Airing down?
Based on my Compressor Recommendation thread, I now have a nice ViAir 450P compressor to air back up. So now it's time to start thinking about airing down. I'm use to airing down my jeep to 15psi w...
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Basically there is sand and there is sand. The best tire pressure varies with the consistency of the sand. In dune blow sand I'm down to 22 psi-front, and 20 rear. But that's deceiving too. I use 15" wide super single rear tires and can run at a lower pressure and have a terrific floatational factor with no deleterious effect. Here is the sidewall deflection at these pressures: Before deflating on blow sand: sorry, it's fuzzy, but the only one I have, stuck.
After dropping to the pressures listed above:
On sand that's more packed, I go down to 28 psi-front, and 24 psl-rear. On sandy roads, I'll drop to 30/26. This last pressure set is the 'go-to' pressure for long, boondocking, sandy road, southwest locales. This was my pressure on the White Rim Trail and the San Juan High excursions.
regards, as always, jefe
After dropping to the pressures listed above:
On sand that's more packed, I go down to 28 psi-front, and 24 psl-rear. On sandy roads, I'll drop to 30/26. This last pressure set is the 'go-to' pressure for long, boondocking, sandy road, southwest locales. This was my pressure on the White Rim Trail and the San Juan High excursions.
regards, as always, jefe
