Thread: Whats TC like in sand?

No problems at all,keep tyre pressures low,around 18 to 22 psi depending on conditions,use sports mode if its an auto.Keep momentum up & right foot firmly planted & you shouldnt have any worries.

Umm....watch your speed with tyre pressures low or you will cook them.

Engage cdl if you have one

hmm.... despite my experiences being in a different vehicle I was not impressed with TC in sand.

I found on the soft stuff it was a hinderance and almost turned it off. Not sure how you can in the D2. Either the Fuse or press the brake pedal 10 times or whatever it is. Can't exactly remember but it is on here if you try a search.

Xav

OK
Sand,its great,as mentioned air down keep the momentum up.LOCK THE CDL IF YOU ARE ABLE,works much better.
DEEP SOFT sand,not the best,depends greatly on tyre size,treadtype and driver skill.Always back up on your tracks before starting off,helps HEAPS.
You can disable on early D2s by locking the CDL then turning the key fully off.On restart the TC/ABS lights will glow.If you stall with CDL locked simply restart without turning the key fully off,ABS/TC remains operative.
Goodluck
Andrew

You'll be fine. I watched my brother in law claw up a dune with no cdl and just TC and it worked fine. Doesnt go off too much.

Angus

I've found ETC to be fine in sand.

It supplements whatever 4WD setup you're running. If you drop the tyre pressures to what they need to be, then the ETC barely triggers and it gives no problems. If you do have problems then your pressures are too high. Even on the softest sand at Stockton Beach in NSW the ETC non-eventful. But up in QLD when you get onto the firmer sand, I've found that the ETC is really useful as when you drive over areas where people have been bogged, the ETC keeps pushing the Disco forward.

I tend to think that where ETC isn't as good in a D2 at least, is when climbing dunes with the CDL unlocked as it feeds a lot of power out through front spinning wheels as they unload their weight to the rear. Lock the CDL and up she goes (generally), but I think the underlying problem there is the 4WD setup rather than the action of the ETC.

Dont be afraid to drop your tyre pressure right down low. On my Disco (33" tyres) I run 12-15psi on Stockton, 15-20psi on Fraser Island, 20psi in the Simpson.

Just done Fraser with my D2 & camper trailer. The D2 with traction control is just about unstoppable. We dragged a Pajero with a box trailer up the exit to Dilli Villiage & dragged a Totota Kluger backwards out of the sand on the return from Lake McKenzie. The infamous Indian Head was an insult to the D2's capabilities.

I run my 245/70/16 Cooper ATRs at 18psi & the camper trailer at 10psi to give the same length footprint. I found that I could stop in deep sand where others with hard tyres were sticking & then pull away again with no fuss. The TC very rarely engaged. Before the trip, I had found the diff lock spindle on the transfer case so that if TC failed, I had an alternative.

Have a good trip. Remember, yor D2 is AWESOME in the sand with the tyres down & a bit of common sense.

Thanks for the advice guys, much appreciated. Can't wait to take her to the beach, should be a good trip.

Just thought I would resurrect this thread. I came back a month ago from Fraser - very dry after no rain for a long time. I have on video some nice footage of me going through indian head and stopping in front of a GU Patrol ute with big tyres stuck deep and being snatched out backwards. I stopped dead and then took off with the TCS just ticking a little to stop wheel spin and idled through the spot where he had been stuck...sure go some looks from the toyo and nismo driver I have no CDL. I was using Scorpion 265/70/16 at 18psi. There were 100 series and 80 series getting stuck at Indian and the 02 Disco (V8 Manual) just did it easy. My mate in his late 02 V8 Man (with CDL locked) did it easy too with General Grabber AT2 in the same tyre size as mine...but in reality his 265's are a little bigger again. Found in the cross axle sections of inland tracks with very deep soft ruts the TCS went off more than at Indian (as expected) and it worked brilliantly. The Brit tourists took plenty of snaps when the 2 of us idled through past 100 series and patrols etc stuck at Indian!!!

Cheers