Afternoon,
This is a speculative question. I
live where sand is common. Firestone Destination LE3 is a passenger tire. They’ve on my truck. If I feel wheel spine I turn on locker and get out. Yet I sense that if at a stop even then I might get stuck. So I have a test Firestone Destination XT. It has lugs. Would that grip sand and pull me through even though it isn’t 4WD? Wondering and if you have a guess I’d love to hear.

2018

 

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Just an educated answer: any kind of lug tire will be better than a regular passenger tire...Having said that the moment any tire starts to slip/turn up the sand where it gets real loose will probably get you stuck eventually just not as fast as a regular tire....Stuck is stuck ??

 

Your best bet is to air down your tires in sand. Get them down to 12-15 psi(or lower if you dare) and that will improve traction dramatically. If you are still worried about getting stuck, carry a set of traction boards with you, like MaxTrax. You jam them under the tires if you get stuck and they will help pull the truck out.

I dont think knobby tires are neccesarily the answer for sand though. You dont wanna paddle the sand as it will dig you in quick.

At one point I ran my Geolandar G003's at 6 psi on my 1995 4Runner when I was in some super deep snow and the difference is incredible even from being at 10 psi. These are 37" tires for scale.

 

Those tires are not good for other than pavement so whatever tire you go with can be an improvement. Air down if possible. Use the locker. Avoid spinning, To help on my own light weight 2wd I'll start in 2nd, carefully to not spin. Once rolling keep up momentum to reach better traction.KM

 

Great airplane!!! Oh, and truck. Don't know where you live, but if winter doesn't happen there, you could use some wider tires. Something on the lines of BFG KO2's, I found they're pretty decent in sand, not so much in snow. I remember the days before all these "offroad" tires, and we'd stick the widest flotation tires that would fit.
@2017bluetruck Knows what he's talking about driving on low traction surfaces.
Big thing, do not buy mud tires to drive in sand, just doesn't work too well.

 

Just as clarification on the "start in 2nd" when stopped you can use the +- on the shifter to select a gear to start in. Using 2nd will reduce the torque to the tires, lessening the spinning potential. Problem though is IF spinning starts it is at higher tire speeds.KM

 

I took my 2017 RWD with elocker onto the beach at Galveston. Drove out over the sand about a 1/4 mile with no issues. Tires are Falken Wildpeak AT3W. Promptly saw a 2005 F150 4x4 bury itself to the frame trying to do the same thing. It's all in airing down and not letting the tires spin.

 

If you have throttle control issues, lead foot, throw it in snow/slippery mode, throttle response is very sluggish then.

 

I grew up on beach and we used to have a old land cruiser and in sand it was zero tread did the best we actually put big fat airplane tires on with a couple grooves in them and it never dug itself in we would go around and pull out people for 20 bucks