Single vs Tandem Axle Towing in Sand

Single.. Less drag when turning

Cheers Teza

More info from you would be required to give a decent answer.

I would also prefer single axle with large enough tyres to carry the load and also cope with deflation. Some singles on load limit can't do both and are anchors in the sand.
Same wheel track is paramount no matter what you're towing.
If your wheel tracks are different, a set of deflated duals go o.k. too because there's less pitching and yawing as they make their own tracks and sometimes jump in and out of the tow vehicle's tracks - often when you're trying to get a runup to a cutting.

I wonder if towing a tandem axle trailer would give a longer footprint due to twice as many tires close together, making for easier travel. Turning sharpley may be harder though.

The duels will stay on top off the sand a whole lot better, less PSI on a bigger foot print.

Cheers

Travelled in company with a single axle van on Bribie Is, we both had the same tyre pressure. The van had heaps of trouble and got stuck twice going up the beach.

He had to be towed up into the camping spot.

So for me tandem axle every time.

Our 2200kg single axle van fitted with 245/70x16 tyres is a shocker to tow in sand, bogs down much much more than similar tandem vans in same conditions. If I was doing a lot of sandy beach travel, (Fraser Is etc.) I'd go for a tandem, but the single has done us fine in the outback very rare that we haven't been able to go somewhere with the van hooked up, one f those places is into Haddon Corner, had to unhook the van about 3km out set up camp and go in solo from there.

The essential thing in sand is to 'float'.

The more you spread your weight the better off you are.

A tandem may give you this benefit. I have a tri-axle I use around the farm and a pretty sure that it makes travel over the sand even better. In particular reversing is better.

Weight, length, space between axles, wheel size, draw bar setup all come in to play. Each trailer will be different. Then your driving skill comes in to play.