ML Beach Cruisin

[hobbies001]

Hello All,
Have not taken my ML on the beach yet.......my old Blazer was great on the sand but want to make sure my ML is not too heavy or if anyone has had a bad experience etc. Long Island N.Y. beaches are great with a 4 x 4. 99ML 430 w/51k and running great.

[mldriver]

I have experienced some fun beach experiences South of St. Augustine on Florida's east coast. She performed well in both low and high range transfer speed. Beach conditions were packed with some fluff.

However, here's another experience I'm not too pleased about. Last year I was horse playing at America's most beuatiful beach, Grayton Beach in the Florida panhandle. The sand is very deep and unforgiving, the vehicle was heavy, and roof top storage box full. Got in the sand and moved, but got into deeper sand not wet though. She bogged down. Tried to rock her forward and back but she just got deeper and deeper. Pissed me off when I saw landcruisers cruising around with no problem. Finally some beach goers came to my rescue. pushed and pushed and finally broke from the pit. Be careful in deep sand. Fortunately, the tide was going out..........

[Lewis]

I've had mine on the sand in Cape Hatteras twice. The first time I just knew I was going to end up buried to the axles and become the laughing target of every giant superlifted Ford and Chevy pickup roaming the area. Actually ended up blasting all over the place and towed out a Jeep CJ-7 and a little S-10 blazer. Make sure you turn off the stability control or you'll frequently bog down. The traction control stays on though and I've got to say it's a very uncomfortable feeling knowing you're starting to sink a little and having big brother start cutting your engine revs and applying brakes right when you want to hammer it to stay on top of the sand. I frequently felt I would get stuck, but never did. I'm sure I could bury it in some deep stuff but wasn't ready to try it without another 4X4 budy right there for a pull out.