Montero Sport on sand dunes

[keith]

I had my Montero Sport at the Silver Lake sand dunes in Michigan last weekend. The place has a large dune at the entrance called 'Test Hill' that everyone tries to go up and many times fail in the attempt and have to back back down the hill. It took me 5 tries to get the MS over the top. You have to get as much speed going up the hill as you can to get over the loose sand at the top. On a few attempts it was going well and then would shift into third and loose all momentum. On the attempt that worked I kept it in second and got as much speed going as I could.

[dannytuned]

;D

I never made it up test hill in stock form, but now that I have the older auto trans that gets shifted manually mine goes right up. It's all about being in the right gear, and my stock trans would not allow that.

Also, test hill has gotten smaller over the past ten years I've been going to Silver Lake.

[keith]

Jun 15, 2010 7:33:42 GMT -5 dannytuned said:

;D
Also, test hill has gotten smaller over the past ten years I've been going to Silver Lake.

Yea, someone there had told that to me. I was most worried about having to back down the hill after hearing stories that if you got sideways it would be easy to roll over. Didn't have any issues though.

[LimitedOThree]

seems like hella fun. how fast do have to get it up to?

[OnSafari]

Pretty cool! Did you have to air down your tires? If so, what pressure were you running?

[keith]

I aired them down to about 15. Probably should have gone lower. The tires are well worn REVO's. Other people I've read about have gone down to like 5 psi. I'm not really sure how fast I was going. I had the pedal floored for most of the trip up.

[bdmontero]

I feel some beadlocks being purchased?lol

[drdude]

looks like fun

[keith]

It was fun but a bit scary having to back down sand hills. After the first time though it was no big deal. I was glad I took off the running boards though.

[zibello]

Jun 19, 2010 1:01:40 GMT -5 keith said:

I aired them down to about 15. Probably should have gone lower.

I usually air down to 10. It makes a huge difference. Also worn tires do not help

[pinstryper]

Not paddle type tires?

[ES_97Sport]

Oct 29, 2015 11:36:20 GMT -5 pinstryper said:

Not paddle type tires?

A good set of mostly worn out M/Ts usually work well. Very pleased with how well my Geolandar M/Ts work in the sand even when they're not aired down.

Edward