Outer Limits 4x4 Board

HotFourOk wrote:

RockyF70 wrote:

HotFourOk wrote:

RockyF70 wrote:Yeah stay the hell away from salt water.

But if it's been raining stockton has some mad fresh water lakes closer to the tree-line. Still going to have some salt in them from the sand, but its minimal compared to driving through seawater.

How does sand affect the salt content in the water?

Get a bit of beach sand, and put it in our mouth. It tastes salty

How is there inland fresh water lakes on Fraser (A Sand Island) then?

1. They are inland.
2. Rain.

Good tip for you: Alot of throttle isnt always the key in the soft stuff, avoid wheelspin and have the right gear and you will hardly ever get stuck.

Try high range before low range and see how it goes for you.

is there any other 4wding around anna bay area?

Always plenty of burnt out cars in Anna bay to ramp on, apart from that, drive up a bit further to Samurai beach. Just past it, on the left is a little sandy track. There's some other stuff closer to Newcastle but I couldn't tell you how to get there.

paulio1 wrote:Go

Try high range before low range and see how it goes for you.

just rememeber u will use more fuel in high range than in low...

i find in the patrol i will use only 4th and 5th and it is fine BUT i only have a maximum of about 40k
but in high range i can go a lot faster but also use far more fuel

RockyF70 wrote: drive up a bit further to Samurai beach

the view can get quite good there sometimes

I wouldnt worrie about fish oiling your Zook, just saying your going has started the on set of rust. Do you have a wide track ? Can I have the axles when the zook turns to rust ?

j-top paj wrote:

RockyF70 wrote: drive up a bit further to Samurai beach

the view can get quite good there sometimes

Camped there a month or so ago... shudder.... wasn't too bad, lotsa surfers in the morning - clothed of course - and an elderly german couple came and stayed for 1/2 a day

RockyF70 wrote:Yeah stay the hell away from salt water.

But if it's been raining stockton has some mad fresh water lakes closer to the tree-line. Still going to have some salt in them from the sand, but its minimal compared to driving through seawater. It also helps to wash off the sand

A lot of them are always fresh because they are filled by the underground water that comes out of the Tomago Sand Beds. (which is also part of the Hunter Regions water supply). If the tides low enough and you're in the right spot, you can see the water running out at the shore line into the ocean.

My hilux= 12 front and 8 rear

My prado= 15 all round and feels like it should go lower but the tyres don't look like they will bag further safely so I leave it there and deal with the chees cutters it has.

TAKE A SHOVEL!!!!!

I had to dig the 60 out with a frying pan and waves getting up to the tyres at the coorong during a king tide, it wasn't fun.

one more thing

TAKE A SHOVEL!!!

cruiser60series wrote:TAKE A SHOVEL!!!!!

I had to dig the 60 out with a frying pan and waves getting up to the tyres at the coorong during a king tide, it wasn't fun.

one more thing

TAKE A SHOVEL!!!

LOL that's funny stuff.

grimbo wrote:In a Sierra 15 psi is almost road pressure I'd be dropping down to around the 10psi mark, but that's just me.

Yep when they recommend 22psi on the placard for the tarmac, you begin to realise that even 15psi is too high!

I don't understand these macho people who don't bother dropping their pressures (too lazy to pump em back up again?). Do it before you hit the sand and you'll have a shitload more fun! Unless of course your idea of fun is being snatched every 2 minutes.

edit: If you're running 32s I am guessing they'll be an LT construction so they aren't going to bag much at all in the zook. Don't worry about how wide the tyre gets, it's how LONG a footprint you can give it that matters. Put a stick 4in from either end of the tyre (front and back) and deflate til it bags that much.