, it's just the sand firming under the load of the tires. This same thing applies to snow.
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When you do need to air down for beach driving, a small portable compressor is handy to have along.
If you do get stuck - don't sit and spin the tires, or rock back and forth until the truck is buried to the rails. Get out and use the shovel I mentioned in Post #1 to shovel the sand out from in front of all four tires. The sand behind the tires makes no difference unless you want to bo backwards. Make sure the front tires are pointed straight ahead if possible, then put the truck in 4WD HI for automatics, use 2nd or 3rd gear low for sicks and gently pull forward.
If you are sitting on an incline, which is common when you do get stuck because the weight of the truck buries the tires on the heavy side, it's critical to clear the tires on the low side more than those on the high side. Spend your time there clearing a three to five foot path for each tire.
If you do get stuck - don't sit and spin the tires, or rock back and forth until the truck is buried to the rails. Get out and use the shovel I mentioned in Post #1 to shovel the sand out from in front of all four tires. The sand behind the tires makes no difference unless you want to bo backwards. Make sure the front tires are pointed straight ahead if possible, then put the truck in 4WD HI for automatics, use 2nd or 3rd gear low for sicks and gently pull forward.
If you are sitting on an incline, which is common when you do get stuck because the weight of the truck buries the tires on the heavy side, it's critical to clear the tires on the low side more than those on the high side. Spend your time there clearing a three to five foot path for each tire.
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