hi

I have a 2005 quad cab slt 4.7 ram with a 20" tires in mexico, and last day i need to go to the beach and I could see alot of truck 4x2 driving in sand (wet or soft) like a silverado, cheyene, titan, jeep's, etc., what i need to do it to drive in sand with my truck?

I need to drive in 1 or in D?, with tow/haul activated?

 

Wet sand is a lot harder and thus easier to drive on, but I wouldn't want to be spraying all the salt all over my junk.

Momentum is key on the soft stuff if you are a 2wd. It's harder to get going than to stay going, unless you are getting twisty on dunes or something.


Should be fine to leave it in D, just try not to spin the tires when you take off as they will probably just dig right in.

 

I would drop the Tire pressure down to 6 to 10 psi. (6 in rear 10 in front).
I've spent some time running around at the silverlake sand dunes in Michigan,
most of the time in 2wd and I was fine, the only time I ingaged 4wd was on the hill climbs.

The fastest way to deflate the tires is to get a valve stem core remover. you can pick
one up at any car parts store. Also pick up some extra valve cores just incase you drop/loose one

oh and a word of advice, dont try and do doughnuts on the sand with the tire presure down,
you'll pop a tire off the the bead of the rim.