Thread: Defender traction control

As a few others have said, no issue at all in sand.

Tyres pressures are the most important thing in sand.

I spent 4 days on the beaches or Robe, and did the Beachport to Robe run.

A few vehicles I was with: Disco 3 struggled - too heavy, Disco series 1 TDi - bogged a couples of times, Defender 130's TDi's struggled - too gutless. Again, tyre pressure and momentum are key.

My Puma never felt like getting bogged - great gearing and Torque.
Also, I tried with centre Diff lock engaged and not engaged and still no issues although it does it so much better with the Centre Diff Lock engaged.

The lower the preasure the bigger the footprint, as all know. With a heavy-ish vehicle you don't want to go too low (especially the fronts) as with radials you might get seperation at the bead and that is a BIG problem in sand.

I met some guys in the Namib Desert who drove around in 4x2 utes with their tyres as low as 0.8 bar.

Back to topic! Took my 90 Puma to the Leeuwen Naturalista nature reserve over the week end and did a lot of sand driving. TC only came on 3 times during the entire weekend and all were serious cross axle situations. Worked absolutely superb. I was a devoted 300Tdi man untill I drove the Puma 90, and as much as I love them, there's no going back!

Cheers