victim truck is my 07 K2500 suburban, no lift no nothing (already have height issues in some parking garages, hit the chains and wind up driving thru with my hand out the moonroof to make sure I don't hit)

well got my silly beach parking permit at one office for my summer house, go to some other office for a boat ramp permit, and they have beach driving permits, so I say what the hell...

blah blah blah, said I needed a tire pressure gauge, inflator, shovel, jack, board, strap and probably some more junk, load all of that in the back of the sub, and decide lets be my usual lazy self and drive the truck onto the beach to let the two labs go swimming......

well I have *****, so I say screw it and try 2hi...(I'm rolling up a 6 ft incline over say 40-50 ft super soft stuff, like feet sink in) nada, say okay lets get serious, drop it into 4 lo, and hit it with some speed (but not crazy don't feel like calling for a buddy to yank me out) get about 10-15 ft and it starts digging, was kicking sand up from the fronts as well. Didn't pull the front air dam but it didn't get that deep that it was bulldozing between the tire tracks.

right now the truck has its summer rims (weld cheyenne 8's 20x8.5) with Nitto Terra Grapplers 285/50 (or 55) on the 20's, I believe its a 31 inch tall package overall. Roughly 30k miles on them (hard to tell actual miles since I switch back to the stockers for winter months vs. polished aluminum + roadsalt in NY) Of course I left them at their usual 40-45ish psi and didn't drop them.

In my research since the fact, I've learned you need silly soft tires so they don't dig down (was told don't go below 15 psi or I'll pop the bead)

yes I'm trying to take a 7K+ pig onto sand........am I out of my mind or will the big ol 3/4 ton slug get it done aired down? I've seen guys locally with 3/4 ton pickups with stock sized AT (bfg's I think) tires with the same permit (one would think they can get it done) obviously the lil wranglers skim right over it vs my beast.

 

You will be fine if you air your tires down and go slower. May want to invest in some wider tires when its time to replace them.

 

Can't go wider unfortunately, darn things rub in the front already, Weld said I needed a lift if I wanted to go with anything wider. Had to play a bunch of games with the fender liners as is now. It was kinda funny even in 4Lo the thing was loading all the way up on the stock converter (2500ish) before the tires would turn....

 

i think 4hi would work better on sand. so much torque on sand is gonna dig you deeper. (thats what i think)

 

18-22psi, 4hi, and roll. What beaches were you driving on? List for required items sounds like the one for Delaware.

 

4 hi and air down

 

even though i hate them with a passion, this is where the super swamper trxxus tires would come in handy! they are a sand tire after all

 

I drove an 09 Chevy Impala LTZ on the beach as pismo and even through a small stream that ran into the ocean without issues. Is it really that difficult in NY?

 

sounds fun! you still got the blower on it?

 

Unless you have a pretty wide tire id would avoid the the "super soft stuff" ...I did some beach driving in my silverado while in tx but it was on mostly the wet hard stuff