Good info and the principle is there. 12psi is fairly low pressures and I would only recommend going that low if it was super soft. The majority of beach driving is done at the water line, and in the case of somewhere like K'Gari, travelling 80+km up the beach at 12psi wont be great for the tyre and isnt safe. Your rear tyre readings would have been skewed as you stated the caravan was attached to the vehicle, but i noticed the front stabiliser legs were down which would have taken a fair amount of weight off the rear axles.
Agree 100%, but I still prefer to make a larger footprint on the caravan. A lot of people are scared to go very low. You will need to drive like a crazy man to roll a tyre off the rim.
This video has been priceless for me! I always thought it was all four tyres on the vehicle & or our caravan at the same psi. This video showed me the tyre footprint is the key. 100%👍🍻 great video..what tyre pressures are best for dirt corrugated roads??
We asked Richard what he recommended and he said that you still want to air down the tyres a little to absorb the smaller bumps, but also drive at such a speed that your suspension is in sync with the corrugations. Essentially you want to be bouncing in and out of the corrugations, and varying your speed by 10km/h can make all the difference. Definitely a solution that would be unique to your weights and vehicle.
We asked Richard what he recommended and he said that you still want to air down the tyres a little to absorb the smaller bumps, but also drive at such a speed that your suspension is in sync with the corrugations. Essentially you want to be bouncing in and out of the corrugations, and varying your speed by 10km/h can make all the difference. Definitely a solution that would be unique to your weights and vehicle.
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Excellent bit of information thank you.
Good info and the principle is there. 12psi is fairly low pressures and I would only recommend going that low if it was super soft. The majority of beach driving is done at the water line, and in the case of somewhere like K'Gari, travelling 80+km up the beach at 12psi wont be great for the tyre and isnt safe. Your rear tyre readings would have been skewed as you stated the caravan was attached to the vehicle, but i noticed the front stabiliser legs were down which would have taken a fair amount of weight off the rear axles.
Great video thanks
Great info
Agree 100%, but I still prefer to make a larger footprint on the caravan. A lot of people are scared to go very low. You will need to drive like a crazy man to roll a tyre off the rim.
Excellent information
This video has been priceless for me! I always thought it was all four tyres on the vehicle & or our caravan at the same psi. This video showed me the tyre footprint is the key. 100%👍🍻 great video..what tyre pressures are best for dirt corrugated roads??
We asked Richard what he recommended and he said that you still want to air down the tyres a little to absorb the smaller bumps, but also drive at such a speed that your suspension is in sync with the corrugations. Essentially you want to be bouncing in and out of the corrugations, and varying your speed by 10km/h can make all the difference. Definitely a solution that would be unique to your weights and vehicle.
Interesting video shows caravan front leg is down?
Yep, stabiliser leg was down
Legs are back up when he deflated the caravan tyres.
Yes, that was an oversight on our part. We fixed it part way through.
Yeh drop your pressures to maximise footprint even down to 10PSI. BUT don’t go crazy pulling your van out of sand, slow and easy does it.
Is that the same rule of thumb for driving on corrugated tracks. Eg.. Birdsville, Gibb River etc.
We asked Richard what he recommended and he said that you still want to air down the tyres a little to absorb the smaller bumps, but also drive at such a speed that your suspension is in sync with the corrugations. Essentially you want to be bouncing in and out of the corrugations, and varying your speed by 10km/h can make all the difference. Definitely a solution that would be unique to your weights and vehicle.