Todd Francis wrote:

> I have taken my 85 Westy down to Baja. It is only sand and rocks there.
> I had to be very careful around the sand. I would get stuck in it very
> easily with my stock size tires. These vehicls are very heavy compared
> to the rubber they wear.

All,

Yes, it's because they're so heavy.  Todd, I even got my Syncro
Westfalia stuck in soft sand down by Laguna Percebu, south of San
Felipe.  All four wheels were turning, and just digging the van deeper.
I had to air down to 18psi and have two people pushing to get me out.
This with four-wheel drive and B.F. Goodrich All-Terrain tires.  But
that doesn't mean lots of other vehicles wouldn't have gotten stuck,
too.  I used to take my '68 Westfalia places that made jeep-type people
stare in disbelief.  Good luck.

John Welsh, San Diego
87 Syncro Westfalia GL
81 Triumph TR8