Thread: TRAILER IN SAND

This demonstrates why a lot of people get unstuck (well perhaps wrong adjective) thinking that they can go anywhere with an 'off-road' trailer or caravan.

diff lock wont make much difference as all wheels will have similar traction or lack of

let the tyres down, (or lay sandbags down )

Maybe a ground anchor and winch ?

I think your only real options are as mentioned. Let your tyres down, lay down some kind of track (sandbags, lots of "PlankTrax" ) or winching out.

I realise these are all fairly painful solutions for a 10m trek, but they are really the only ones that are going to be effective every time. As has been mentioned, the lockers isn't really going to help you much, in fact I can see you digging in further thanks to the trailer on the back.

I am one of those guys with the opinion that lockers are only useful on sand in a very small amount of cases, but that's only my opinion and experience. Others will definitely disagree here.

Thanks

Chris

thanks folks,

does anyone have anymore detail on the plank trax ?
my mate suggested some sort of portable trak device, once vehicle moves
it usually keeps going, wit trailer its just getting started thats difficult
(especially with the tide coming in :P

OZ

what about letting the tyres down and a bit of momentum?

Take a look at these,

MAXTRAX: Vehicle Extraction & Recovery

But still let your tyres down..

May be a silly question but why deflate the trailer tyres? They're not driven. They don't require traction.
Deflate the four driven tyres on the 4WD I can understand.

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

May be a silly question but why deflate the trailer tyres? They're not driven. They don't require traction.
Deflate the four driven tyres on the 4WD I can understand.

It helps with the footprint making them wider