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TYRE PRESSURES.
TYRE PRESSURES.
What tyre pressures do we all run in our different tyres on differing terrain. Am keen to hear about buggies for comparison as well a bajas and big
Kombines too.??
I’ve got Michelin 31by10.5r15 MTX tyres on the back at the moment with about 15% left on them (I got them off a mates pajero when he retyred. tyres
last forever on the buggy so why buy them. used is fine).
On the road and hard pack track pressures are at 10-15 pound, maybe a bit more if sharp rocks around, for general sand 5-10 pound mainly 7lb, for soft
cut up sand and rutted sand, 4-5. if I get stuck turning around or up the end of a cut off beach 3 pound and less.
ps. I haven’t been really stuck yet when I’ve had the tyres at the rignt pressure for the conditions. Sometimes I misjudge pressure and track
conditions. Haha.
On the front I’ve just got some new cheap arse Chinese 205/65/15s. keep about 15 in them all the time.
What tyres have you got and what pressures do you run under what conditions???
[Edited on 26-5-2005 by helterskelter400]
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| posted on May 26th, 2005 at 06:45 PM |
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I've got 31x10.5R15 All Terrains on the back of our Baja Bus and usually run 10psi when up the beach at Double Island. Havent had it bogged where I
couldnt drive out on the Beach.
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| posted on May 26th, 2005 at 07:23 PM |
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I went camping a few weeks ago, when I left the tar I took my tyres from 18psi down to 10 psi, being the dill I am about half hour again I stopped to
let air out when I hit the silica sand mine (not checking with a gauge) totally forgetting that I already had let air out.... spent all weekend
totally embarrasing jacked up 4x4's, no problems at all, when hitting the tar again I pumped the tyres again to discover I had been running round all
weekend with only 2psi! Anywho the moral of my story is with the low weight of a buggy as low as you dare would be the go (as long as you can
re-inflate).
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| posted on May 26th, 2005 at 08:02 PM |
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I have cooper 215/75/15 on the front that I leave on 32 psi.The rear are Toyo Tranpath series 2 that I inflate to 36psi on the highway and 10/15 psi
on the sand.NEVER had a problem:beer
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helterskelter400
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| posted on May 27th, 2005 at 09:25 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Mick H
I have cooper 215/75/15 on the front that I leave on 32 psi.The rear are Toyo Tranpath series 2 that I inflate to 36psi on the highway and 10/15 psi
on the sand.NEVER had a problem:beer
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thats funny, with 15 or even 10 pound, deep sand would get me. i'd fall into the 4wd ruts sitting on my pan spinning. i find i need the lower
pressues to paddle through sliding on the pan. your tyres sound like they have grip, do you also have a pretty fresh motor and a bit of height?? i
have none of these.
mad manx.
park yourself in some powder and make sure you have a compressor and then start letting your tyres down and go for a drive, a pound at a time. yes at
2lb its amazing, at one pound the hairs on your neck will be up. then take the valves out & you will be amazed. i did this and went up the beach a
bit. sort of expected to loose the tyres off the beads but didnt surprisingly.
this would be the failsafe extraction method if somehow you foundyourself in a deep steep valley of flour....
how about the bajas??
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helterskelter400
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| posted on May 27th, 2005 at 12:52 PM |
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toyo tranpath. chunky.
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