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More pics....First Off Road experience in the sand..

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#1 ·
Hi again,
Here are some more pics, not sure how to upload video, in the meantime...enjoy !.

After going down the dunes..there was always some water to be crossed...



Going down....


Going up...catching some speed before the climb...


Huge dunes...lots of fun...the one in the right is me, easy to see with the daytime lights on.


Crossing some more water, it got deeper later...but basically as you can see the water was running quite fast into the beach...never had a problem, no water inside, never lost traction, what I did was set the off road position to highest setting..just in case !..:lol:


The driver, The boat and The Jeep !.....great place...we stopped there for a quick snack before going to the dunes again !.


Getting ready for the dive.....


Sailing, navigating or driving...however you wish to call it....:)


Last one for now....here you get a small sense of how big the dunes are..you really feel like you are in the Sahara !...


By the way....if anybody wonders...the Jeep in a scale from 1 to 10 was a 10 !, never a problem, lots of traction in the sand..and the sound !..with the K&N system installed...when climbing the roarr that came from the engine was quite a sound !...
Well, hope you enjoyed the pics, I learned (and still learning) quite a lot, with 13000 kms (8125 miles) the least I can do is share pics of my trips.
Rgds.
 
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#4 ·
I'm impressed you kept traction. Sand and sand in water can be tricky.

This is without Rear Limited Locker too, if I understand your rig.

Poor Jeep. I can never do that to my Jeep.
 
#5 ·
haha, yep i hear ya. I prolly wouldn't do that either if I had 4x4. But it does like like fun though.
 
#8 ·
Its actually sweet water running into the ocean, we are right by the sea, in some of the pics I believe you can see the ocean in the background.
Place is in Argentina, Necochea is the closest town, south of Buenos Aires.
ANd yes, obviously after the 2 days in the sand and water I took care of my Jeep with a huge deep wash, inside and out, if you see my truck today you wouldnt believe its the same in the pics !.
Have a good one.
 
#20 ·
ha,ha...many thanks !....only thing missing now is your pics, it doesnt matter how big the dune or deep the water..the important thing is to have fun..and I believe if you buy a Jeep its not only to drive on a street/highway...its also because what it can do outisde the road..thats where the real fun is, at least thats how I see it.:D
 
#13 ·
im not one to stress to much with the water crossings, but did you have someone check the depths infront of you or did you just wing it? also very game if had the k&N installed its pretty open unless you had the sock on for extra protection. the oem intake would be alot safer.
 
#17 ·
Yes, someone went in front checking the depth...some places were extremely deep so we had to be carefull, I know what you mean by the K&N installed, I had my doubts because its more open....so I took my chances, my idea was that if it was too deep I would have somebody tow me with my engine off in order not to get any water in...but it never got to that...it was all great fun and I know my Grand Cherokee is not a submarine !...:lol:
 
#19 ·
Yes, I'm running my 20" stock wheels, I was told I could go to smaller wheels in order to get different tires...but the whole idea was to use my Jeep as standard as possible, like I said before..after a big wash upon return the Jeep looks as nice as original with no exterior mods.

Only one time in the sand I couldnt get up the dune in the first try...so I had to go down all the way in order to be able to get some more speed...and at the 3rd. try we were able to climb...so basically answering your question...didnt need recovery at any time.

Have a great day.
 
#25 ·
Thanks for the great action pics, its good to see the GC doing Jeep stuff, I haven't been off - road to much and never in the water... maybe some pretty watery mud holes (which was really fun) cause she never hesitated just plowed right through it, got really muddy I wanted to get some pics but by the time I got home through a torrential downpour most of the mud washed off and it just looked wet and dirty not picture worthy.
 
#26 ·
Great pics mate.

Nothing like a good day playing in the sand ?
 
#27 ·
Wading depth is supposedly 20 inches/508mm, but I've seen a few pics/vids of GCs now going near the top of the tyres, so about 30 inches. The cabin has additional waterproofing to the 20 inch mark, so that is a safe level, you are taking a chance by exceeding this, but if you keep moving and avoid water coming up over the headlights and into the intake then seems you are ok. I have seen one owner fit a fording bra and have water come up over the hood on a river crossing, the main thing is to keep it out of the engine bay and cabin, so keep moving and it should stay out. If you park it in more than 20 inches for too long it will get into something that doesn't like water, lots of electronics in these things.

Kudos to Victor, no point owning a Jeep if you don't use it.
 
#28 ·
Good photos! Did you air down the tires at all? The sand looked pretty firm, not like what we have on the eastern USA. With the 20's I have only aired down to 30psi since there is not much sidewall on the tire.
On a side note, if you havent done so already, make sure the axle vent tubes are routed up as high as possible to prevent water infiltration.
Jeep on!
 
#30 ·
Yes, before going to the sand I took off air, I had them at 20 PSI and didnt have any problems, sand was firm in some places and soft in others, only once I got stuck as I didnt pick up enough speed to climb..so I had to go on reverse, backup all the way down and then I was able to pick up speed and get over the lip...hard to describe the place..it was like a big bowl, there wasnt a real risk involved as there were 10 other trucks in my party, meaning that If I wasnt able to go out on my own rescue was right there..but fortunately I was able to do it without having to ask for help.
 
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