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    Posted: 27 May 2016 at 7:01pm
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Does anyone have tools.like grip boards ,forward winch?or if you put drop sheet under your tyres?
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Max Trax and drop your tyres down to  15-18psi...... At least thats what we do here, with beach launching and retrieving... ocassioanally even these dont work and a snatch strap is needed.

I should have mentioned I also have a short handled shovel and ARB compressor permanently mounted in the truck.

I've had nightmares involving my truck being swallowed by one of the 10m tides we get here,and so invested to improve the quality of my sleep
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Take the rubber mat out of your boot, place under drive wheels  and drive up it Wink
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I have a couple of 6 ft boards and a spade in the back of my van, only had to use them twice.
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Im gutless and use a concrete ramp
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That's a great tip
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Maybe on grass like in the video LOL not up to your running boards or hubs in wet, muddy sand on a N.Z beach.
Shovel and maxtrax / treads are going to be 1000 times more effective if you are alone and don't have someone who can snatch you, or don't have a winch and something to winch off.
(speaking from experience / my own cock upsEmbarrassed)
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Get a winch and a land anchor.  if you get stuck just dig that land anchor into the sand and winch yourself out. the only fail safe way if your beach launching by yourself.

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Originally posted by Titahi Titahi wrote:

Max Trax and drop your tyres down to  15-18psi...... At least thats what we do here, with beach launching and retrieving... ocassioanally even these dont work and a snatch strap is needed.

I should have mentioned I also have a short handled shovel and ARB compressor permanently mounted in the truck.

I've had nightmares involving my truck being swallowed by one of the 10m tides we get here,and so invested to improve the quality of my sleep


10m tides! Holy!!! That would make fishing/launching/swimming/surfing/diving/shellfish gathering all pretty tricky
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Godders - you have a fc430 dont you.?
A 30m good quality tow rope should be hel ful in most situations for that sized boat.
I tow with my wifes camry and Im not allowed to get that wet - one up I use the tow rope occasionally when I need to on my small fc.
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Originally posted by smudge smudge wrote:

Originally posted by Titahi Titahi wrote:

Max Trax and drop your tyres down to  15-18psi...... At least thats what we do here, with beach launching and retrieving... ocassioanally even these dont work and a snatch strap is needed.

I should have mentioned I also have a short handled shovel and ARB compressor permanently mounted in the truck.

I've had nightmares involving my truck being swallowed by one of the 10m tides we get here,and so invested to improve the quality of my sleep


10m tides! Holy!!! That would make fishing/launching/swimming/surfing/diving/shellfish gathering all pretty tricky

Grain of salt perhaps.
http://www.linz.govt.nz/sea/tides/introduction-tides/tides-around-new-zealand
Found this really interesting though.
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Couple of things I've founded, mid tide seems to be better as the sand is normally a bit harder in that part of the beach and the incoming is better. Try not to get your car tires in the water as the wave action can sink your your wheels in. Get a drawbar extension made up there plenty of pictures on the net. I'm gunna make one that either extends or folds out and goes up into the coupling so I can take it off and stick it on the boot.

The other thing I always do is when you pull the boat our, take off on an angle so you pull out one of the trailer wheels at a time. I some time also backup a little first once the boat is on to push the trailer wheels out where it has sunk in.

And keep the speed nice and slow don't panic and put your foot into it or you will be in the cr?p. As they have said above if the wheels start to dig in I stop and let the tires down so there's just enough air to keep the rims off the sand and enough tire pressure to drive to the petrol station. I got a cheap 12v pump from repco, works good.
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Originally posted by petethemeat petethemeat wrote:

Originally posted by smudge smudge wrote:

Originally posted by Titahi Titahi wrote:

Max Trax and drop your tyres down to  15-18psi...... At least thats what we do here, with beach launching and retrieving... ocassioanally even these dont work and a snatch strap is needed.

I should have mentioned I also have a short handled shovel and ARB compressor permanently mounted in the truck.

I've had nightmares involving my truck being swallowed by one of the 10m tides we get here,and so invested to improve the quality of my sleep


10m tides! Holy!!! That would make fishing/launching/swimming/surfing/diving/shellfish gathering all pretty tricky

Grain of salt perhaps.
http://www.linz.govt.nz/sea/tides/introduction-tides/tides-around-new-zealand
Found this really interesting though.


I'm pretty sure Titahi is in Australia, I know parts of the west and possibly northern Australia have huge tides.
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Apologies! 😳
Didn't think of that.
Brother worked in Koolan island mine before it flooded and was telling me about the massive tides they had up there.
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Pete thats just up the road from us here in Broome, their tides are the largest in the southern hemisphere @ 11m on springs....  Certainly makes for entertainment  and the use of some urgent chatter when launching or retrieving.

Heres a story from the ABC about how cars get swallowed.



and a video for anyone with FB 


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"Urgent chatter" Big smile
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As I've found out when snatching a bloke of the beach not so long ago, you really need to brief the unfortunate in what's going to happen, don't assume they know it might be a violent yank on the 2nd and 3rd pull.
 
and they need to know that they have to be in gear and be trying to spin the wheels.
 
my trick is to walk the sand first if I'm at all worried, if I am I usually lock the diffs up or just push the boat in on the trailer and use a retied abseiling rope for retrieval (200 metres of 12mm)
Yes it was me, I screwed it up for everyone.
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What about chains on tyres like in the snow,I carry two lengths of rope one for high and one for low tides with bowline knots on each end and colored tape showing each type.but I still got stuck due to rushing and being lazy.So I learnt to take the trailer off first .but maybe carrying a couple of boards .but I've seen a guy put boards under a stuck car and they shot out the back and hit people pushing in the shins.
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i like the one lethal posted a video of. great also for those pesky auckland bicyclists!
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