high tide and the sand by the waters edge will be slushy and soft, low tide then the sand will be harder and firm.

if you are on your own then try and do any beach driving during the low tide if there is not much beach to drive on.

high tide and the sand by the waters edge will be slushy and soft, low tide then the sand will be harder and firm.

if you are on your own then try and do any beach driving during the low tide if there is not much beach to drive on.

 Thanks Keg!

 Imo, driving down the beach without a second car I'd stay above the high tide mark , can be harder below that but can also be worse and get you in bad situation pretty quickly.. id stick up top , 12psi will get you through most stuff 

 Over the years I managed to keep it at 20psi bar from 2 times when I got too close to shore and managed to dig myself into a horrible hole :( Ended up unloading car, dropping air entirely out of the mud grapplers, digging out as much as possible and wriggling the madtrax underneath (didn't need to dig in a beach anchor luckily enuf...). Maybe a lesson to be learned here and simply start off at 12 psi ;)

 Saw 20psi , and went , yep a bit high but also saw you have alloy rims.

 I say 10 psi soft going for lighter 4wd , below sorta navara size on steel rims , 12-15psi for firmer beachs.

 12psi for soft beachs for gu,s , cruisers etc on steel rims, , 15-18 psi for firmer beachs , tracks .

 Allloys on anything , they usually but not always dont have anywhere as big as bead retainer on the inside of the rim, hence 

 the only friends or beach boys I have seen that have popped beads are alloys around 12-14 psi turning hardish.( they have had wide rim for tyre ratio too i.e

10 inch rim on 11 inch tyre .

 So if you are dropping them to 10 etc for getting out , I would be putting a little back before going to radical and then 

 start berating yourself why you are so vane to be running dubs or alloy jewelery on a 4x4 , haha.

 ( Good old boring steelys can be hammered on bead too if you catch a rock or root and you pop a bead that way)

Haha yep bit of air goes back in when ever I drop air entirely :) Nevertheless, steelys are on my list.

But have to say the standard alloys on the cruiser are made of tuff stuff as I've done quite a bit of rock crawling which only put some minor scrapes n dents into them (surprisingly).

Btw the picture is from a month ago of the southern end of wilbinga (at a reefy bend followed by a little gorge and sandy beach (and some weeds)). Good spot for a quiet overnight but action is pretty temperamental - either you get hit hard by tailor and whatnot; or you just enjoy the quiet and nothingness with a few herring and the odd mulla...

Hope the weather has made most of the hoons decide to not head out there early for the easter weekend (vain hope)!

Unfortunately I can't go today till after high tide... Ah well, might get some terminal tackle prepped for the night sesh :)

 I've had a late model Hilux and now have a 200 series, both with Toyota alloys. I've run both these vehicles on sand, rock and all sorts of terrain with tyre pressures from 8 - 40 psi and haven't had a bead pop. I wouldn't be rushing into changing the factory alloys to steel if I were you. Like you say, you just need to limit when you drive on low pressures and drive accordingly at those pressures and you should be sweet.

Obviously your tires should be correctly matched to your rims as far as width goes..