tacomas on the beach

hey guys i have a 07 ext cab tacoma trd sport. its a v6 6spd 4wd. its all stock. yesterday i took it on the beach for the first time. at first it was doing real well then i wanted to test it out a little. when i got into the soft sand it didnt do so well. yes stock tires i know that much. one thing i noticed when i put it in 4wd it was real hard to get goin, it just wanted to stall out unless i revved to about 2500 rpms, any reason why? and also i had wheel hop like crazy? also seemed like the whole drivetrain was moving to much. i dunno why. any info or tips would be great . thanks guys

 

welcome. air down the tires, get rid of the dueller h/t stock tires too. they suck. not sure about 4wd stuff. sometimes soft sand is just too soft to allow for traction. also sounds like you could use new leaf springs in the rear. there is a tsb out for that if you're still under 36,000 miles. otherwise a simple add a leaf will help solve that issue.

 

thanks for the response. i am just out of 36k. but i use to work at a toyota dealership. might be able to pull some strings.

 

The other thing I noticed down in OBX is that there's "reddish" colored sand, that for some reason is a LOT softer than the rest. I aired down to 20PSI in my stock tires, kept it in 4HI in 2nd gear, and did fine. But you could really feel when you hit those red sand patches and really start sliding around.

Next time holler before you go down there!

 

tires defiantly help. The driver also helps, not saying you dont know how to drive ur truck. But just saying knowing when to haul some ass and when to slow down. Sand is killer if ur rollin slow with ht tires and u will really get stuck in a hurry.

 

Air down and 4wd low will help the starts, as well as switching gears so there isnt as large of a gap. Soft sand just gives a lot of rolling resistance, so those two things will help a lot!

 

yeah ive been wheeling for a little while i had a lifted s10 zr2 before this truck and also a 89 toyota pickup. the pickup was manual and i never had the bogging problem. ive been driving manual vehicles for years now and ive never had any troubles. as far as the sand i was just looking for some feed back on experience and info. but i was mainly curious about having to give it so much gas in 4hi to get it to not stall. and also the wheel hop. i was in corolla, nc and the sand got pretty soft the farther up the beach you went and i guess i was just testing my luck. thanks again for the replies