4x4 Beach Driving

[liveaboard74]

You guys talking about my playground.
Heavy mods on that Tacoma but even thought it was one of the most tricked out trucks, I hated it. Size.
Sold that bought the Tahoe doing the very same thing to it now. Got the lift Monday, waiting on 2 inch adaptors for the rims and tires. Read most of you guys post but some of you are wrong on just go drive .
LEAK THOSE TIRES DOWN. 15 pound . Hatteras we have whats called Suger sand. I'd advise you not to go there. 12 pounds on the air adn 4x4 is a must. NOrth beach is your best bet.
IF you don't air down this time of years you will get stuck. I actually run street tires but do the 15 pounds. More contact than A/Ts and they don't dig. Start and stop slow. Honestly everyone loves to post pictures if you don't have a 4x4 don't hit OBX. You will be everyone's picture. LOL . You will make front page on our OBX beach forum. OBX towing always post their adventures. ( Hook ups) LOL
Jeeps 4x4 trucks, even hummers get stuck when they don't leak down. Town trucks around there run 20 pounds of air but they are running 285, 95s and 305s. . Leaking down increases your foot print and you roll with the bumps not push through them. Thats the secret to OBX driving.
Tahoe is about 4 weeks away from being finished. If you head to OBX give me a shout GF and I can met you. Have every other weekend off, were there at least once a month in summer more in fall. Grill out, music cold beer, fun and sun backed up to the beach. We live on the water cross the sound. Elizabeth City . Several boats one's a offshore fishing boat. Won't kidding OBX is our play ground.
SEE ya...........

 

[Doubeleive]

Hope you are from frozen north rust belt, cause thats what that truck will resemble after beach trip.

no, lol maybe if they lived there and literally lived right beside the beach, I used to live 1/2 block from the beach nobody's cars rusted unless they parked like basically on the beach for years and years.

 

[EddieC]

Well if I am not afraid to take this to the beach (and I removed the AWD system) you will be just fine. Just don't go in the really soft sand. The worst stucks I have seen at the beach are when people park too close and the tide came in. One day it took 3 trucks to pull out a suv stuck after the tide came in. View attachment 376521

Robgreg, That's way too much population for the reasons we went to Hatteras. There were times when the next vehicle was on the horizon.

 

[EddieC]

Hope you are from frozen north rust belt, cause thats what that truck will resemble after beach trip.

It was just part of the experience for us. The thrill of having the beach to ourselves was worth anything.

we were there on one trip when they were moving the Hatteras light house due to erosion, and we asked the ranger on hand if the area was a good place to buy a house. His answer was "it depends on how soon you can afford to lose the money, because sooner or later you will and have to decide if it's worth it." Beach driving was a worthwhile experience but we were knowledgable enough to stay out of the water zone.

 

[EddieC]

Hey Guys,

I'll be visiting the Outer Banks in NC later this summer and plan to drive my 2011 Tahoe 4x4 on the beach. I have never taken it off-road anywhere but I've watched some Youtube videos on beach driving best practices and will have a tow strap, 2 compressors, shovel, jack, 2x4, and pressure gauges. I have a factory suspension, 20" wheels and newish all-season tires. I know to air down to 15 ish PSI. Do I have anything to worry about as long as I take it easy and try to avoid large ruts? I've read that it may be best to remove the lip at the bottom of the front bumper for better clearance.

Any advice or tips would be appreciated! Thank you.

Add a square 18"x 18" of 3/4" plywood on your list to put you jack on. That's from the state of RI beach driving requirements and the OBX sand is a piece of cake compared to RI where the sand behind the dune seems like powder. Our tires were sunk in up to the rims while traveling their sand trails and it was tense times for sure.

 

[Chuck_Finley]

Thanks all for the tips, we had a great time and the Tahoe did great, absolutely no issues.