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Old Feb 13, 2008 | 11:11 PM
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dually in the sand?

I know they aren't the best in the mud and snow, but how do they do in sand? if there's one thing both my SRW Lorenz/BFG equipped trucks were good at it was tearing through sand. can I drop the tires down to 20PSI in a dually and expect not to get stuck? not going dune jumping like in the past, just don't want to get stuck.
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 07:57 AM
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Mine was horrible in the sand at Oregon Inlet, I had to go way too close to the water where the sand was a little harder. This was when it had stock rubber, but I will never drive my dually on the sand again. Now I just take my little frontier with my BFGs and fly across it.
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 08:10 AM
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Mine did horrible in the sand, got some killer axle hop no matter how I drove.
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by RyeThomas
Mine was horrible in the sand at Oregon Inlet, I had to go way too close to the water where the sand was a little harder. This was when it had stock rubber, but I will never drive my dually on the sand again. Now I just take my little frontier with my BFGs and fly across it.
that's where I am headed... did you air down? I had bad axle hop and nearly got stuck before I aired down in a SRW. makes a huge difference.
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 09:33 AM
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If it's something you want to do often and have the room, maybe carry a couple of singles with 33's to drive around. It may out-weigh the hassle of airing up and down.

This is one of the big reasons I can't use a dually since I do lot's of desert camping.
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 10:23 AM
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mine does fine in the sand pulling 10k and a cab over camper. mines a 4x4 though. no hop at all and very little spin even on stock tires
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 01:14 PM
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How about some super singles on 22.5's?
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by hovisimo
that's where I am headed... did you air down? I had bad axle hop and nearly got stuck before I aired down in a SRW. makes a huge difference.
Yep aired down, at certain times of the year that sand is very soft. Give it a whirl just make sure you have a tow strap incase you get stuck.
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