Sand Cruising

GoISU · 04-23-2008, 12:22 AM

Just a quick question...

I will be driving on the beach this weekend. I will not be in the FJ however. I will be in a Ford F150 quad cab. How low should I go with the tire pressure? This truck is a rental and we will have no other vehicles or recovery gear with us. I certainly don't want to get stuck but I definately don't want to knock a bead off the rim. We are just cruising the beach in North Carolina (OBX) nothing crazy.

Fjamming · 04-23-2008, 12:28 AM

That's going to depend on the type of tires you have and how you drive it. Soft tires and you won't have to lower it much. If you're going to be doing rooster tails, then you might not want to lower it too much. Taking it mello and you can lower it more. Conservatively 20 psi.

gronch · 04-23-2008, 12:37 AM

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Fjamming previously said:

That's going to depend on the type of tires you have and how you drive it. Soft tires and you won't have to lower it much. If you're going to be doing rooster tails, then you might not want to lower it too much. Taking it mello and you can lower it more. Conservatively 20 psi.

Yep. Start high and go lower as you feel the need.

sealevel · 04-23-2008, 06:10 AM

x2 Yep. Start high and go lower as you feel the need.

FJCamel · 04-23-2008, 06:39 AM

Have fun and take pics, you can go a little lower to 15.

MrBigAxe · 04-23-2008, 07:22 PM

The guys around here don't lower their tire pressure at all when hitting the beach in a 4x4 F150. You should do fine as long as you don't have really aggressive tires - they tend to dig in. AT's work well in the sand. Nearly bald AT's work really well.

DoWork · 04-23-2008, 07:35 PM

take the FJ to pull the F150 out WHEN it gets stuck. I cant tell you how many f150s i have pulled out so far....