Shiv
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Hi all,
Went to Stockton Beach this weekend. Lots of fun as always. A little bit of damage but nothing too serious...
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkhKPy-OHRw"]Subaru Wagons Softroading on Stockton Beach - YouTube[/ame]
10PSI:
Shortly after getting onto the beach, we had our first drama. Steve (white H6) got it bogged so close to the top of a large sand dune. Sand right up against the diff and the side sills. Even if the car had traction (which it didn't), we wouldn't have been able to dislodge it from the mass of sand underneath.
Thankfully a kind local gave him a tow and he was out fairly easily
We then proceeded 8kms South of the Southern entry (Lavis Lane) where the softest sand is. The cars were laboring but we were going fine. That was until I managed to find a tree. Mel (Chris's girlfriend) put it perfectly - I managed to crash into a tree in the middle of sand dunes where there are no trees, haha!
It was actually just a big branch that was on the beach. I was following a faint track in the sand. I saw the branch and was steering away from it at low speed. But at the last second, the car just tracked sideways and I went right into it! As I'm sure most of you guys would appreciate - when driving on sand, where you point the car isn't necessarily where it will go!
After that we arrived at the Signa shipwreck. Been there since 1974 I believe:
Then we proceeded West to the back end of the dunes where the sand meets the bush:
Staying on the Western end of the beach, we tracked North over the endless dunes. No real pictures taken here (although I do have some video), but they were great fun, higher speeds and very unpredictable. You've gotta floor it to get to the top, then lift off to make sure you don't go flying over the other side. On this drive, Chris (red XT) had a hard landing, which took out BOTH his front inner guards and dislodged the under-tray.
At a the bottom of a steep dune, I slowly went over dip in the road and nearly ripped my rear bar off as the road leveled out. Apparently it folded back a hell of a lot, according to Steve.
Next on the list was the incredible "Tin City". Just astonishing, I'll let the photos do the talking:
Once we had finished our break, it was time to head back South again and leave. The winds were Southerly and so the whole time, there was no fresh air being fed into the front of our cars. We were traveling at low speeds (35-60km/h) maintaining about 3K RPM+ so inevitably, the temperature started to creep above normal and I pulled over to let it cool down. This occurred a second time. No real worries though, just chuck a you-ie, point it the other way, turn the engine off and pop the bonnet to expose it to a nice fresh breeze.
Went to Stockton Beach this weekend. Lots of fun as always. A little bit of damage but nothing too serious...
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkhKPy-OHRw"]Subaru Wagons Softroading on Stockton Beach - YouTube[/ame]
10PSI:
Shortly after getting onto the beach, we had our first drama. Steve (white H6) got it bogged so close to the top of a large sand dune. Sand right up against the diff and the side sills. Even if the car had traction (which it didn't), we wouldn't have been able to dislodge it from the mass of sand underneath.
Thankfully a kind local gave him a tow and he was out fairly easily
We then proceeded 8kms South of the Southern entry (Lavis Lane) where the softest sand is. The cars were laboring but we were going fine. That was until I managed to find a tree. Mel (Chris's girlfriend) put it perfectly - I managed to crash into a tree in the middle of sand dunes where there are no trees, haha!
It was actually just a big branch that was on the beach. I was following a faint track in the sand. I saw the branch and was steering away from it at low speed. But at the last second, the car just tracked sideways and I went right into it! As I'm sure most of you guys would appreciate - when driving on sand, where you point the car isn't necessarily where it will go!
After that we arrived at the Signa shipwreck. Been there since 1974 I believe:
Then we proceeded West to the back end of the dunes where the sand meets the bush:
Staying on the Western end of the beach, we tracked North over the endless dunes. No real pictures taken here (although I do have some video), but they were great fun, higher speeds and very unpredictable. You've gotta floor it to get to the top, then lift off to make sure you don't go flying over the other side. On this drive, Chris (red XT) had a hard landing, which took out BOTH his front inner guards and dislodged the under-tray.
At a the bottom of a steep dune, I slowly went over dip in the road and nearly ripped my rear bar off as the road leveled out. Apparently it folded back a hell of a lot, according to Steve.
Next on the list was the incredible "Tin City". Just astonishing, I'll let the photos do the talking:
Once we had finished our break, it was time to head back South again and leave. The winds were Southerly and so the whole time, there was no fresh air being fed into the front of our cars. We were traveling at low speeds (35-60km/h) maintaining about 3K RPM+ so inevitably, the temperature started to creep above normal and I pulled over to let it cool down. This occurred a second time. No real worries though, just chuck a you-ie, point it the other way, turn the engine off and pop the bonnet to expose it to a nice fresh breeze.
