When driving on the beach it is easy to get bogged.

I find that areas where you are entering tracks to get off the beach or on those tracks are the most common places. But the sand can get soft anywhere, especially if there hasn’t been a lot of recent rain or it is a heavily used track.

To avoid bogging I follow a few simple rules:

1. I let my tyres down to 15 PSI. My mate Alan doesn’t do this, and gets bogged regularly.
2. As soon as I start to get bogged, I stop, reverse backwards and try again with more acceleration. No point digging my way to China.
3. I keep up momentum and accelerate when required. l find that I sometimes need more acceleration than I would use on the road for comfortable driving. I drive like I am on a race track, but within reason of course.

That’s it for my rules, I never seem to get bogged and don’t damage my car or tyres, touch wood. 😉

P.s. When driving my mates Mitsubishi Triton on the sand, I found that turning off the traction control helped. I guess it ensures that you have as much power a possible when things get boggy.