Hi folks. New to the board. Ya got a nice one here. I run a 91 Suburban and the 14 to the gallon on a good day is getting old. Considering a Subaru in the future as a possibility. I got a question. Does anyone here take there Subaru thru deep loose beach sand ever? I hit the beach sand for summer fishing trips and was wondering what ya all thought might be a good rig for me. Experienced first hand accounts or pictures would be great. Thanks.

Mate, Subarus are light and reasonably torquey.

They love sand. ( CV Joints don't really like it when the rubbers split)

Well driven they will go a lot further than most stock 4wd vehicles.

Drop your tyre pressure and raise your revs!

 

Have fun.

 

yeah... I've had mine in the sand a couple times, only complaints is ever since then whenver I have to crawl underneath it to work on somethin I get sand in my face, lotsa places for it to stick to even when you think you got it all off. the tires I had on my subaru were obscenely large for stock drivetrain, and it did pretty good on the beach in 2wd, I havent had it on the softer stuff yet though, but I imagine with low air pressure and the right tires, jam it in 4lo and hammer down

 

no chains to stretch/break/explode like it did in the transfercase in my jeep the FIRST time I've had it on the beach.

Hi folks. New to the board. Ya got a nice one here. I run a 91 Suburban and the 14 to the gallon on a good day is getting old. Considering a Subaru in the future as a possibility. I got a question. Does anyone here take there Subaru thru deep loose beach sand ever? I hit the beach sand for summer fishing trips and was wondering what ya all thought might be a good rig for me. Experienced first hand accounts or pictures would be great. Thanks.

 

 

A Subaru waqgon is the result of a Suburban and a VW making babies!! Love mine, does way too much stuff that it shouldn't. If your Suburban can do it a Subuaru will as well!!! AND you will have $$ leftover for good bait. Cheers Pesky

I'd take a subaru over a suburban and day, on road or off.. although i don't pull huge loads... subi's do great in low traction situations... because they weight nothing... compaired to your huge truck there.

Lift a subi, throw some big tires on her, and away you go!

it (the subaru) will do whatever you want it to do as long as you have some ground clearance. For the soft sand you will want to make sure it has d/r 4wd (In my opinion)

 

Don't forget they are plenty good in the snow too even with cheap wal-mart tires on them.

Thanks for the Comments. What is d/r 4wd?

 

"Don't forget they are plenty good in the snow too even with cheap wal-mart tires on them. "

 

I hear that:D

Thanks for the Comments. What is d/r 4wd?

 

"Don't forget they are plenty good in the snow too even with cheap wal-mart tires on them. "

 

I hear that:D

 

 

A d/r 4wd is llike a truck 4wd. It has 4wd and 4wd low range which gives you a mechanicle gear reduction. If you only get a awd, or regular 4wd you will find they usually dont have the tourque to get you moving in the soft stuff....unless it is an automatic where the tourque converter can help.

D/R stands for dual range.....hi range and lo range

 

if you're gonna wheel a subie, wheel a DR subie!!

 

 

run 27" tires, use 2 fans on the radiator , works great, we wil go again this year to sandlake Oregon