| noel di pietro |
18 May 2011 21:14 |
soft sand
Quote:
Originally Posted by JoJo1
(Post 335373)
If the sand is covered in small ripples (less than 25mm apart) it's generally hard enough to drive on. Wider ripples mean softer sand. No ripples can mean very soft - or rock hard, no-one said it was easy!
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That is certainly not my experience! I was genuinly amazed in Libya, in the Tenere and in the Grand Erg du Bilma about the varariaties of surface hardness without ANY noticable difference. One moment its rock hard to walk on and the next step you sink ankle deep into the sand! Same with the car, we drove in tandem, front car making the pace, the back keeping distance. One moment you go 50kph and the next moment your bogged in ultra soft sand and there was absolutely no visable difference in the surface! The back car puls the bogged car out with a snatch strap and you walk to the area to find a hard track around the soft patch and that ever few kilometers.
And about janking the steering....as already said, momentum is everthing, why spoil it. Ultra low pressure (0.8 bar) low range and a lot of revs gives you the edge. And switch of the aircon :)
cheers,
Noel |
