Got myself out on the beach this weekend to scout some camping spots. Truck needs latter bars! I currently run 35 13.50 r20 mickey thompson atz. Not so good in the sand. I want the dune grapplers but they are not available in 35's. Anybody have any tire suggestions.

 

Did you air-down your tires? Just about any tire will suck in very soft sand if you do not air-down. I run my BFG ATs at 18-20psi on the beach.

 

I run my IROKS on my wheeler at 5-6 PSI in the sand, snow, and rocks. If you do not air down in the sand, you are going nowhere.

 

yes, you need to air down. i too go down to 5-10 psi. i pull my 40 foot toy hauler out on the sand all the time and never have any troubles.

 

It's hard to air down when your side wall is only two inches tall. BLING doesn't work well in the sand, swap those 20's out for something practical or limist yourself to the mall.

 

My toyo Mud terrains worked really good in the sand.

 

An all terrain will work better in the sand than a mud tire will. Less tendancy to dig down with an AT.

 

From what I have seen the at's did ok in the sand and in the snow. The MT's did good in the sand and great in the snow. I Drove the Toyo AT's and the MT's on the same truck (duramax) out in the Beverly dunes two different years and they both did very well aired down. Best thing about a toyo is its very very quiet on asphalt also.

 

The nu,mber one contributing factor to driving in sand is floatation. Doesn't matter if you have M/T or A/T (sure one may work better than the other) but you do need to air down. 20" 35"s don't do to well airing down. More side wall is much needed. Either smaller size wheel or, heck, taller lift and taller rubber for the 20's.

 

I've run my BFG A/T's at the Silver Lake sand dunes in MI no problem, drop them to 18lbs and I'm good to go, pulled out a few other trucks and some idiot in a 7 series BMW...he pulled off the wood ramp and onto the sand, and sunk, after he hooked up my strap to his car the first time I tore off his rear bumper, then he asked me to put the strap on. Guy was nice about it, admitted it was his fault and bought me a case of beer later that night to our campsite...he was in a sandrail he bought after I pulled him out because he couldn't take the BMW in the sand, and he had his car hauler coming to pick it up sunday when he left...man was I jealous.

 

The bfg at works very well in the sand,I switched to the Toyo AT to get a tougher tire and was very disapointed in the Toyo's performance in the sand.I now have a set of Toyo Mt's to try out this wk end at Pismo beach..............We"ll see.

Bob

 

Not to hijack the thread but curious as to what pressure to run a 2 wheel drive with auto at on sand? Rears only or all four??
Going to Pismo soon and would like to know.
Thanks.

 

Lower all four tires. I used to lower my tires to about 15 psi when cruising the beaches of Mexico in my old 4Runner. If the sand in Pismo is about the same I'd probably start around 20 psi and go from there.

 

All four - and if your pulling a trailer, air down those tires as well. Otherwise, it becomes a big anchor.

 

With my BFG's at 10 psi rear, 12psi front, there's not many places I can't go at the Dunes, and I've yet to run into a stuck truck or motorhome I couldn't pull out. On the other hand, with the tires at 50psi, the truck is an absolute pig in the soft sand, especially when pulling a trailer.