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  1. 19th October 2012, 12:36 PM #1
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    Sand driving

    Hi All,

    I went on a quick trip to moreton over last weekend, it was the first time I have had the disco (1) on sand.

    When driving through the softer stuff I noticed that I was having to use a fair bit of right-hand-down to keep things going in a straight line.

    On the black top I have no such issues, and on the hard packed sand it was also fine, basically the softer the sand the more apparent the problem....

    I'm not really that fussed about it, but would still like to sort it if possible any ideas?
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  2. 19th October 2012, 12:48 PM #2
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    Are your front tyre pressures the same? If one is less it will pull that way.

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  3. 19th October 2012, 12:57 PM #3
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    Yeah that's an interesting thought.... they wouldn't have been exactly the same as i just used the deflate-pressure check-deflate-pressure check method to drop the pressures...

    However they would have been within 1 PSI of each other.....
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  4. 19th October 2012, 01:18 PM #4
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    If you were driving along a beach somewhat near a water line, wouldn't the firmness of the sand vary quite a lot? Could be just differences in sand between the 2 wheels.

    In saying that, I've never driven on sand. Planning to in a few weeks in my D1 though!
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  5. 19th October 2012, 01:19 PM #5
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    Driving on soft sand at even slight side angles will make the car want to steer downhill, like along a beach the car will pull towards the sea.

    Apart from stating the obvious - im not much use here.

    edit: or is that away from the sea ... hmm
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  6. 19th October 2012, 03:10 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by manic View Post
    Driving on soft sand at even slight side angles will make the car want to steer downhill, like along a beach the car will pull towards the sea.

    Apart from stating the obvious - im not much use here.

    edit: or is that away from the sea ... hmm
    It would be towards the soft sand (more resistance), so I assume at typical driving line that would be away from the sea.
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    theres a lot of factors

    on flat ground it will try to pull the car towards the soft patch

    on sideslopes it tends to make the car want to pull downslope unless the back end is side stepping, then it wants to make you turn upslope.

    on soft sand you will tend to pull towards the more inflated tyre
    on hard sand you will tend to pull to wards the less inflated tyre


    adding different diff configurations can change the handling as well
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    AND, if you are in ruts, if the tyre is nibbling at the edge of the rut you will be pulled in that direction.

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  10. 19th October 2012, 07:28 PM #10
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    Did you have the CDL locked?
    they do steer much better with it in,,
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