MikeR92
X-TRAIL NEWBIE
Date Registered: 02-2013
Location: Perth, WA
TOTAL POSTS: 14
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Trip to Albany in the new X-Trail
G'day all,
Thought I'd share my first trip into Albany WA with the X-trail.
Headed down Saturday morning and took roughly four and a half hours from Perth. Unbelievable drive and very impressed with the handling of the car etc.
It handled beautiful on the gravel tracks, Liz and I were very keen to try it on the sand. The bloke at the bait shop pointed out a great few beaches with hard sand so off we head.
Lower tyre pressures down to 18psi and we hit the sand. About 200m in it starts to becomes very very soft and the car starts to fish tail a touch, so I try and get out of the ruts I'm in and make a wide turn but too late-bogged. We got out, dug out the car, used the Maxi trax and off we go again. Another 100m down the beach, bogged, but right up to the axle. Dug as much as we could out from under the car but still no luck. Put the tyres down a touch more, still no luck-absolutely stuck.
Luckily there were quite a few people on the beach and a Father/son team offered a push and when that didn't work happily snatched us out and towed us to the next track.
I will testify that the front ''recovery point'' worked an absolute treat with an 8,000Kg strap and the x-trail would drive on the hard sand all day long with no issues.
Sorry about not having photos but next trip I'll be sure to snap some.
(first experience being bogged but you can only learn so much from reading rather than doing)
Cheers!
--- Mike R
Nissan 2009 T31 ST X-Trail
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26/Feb/2013, 10:51 am
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nananut
X-TRAIL FANATIC
Date Registered: 12-2011
Location: Kalgoorlie, WA
TOTAL POSTS: 366
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Re:
The lift helped me out big time Esperance going through some bog holes. Without the lift, I would been stuck out there for days. Check out the suspension, placement tyres and oversized tyres threads for more info. I just upgraded/oversized my tyres to the Yokos too. This long weekend camping trip would be a fantastic test to see how they go.
--- x-2202 (c)
New: 2014 Ranger PX XLS 3.2 Mods
Old: 2011 X-trail T31 TS Series 4 Mods
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26/Feb/2013, 6:16 pm
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