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My plan is to go when it warms up, but if we don't bother anybody maybe nobody will care

This seems like such an obvious solution to being stuck. Has anybody tried airing way way down and then filling back up once they drive out of the hole?

Wow, that was really helpful, thank you you guys

I love this idea, thank you

When I was younger I took my kids canoeing from Laughlin to Castle Rock above Lake havasu, and we would camp on the river banks on the way down. It was a lot of fun. I'd like to do the same trip with my grandkids. Is it legal to primitive camp on the beaches? I realize this is a pretty random...

I am not sure the physics of it, but 37-in tires on my pickup truck absolutely get stuck less easily than the 35 inch I had on it and so I'm assuming the same would be true on a paddle tire?

I assume 35.5 goes on a 12-in rim? And I noticed everybody with the horsepower is running them. This post probably should be in the sandrail section?

It does seem logical that 33s will get stuck more easily than 35s, but I do like my gearing and don't want to change the trans. Would 35 on really wide rims get stuck less easily?

One last question, on a truck that's stuck in the sand if I lower the tire pressure down to single digits it will climb out of just about any hole. Will the same thing work for a sand rail? Can I reduce the pressure to about 4 PSI , let it crawl out of the hole and fill it back up with air...

Okay here is what I got from you guys, don't drive alone, bring traction boards, have correct tire pressure, bring a shovel, use the starter in reverse to get unstuck, bring a kinetic toe strap, keep your momentum up, don't park on an incline, watch where you're going, don't get stuck in the...

All this input is really really helpful. Thank you so much. I heard once about ratchet strapping a piece of 2x4 to the paddle tire, anybody heard of such an idea to get unstuck?

Love the suggestions, is a jack helpful to put sand underneath the tires if you dug yourself a hole?

I appreciate the "don't dune alone" advice, when I say "dune alone " I mean heading over to olds or following the asphalt Highway over to Comp Hill. Testing and making adjustments and putting around, not really duneing. But maybe even that's not a good idea.

Thank you for the starter and reverse idea, I am looking for whatever tips I can get . From the picture I had just jacked up the car to put the wheels on and it is sitting a little bit higher than normal but I do need to learn how to set the thing up properly. If I back the spring preload off it...

Thank you so much for your responses. And happy New Years by the way. Is a traction board a mat that goes under the tire or is it a board that is strapped to the tire?

So I finished this project, a shortened 07 Tatum rail with a blown LS motor, and it is simply a blast to drive. But the first time I took it out I got stuck and ended up having to be pulled out. It makes me nervous to ever dune by myself, is there any practical way of getting un stuck without...

That was supposed to say fairly priced and very competent and there's snow cat will pull you out of anything

J&M Towing in Brawley is amazing. Have helped me twice and are priced and very confident.

Thank you for the suggestions, and I it's good to know that there's not an easier solution than digging it out or pulling it out

Wow, I'm glad you didn't get hurt on that one, and it looks like your front end is still intact. And I assume you got out or you wouldn't be able to share the photos :-)