I had a H3 for 3 years, and I can tell you that it goes where any other 4x4 goes, including Landcruisers, and Patrols.
I have driven in convoy with the Qatar Dessert Touring group, running up and down and on the side of the dunes. Everywhere they went I followed, and even got it all twisted up across a zig-zag dune interface, where you have to lifet the front wheel up and as it comes down the opposite right comes up...at speed!
I have also managed up the Mannai dunes..the biggest dune face in Qatar...I actually hit the dune at 120km/h, and halfway up hit a dip, which made the H3 leap 3meters in the air..according to bystanders :)
In all this extreme dune bashing upto 3 times a week, I never got stuck, or broke anything on it, and best of all it never got even a rattle.
Drop your tire pressure to 15psi on all four tires and switch your traction control off (it pulls too much power from the enjine, and by giving the wheels abillity to spin and maintain grip as required). Remember to keep momentum, especially on very loose sand, and you'll never get stuck.
The only negative, is the rear leave springs that start to squeeck after a couple of dessert runs...just take it too a wash and let them spray the sand out for the squeeck to go away.
go for it bud.. but make sure u have the right Tyre pressure. u can use this technique i use for my H3
Park your loaded vehicle on a level surface and place a brick 1 cm away from the sidewall of your rear tire. Deflate that tire until the sidewall just touches the brick and then measure the tire pressure. Use this pressure as your starting point when initially lowering your tire pressure for sand driving. As you become more familiar with sand driving, you con alter this pressure as the terrain dictates.
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I had a H3 for 3 years, and I can tell you that it goes where any other 4x4 goes, including Landcruisers, and Patrols.
I have driven in convoy with the Qatar Dessert Touring group, running up and down and on the side of the dunes. Everywhere they went I followed, and even got it all twisted up across a zig-zag dune interface, where you have to lifet the front wheel up and as it comes down the opposite right comes up...at speed!
I have also managed up the Mannai dunes..the biggest dune face in Qatar...I actually hit the dune at 120km/h, and halfway up hit a dip, which made the H3 leap 3meters in the air..according to bystanders :)
In all this extreme dune bashing upto 3 times a week, I never got stuck, or broke anything on it, and best of all it never got even a rattle.
Drop your tire pressure to 15psi on all four tires and switch your traction control off (it pulls too much power from the enjine, and by giving the wheels abillity to spin and maintain grip as required). Remember to keep momentum, especially on very loose sand, and you'll never get stuck.
The only negative, is the rear leave springs that start to squeeck after a couple of dessert runs...just take it too a wash and let them spray the sand out for the squeeck to go away.
Good 4x4, you wont regret it...Have a blast!
It's a pretty heavy vehicle...not really 'ideal' for dunes but I'm sure it would be ok - pressure down and have fun!
try 4 High and also take off the StabiliTrack and Traction Control.
I did have the tire pressure down to 13 PSI on the rear and 15 PSI on the front.
go for it bud.. but make sure u have the right Tyre pressure. u can use this technique i use for my H3
Park your loaded vehicle on a level surface and place a brick 1 cm away from the sidewall of your rear tire. Deflate that tire until the sidewall just touches the brick and then measure the tire pressure. Use this pressure as your starting point when initially lowering your tire pressure for sand driving. As you become more familiar with sand driving, you con alter this pressure as the terrain dictates.
you have hit your target . go for it.