Beach cruiser

[fasteddie2015]

I tried to get stuck today but couldn’t. Did get to exercise lo, crawl, and center diff lock. Because I could and because they needed the exercise. Lot of vacuuming compressed air and rinsing off salt coming up in a few days. Worth it.

 

[bloc]

Crawl control is great until one's chassis sets on the sand - nothing but a tow works then.

Not necessarily.. the video I posted earlier appeared to be on the chassis, and there is another on yt of a 200 in similar circumstances and results. Crawl control seems to have an impressive ability to pull sand back under the contact patches. Obviously it's not going to work all the time, but there is enough video evidence to say it can sometimes work even when the vehicle is sitting on the axle/skid/frame.

This one is backing downhill, but clearly has both axles sitting firmly on the sand and all wheels spinning free. The computers and traction control do their thing to pull sand to the places it needs to be to give just enough traction to get moving again.




Now all of this isn't meant to say you shouldn't have a snatch strap and shovel, and even traction boards. You just may use them to help extricate someone else.. but CC does seem like an impressive system for just this scenario.

 

[TeCKis300]

In sand, vehicle weight and the ability to float and not dig down, i.e. flotation, is a thing. It's why airing down is so important.

Smoother highway tread tires can work better over AT or MT tires as the tread applies more even load on sand without aggressive features scooping aside sand and digging down.

Taller overall diameter tires will also help, especially when aired down, to create larger contact patches again for more flotation. And more ground clearance to keep axles and frame rails above the sand.

Given the same tread and same overall diameter, wider tires can help further still. To maximize flotation by spreading the load over as much surface area as possible to stay on top of the sand. This is especially helpful for very heavy rigs to avoid digging down, and why wider flotation tire sizes exist, to help in loose sand, mud, and snow type terrain.