Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Hey all,

Went to Stockton on the weekend with the boys and my mate in his GQ 4.2 diesel had big problems in the sand.

He has the stock (skinny) tyres and had big problems getting up almost any soft sand sanddune. As it starts to load up with the hill or bog in it just dies, if you change gear well you stop.

Does this sound normal for the 4.2 donk or what ?

Steve

Swerve wrote:Hey all,

Went to Stockton on the weekend with the boys and my mate in his GQ 4.2 diesel had big problems in the sand.

He has the stock (skinny) tyres and had big problems getting up almost any soft sand sanddune. As it starts to load up with the hill or bog in it just dies, if you change gear well you stop.

Does this sound normal for the 4.2 donk or what ?

Steve

big of a how long is a piece of string question

tire pressures?
good cheese cutters or roote?
drivers experience?
etc..

FWIW I had no problems in mine at Robe which is SA's answer to Stockton

bogged wrote:

Swerve wrote:Hey all,

Went to Stockton on the weekend with the boys and my mate in his GQ 4.2 diesel had big problems in the sand.

He has the stock (skinny) tyres and had big problems getting up almost any soft sand sanddune. As it starts to load up with the hill or bog in it just dies, if you change gear well you stop.

Does this sound normal for the 4.2 donk or what ?

Steve

big of a how long is a piece of string question

tire pressures?
good cheese cutters or roote?
drivers experience?
etc..

FWIW I had no problems in mine at Robe which is SA's answer to Stockton

We lowered his pressures to 16psi. Tyres were ok maybe 50% tread . It was my mates 1st time on sand but I even had a go (yes I'm expeirenced) and on teh same hill I got to the same spot as him.

I used LOW and him in HIGH and same spot. It just felt like a dog and on most dunes he couldnt get up.

My GU 3L TD did quite well but worked out you need to keep the boost going by leaving it in 1 or 2 LOW on the Auto box. Must admit I missed my LWB Sierra with worked engine, that was like a skateboard in a bowl.

Steve

Swerve wrote:We lowered his pressures to 16psi. Tyres were ok maybe 50% tread . It was my mates 1st time on sand but I even had a go (yes I'm expeirenced) and on teh same hill I got to the same spot as him.

I used LOW and him in HIGH and same spot. It just felt like a dog and on most dunes he couldnt get up.

My GU 3L TD did quite well but worked out you need to keep the boost going by leaving it in 1 or 2 LOW on the Auto box. Must admit I missed my LWB Sierra with worked engine, that was like a skateboard in a bowl.

Steve

Having never driven on cheese cutters, Im not sure the diff they make, but the car should have no problems. How does he find the car daily? goes ok etc?

bogged wrote: Having never driven on cheese cutters, Im not sure the diff they make, but the car should have no problems. How does he find the car daily? goes ok etc?

He reckons on the FWY and open roads he can maintain hills etc so I asume it must be OK. Having not driven it myself on open road I can't say.

We were suggesting next time in for a service to get the piston rings checked (you know that pressure gauge on the spark plug hole)

Steve

i got a 4.2 in my shorty and on slightly soft sand its poo, the worst thing u can do when it starts to bog down is change gear cos as u experienced u stop, ive found no other way around this, just remember momentum is key, i do find staying in low range helps obviously doesnt work if ur goin any faster than 50-60 but in the soft stuff or up dunes low 3rd 4th or 5th seems to work better than high first.

killer_garden_gnome wrote:i got a 4.2 in my shorty and on slightly soft sand its poo, the worst thing u can do when it starts to bog down is change gear cos as u experienced u stop, ive found no other way around this, just remember momentum is key, i do find staying in low range helps obviously doesnt work if ur goin any faster than 50-60 but in the soft stuff or up dunes low 3rd 4th or 5th seems to work better than high first.

Most of what you said was in par with the weekend. Just annoying on the 1st hill onto the sand he couldnt get up. Ended up having to toy him up with a double snatch strp behind my mates 160kw Rodeo. Good for sand but not on rocks LOL.