You guys who live and play in the sand, how do you keep your stuff clean?

[fastfredracing]

Im spending today replacing the transfer case half in my beater 2500 hd truck.
It has been 3 years since I have had this truck to the outer banks, but was surprised to see and inch of sand still deposited on the top of the transfer case and transmission.
We drove it on the beach every day for a few weeks down there, and the outer banks is known for its bottomless sand . I remember seeing a line in the sand behind us from where the differential, and transfer case was dragging in the sand , it was that deep and soft in some spots .
This is after 3 Pa, winters of snow, slush, and slop. Now I have sand all over my rebuild work bench , and will have to spend a few hours cleaning it all up.
If I had known, I would have pressure washed the whole thing down before I tore it out .
Seems a big pia to repair anything without getting sand in every crevis . I bet that shortens the life of a lot of equipment .

[ckcarr]

Sand and clay destroys everything.
Change oil more often, change air filters.
Carefully wash to avoid scratching. Even so, the sand will spray up from the tires and sandblast the paint... Chipping away...

Or, just trade it in every couple years.

Even if a house is well sealed up, if a big windstorm comes up, all the particulates are in the air and will somehow end up on everything inside...

[GH85Carrera]

As a kid we lived in Hawaii. Dad was an Air Force officer. We could go to Bellows Air Force Station and stay at a cabin 100 feet from the water. Walk out onto the lanai, and run down the sandy beach into the waves. Bellows is the beach they often use to show some fictional super rich guy on TV or movies. It is pristine, and the classic beach everyone wants to go to but it is restricted to military and dependents.

Anyway, we would stay there for a week at a time. After a week at the beach everything and I do me everything has sand in it. It gets on everything, and is just tiresome. We usually were happy to get back home to get out of the sand. I loved my time playing on that beach, and have many stories, but I am done with beaches, and the ocean. Been there, done that with 7 years of living in Hawaii. Playing in the sand is not on my to do list.

Besides driving the vehicle in heavy rain for a few weeks, I doubt there is anything to do to get the sand out of there, but what do I know?

[KFC911]

Had a Jeep CJ5 back in '77...all my hs buddies had similar 4x4s...you could drive on most beaches between Labor Day and this weekend....we did in between too . Lived in FL....driving on the beaches in a '67 Chevelle convertable....from St. Aug to Daytona....beer, bikinis, .....

Sand....it comes with the beach....you can't fight mama nature....so quit trying

[72doug2,2S]

I don't mind the sand if it is in larger grains. That sand is heavy so it drops when wet. Generally it doesn't go airborne either like dirt and dust will.

We carry a bucket and fill it with water when leaving the beach, dip your feet/sandals in and get into the car to avoid tracking sand in the car and later in the house.

Small price to pay to enjoy one of earth's true treasures.

[john70t]

I once lived a block away from the beach in San Francisco.
"Cool!" you might say.
But it was always overcast, a bone-chilling 50deg, and that fine sand kicked up in clouds and got everywhere. There were no clean cars.