Driving technique - rocks

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JSQ

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lost cause

just trust me on this one guys,
trying to convice peter or his brother to air down is a futile effort.
your best bet is to work on getting them to at least let you go ahead of them so that your not in the line of fire of the rocks shooting backwards propelled by wheelspin.
 
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Kyle

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Yeah , Peter dont want any bullshit. Whats the worst that can happen if you DONT air downt ?Whats the worst that cant happen if you do ? I think that pretty much covers it...

Kyle
 
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curtis

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Call me the compromise guy:

I run 40 front and 45-48 rear on the road so I air down some for comfort. My preferred is about 22 front and 28 rear. Still firm enough to support the sidewall and prevent rolling the tire when off-camber, yet soft enough to make the ride more comfortable on the trail. This pressure always has the side benefit of being pretty safe for short distances on the road.

Many times though, if I am just wheelin' on trails pretty close to home I go 28 front and 32 rear and fughettaboudit ;)

I always figured that the air comes out pretty easy so if I needed to air down more I always could. Haven't had to yet :D
 
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Kyle

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Hmmm , everyone always lists pressures and I feel left out when they start that. Like there is some tire pressure voodoo. ok , I am in. I run roughly 75 PSI front and rear and its for stuff like this www.discoweb.org/wildwest

Kyle
 
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Kyle

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I thin its 70 in the XZL..... I know the Futura was 65.....

Kyle
 
kln

kln

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curtis said:
Maybe, just maybe, those who had been teaching you were wrong ;)
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I'm learning from guys that have decades of experience. They practice what they preach on a frequent basis.


curtis said:
Seriously, I doubt I would go below 32 psi for the trail you showed :D
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Without that pressure I wouldn't have gotten as far as I did. Now I could air up and go faster but that vastly increases the risk of damage.

Anyways, thats why I posed the original question. Its all a learning experience. If you've got the years in I'm going to listen. I'm just wondering if Kyle runs that pressure in all cases and why. I sort of understand running in the 30 to 40 range (well maybe not :) ) but I've never heard of anyone running with 65+. Is there something else besides the sidewall and bead issues?


kln
 
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bri

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Kyle said:
Hmmm , everyone always lists pressures and I feel left out when they start that. Like there is some tire pressure voodoo. ok , I am in. I run roughly 75 PSI front and rear and its for stuff like this www.discoweb.org/wildwest

Kyle
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Certainly I have had much different luck airing down POS Txrus MT than BFG MT, have also seen lower pressures used on larger tires. I think that there is definitely experimenting to be done in this area and I don't necessarily think there is voodoo, but you can learn a bit based on what others say they have tried.
 
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Rover3

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I ran 30 psi this weekend on the rocks, and had no probs. Very important to take things very slowly and controllable to avoid snapping axles and other damage! :)
 
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Kyle

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Did I mention that I have never had a tire failure/bead ????? :D
 
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bri

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Kyle said:
Did I mention that I have never had a tire failure/bead ????? :D
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Do you mean that you have never had a tire failure ever?

Or do you mean that you have never unseated a bead?

I too have been fortunate enough to have never had a tire failure off road (meaning puncture, side wall cut or so on), at least on my disco.

Before I had the Disco and new that airing down actually helps prevent punctures, I had a side wall get cut on sharp rocks.

I have also blown a bead once with the Trxus and as a result make sure to not air down too much.
 
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