Thread: Whats TC like in sand?

Originally Posted by Tusker

<snip> Back on topic, TC doesn't operate above a certain speed? I daresay you were going to fast for TC.

Regards
Max P

TC works up to 100kph on a D2, although only in axle pairs over 50kph.

What do you mean by "axle pairs" Greame?

I think that they come in heavier than that suggested. My rego papers had on them that my TD5 auto weighed just over 2000kg. The weighbridge added another 300kg to that with the inclusion of a bull bar and fuel load.

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

What do you mean by "axle pairs" Greame?

That's from the WSM and I assume its both wheels on an axle, not just 1 wheel.

Originally Posted by Tusker

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What, no camper trailer? Thought they could go anywhere?

Back on topic, TC doesn't operate above a certain speed? I daresay you were going to fast for TC.

Regards
Max P

I was just testing the water so too speak

When we crossed the Simpson, i tried a few things to see what would be the easiest with the camper on, tried it without the centre locked, then with it locked and also low and high range.

For us the easiest was high range with the centre locked, i spent most of the trip in either first or second gear high range, i can tell you the TC goes off quite a lot when you have 1300kg on the back, especially when the sand was soft.

Baz.

Originally Posted by Redback

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For us the easiest was high range with the centre locked, i spent most of the trip in either first or second gear high range, i can tell you the TC goes off quite a lot when you have 1300kg on the back, especially when the sand was soft.

Baz.

Do you know that TC has different operating parameters for low range, whereby it allows more slip?

wwhat I can say is that with the centre diff locked, and the front and rear duffs locked as well the TC goes on holiday . Steering can be problematic though ;o

Originally Posted by Graeme

Do you know that TC has different operating parameters for low range, whereby it allows more slip?

I found that in low range, the TC would be going off more as we were spinning the wheels more with all the weight we had, so high range seemed to work best.

Originally Posted by Numpty's Missus

When was that Baz? I ask only because it looks like it was a straight up and over track. We did it in 2006 & were there again this year and the track over now has a nice dogleg in it, where I had a buttock-clenching moment

Buttock Clenching Moment

We haven't found the TC a problem at all in desert driving but desert dune driving requires slightly different technique to beach/beach dune driving anyway (beach sand often much softer and dune sand softer on the way up)

July 2005, the Dogleg was there to the right going up, it was the chicken track, there was a track to the left of the one i'm going up, that had a dogleg too, but was much steeper, if you were to go up that you would end up where the people were standing to film me.

I have a pic looking at Big Red from the west side i'll post it tonight, I'll also checkout your vid too

Baz.