deep sand...tires won't spin in high gear?

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Live to Ski

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hello mudders!

while attending the fun cruiser fiesta, i climbed a steep sand hill w. momentum and crested to a stop at ther top (center locker engaged). this being in high gearing. after the stop, i tried to move forward, engine reving but no wheel spin. tried the gas a few more time, no dice. (no sand flying)

put er in low range and walked right out.

any insight as to why the wheels would not spin in high
 
Did you try to go back into high after getting out?
Might have disengaged at/near crest.

Only other thing I can thing of is not good. Center diff ate the high end gears. But nothing you posted would point to that happening and its kinda unheard of AFAIK.
 
Live to Ski said:
hello mudders!

while attending the fun cruiser fiesta, i climbed a steep sand hill w. momentum and crested to a stop at ther top (center locker engaged). this being in high gearing. after the stop, i tried to move forward, engine reving but no wheel spin. tried the gas a few more time, no dice. (no sand flying)

put er in low range and walked right out.

any insight as to why the wheels would not spin in high
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As long as you could tell it was *trying* to pull rather than revving like you were in neutral, you're probably fine. Low-range exists for a reason. :meh:
 
I think you are underestimating how much drag there is in deep sand. Add a steep hill and you need low range for sure.

For reference, I had a Chevy 1500 with the 5:7. Driving on flat sand on the beach, I would nearly get stuck if I went in the deep soft sand, bogging down easily and unable to spin the tires. Low range was required even on flat sand.
 
If you left traction control on in high range, the programming prevents most wheel spin no matter how much you rev the engine. Traction control is automatically off in low range, which allowed the tires to spin and drive forward. There is a traction control off button you can use in high range. This is all from memory, but I do know I had my 100 in very deep sand pulling a heavy trailer and as long as traction control was off it never lacked the HP even in high range to spin tires in deep sand.
 
Sandroad said:
If you left traction control on in high range, the programming prevents most wheel spin no matter how much you rev the engine. Traction control is automatically off in low range, which allowed the tires to spin and drive forward. There is a traction control off button you can use in high range. This is all from memory, but I do know I had my 100 in very deep sand pulling a heavy trailer and as long as traction control was off it never lacked the HP even in high range to spin tires in deep sand.
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well how about that, learn something new every day. color me clueless w/r to this button. for other, the button is the vsc button per geminia. thank you sandrod!
 
Sandroad said:
If you left traction control on in high range, the programming prevents most wheel spin no matter how much you rev the engine. Traction control is automatically off in low range, which allowed the tires to spin and drive forward. There is a traction control off button you can use in high range. This is all from memory, but I do know I had my 100 in very deep sand pulling a heavy trailer and as long as traction control was off it never lacked the HP even in high range to spin tires in deep sand.
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In my 03 you can not turn off traction control in any transfer case position. Atrac is always watching.
 
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