Thread: D4 Sand Driving

Originally Posted by discotwinturbo

Would be good if it did lock the gear that you are in, but it won't. It will still change gears at the wrong time if you give it enough stick. Brett...

Not sure about that.....I can hold 3rd low until redline before it changes up...I find sport particularly good for significant steep dune climbs starting in 3rd low and up changing to 4th low when/if needed. I have found auto changes at wrong times for me on such dunes and I haven't had a dune that's stopped me since using sport

Cheers
Mike

Originally Posted by hibees1972

Not sure about that.....I can hold 3rd low until redline before it changes up...I find sport particularly good for significant steep dune climbs starting in 3rd low and up changing to 4th low when/if needed. I have found auto changes at wrong times for me on such dunes and I haven't had a dune that's stopped me since using sport Cheers Mike

We must have different programming in our transmissions...or put our boot into it differently lol. I tried to hold 2 high on the two levels of Callcup in wa and it would decide to jump down to first at the worst time, then back to second, and up and down, and so on...very frustrating. All part of the dsc kicking in, even though switched off.
Once I realised to only give light throttle, I leave in drive now, and the big dunes in wa have been a piece of you know what.
Brett.....

Went from Carpenters Rocks to South End successfully.

52 km overland via the Canundra National Park.

No dramas only one dune was a challenge but made it over no worries.

Only went down to 20 lbs.

Thanks for everyone's advice.

Originally Posted by discotwinturbo

We must have different programming in our transmissions...or put our boot into it differently lol. I tried to hold 2 high on the two levels of Callcup in wa and it would decide to jump down to first at the worst time, then back to second, and up and down, and so on...very frustrating. All part of the dsc kicking in, even though switched off.
Once I realised to only give light throttle, I leave in drive now, and the big dunes in wa have been a piece of you know what.
Brett.....

Interesting...I haven't done Calcup in the RRS and given it's length (Calcup!) can understand different technique. Dunes I was referring to we're much shorter but steeper where heaps of torque required and holding in 3rd really helps.

Glad OP had a great time!

Cheers
Mike

We have returned from Carpenters Rocks.

The D4 performed flawlessly.

Did not get bogged.

I did note that the GG AT's perform better in sand than the MT MTZ's I had on the D3 when last in the area.

They do not seem to dig in like the mud terrains.

Out of interest the Triton has the same problems we have when we don't turn off DSC.

Highway performance was amazing with the 460 km return trip done at 8.4 litres/100 and an average speed of 89 km/h.

The 3 litre definitely helps you overtake b doubles!

Originally Posted by chuck

We have returned from Carpenters Rocks.

The D4 performed flawlessly.

Did not get bogged.

I did note that the GG AT's perform better in sand than the MT MTZ's I had on the D3 when last in the area.

They do not seem to dig in like the mud terrains.

Out of interest the Triton has the same problems we have when we don't turn off DSC.

Highway performance was amazing with the 460 km return trip done at 8.4 litres/100 and an average speed of 89 km/h.

The 3 litre definitely helps you overtake b doubles!

Good one Chuck, I found the GG AT's no where as good as the oversize 285/60 R18 LTZ Zions on the sand

So is the D4 a no contest winner with the 150 Prado?

Rich

The 150 Prado was a fully loaded Altitude edition with ARB everything.

It lasted 4 months.

The two things I liked about it were the fuel tank capacity & the resale.

I imagine the 285 Zeon LTZ's would be very good in the sand due to much larger contact area.

How many km's do you get out of the Zeon LTZ's?

So far over 44,000 on the GG AT's with lots of tread left.

Well hard to say, seeing I regularly swap between sets and don't bother recording kms at each swap.
Why did you get rid of the Prado?