A/T oil temperature light: what temperature?

[SeaCreechur]

That's awesome.

After some digging I think I know what some of my problem is. I have Mickey Thompson MTZ P3 Mud Terrain tires. They are 265/75 R16 load range E. These are small load range E tires. When I air down to 18 PSI the tires are not even squatting, it is not enough and the tires are digging in too much. They are fighting me in the sand at that PSI and my natural reaction was to add throttle which is the wrong move. I think I have to drop down to more like 15 PSI, or lower to even begin to float on top of the sand. I used to have 31x10.5 load range C tires and they behaved very differently at 18 PSI.

The next question is how the hell have you been driving that 4Runner on an east coast beach for 20 years and it is not a pile of rust and rubber! The beach is straight up vehicle killer. I knew I would be taking mine on the beach and when I bought the truck I pretty much knew that it is a sacrifice. We have guys up here that simply lease jeeps, drive them on the beach for 4 years, and turn them in with substantial rust. do you wash it after every beach run? Are you on the beach often?

I am a Commercial Banker and have worked for the same Company for the past 41 yrs. I get 6 weeks vacation and spend all 6 weeks surf fishing. Everyday when we get back to the house, I spray off my vehicle and reels. In addition, I have one of those wands that attaches to the hose that will spray off the complete undercarriage of my vehicle. I never skip a day doing this either. I also hand wax my vehicle twice a year with Nufinish. It has not been a daily driver for the past 7 years. I'm at 198,000 miles and it runs like a champ. I NEVER drive over or through any salt water on the beach either.
I am fortunate that I have an independently owned shop located 5 minutes from my house. It is operated by 2 brothers that both worked for over 15 years each as tech's for a major Toyota dealer. They never replace anything on my vehicle but with genuine Toyota parts and filters.
Michael

 

[3bears]

Most of the die-hard surf fisherman, like myself, all have their racks mounted up front. The main reason...on rear mounted racks your surf fishing reels are exposed to the sand that can be kicked up by your rear tires when driving on the beach. The second reason is that on a rainy or very windy day, you can pull right down to the surf line, throw out a rod or 2 and place them in the rack...then get back in your vehicle and watch them through the windshield.

I see that you are in Alaska. I visited with my wife in 2018 and took our son back in 2019, for completing his MBA. I fished the Kenai River for sockeye salmon on both trips.
Michael

Fishing looks good for you. Kenai is good. My oldest has a fishing charter in Seward and we go down to visit him several times a summer for halibut and rock fish. We also hit the Copper and Klutina river for salmon. We also fish the yukon. Fishing was slow last year #'s were down and they shut down the copper early . The fishing and hunting is definetly a nice part of living in alaska