I was at the beach a few weeks ago and pulled a fully loaded suburban through some really soft sand. The front end on my 05 was hopping up and down a few inches while pulling them. It was shaking the whole truck. We had to stay in the throttle a little to keep the momentum up.

Is there anything that can be done to help the axle wrap / hop problem. My truck has a 6" lift with 35s. Would Poly bushings help?

 

I bumped you to SuperDuty, the guys should help you out here better. ARB locker so one side doesn't dig then switch to the other side and start digging? Just my 2 cents in soft sand.

 

What kind of shocks do you have.
Wheel hop is not good, that's when things break.

 

next time keep power on and ad a little brake

 

I have pro comp mx-6 shocks. They are set on the nest to firmest setting. These were on the truck when I bought it. They would not be my first choice.

 

I missed or forgot, to ask you. What air pressures were you using on the sand? I know we used to air down to 5psi on the sand dunes.

 

wow!! 5 psi , that seems low. i beach camp in loose sand towing a 9000lbs trailer and i keep the air at about 17lbs. (truck and trailer)do you have bead locks?

 

Air down on sand as much as possible. I too run super low pressures (no beadlocks).
A locker will not help wheel hop. Dampers can help, but airing down will help. I pull a very large toy hauler and run pressures down to 8 sometimes 6 psi. Keeps the hops to a minimum and permits the truck to get some traction is heavy sand.

 

are you guys worried about your tire coming off the rim with that super lolw tire pressure?

 

Used to run down to 5 psi, not pulling a trailer, on the sand dunes. Never had a tire come off and no bead locks. The wheel hop seems to me, in soft sand, that one tire will dig in finding traction then switch power to the loose side. Airing down and a locker would prevent the switching back and forth but I am no expert on sand.