The HARD TRUTH About Airing Tires Down #offroad

It’s well known that airing down your tires off road has some great benefits if you are out on the rocks or in the deep sand, but what if you are just on an easy trail? Do you really need to drop your tire pressure if you are on a beautiful scenic trail like this one Orasco Ridge?

[becomingabetterhuman.]

Start at zero and work your way up BE a Man..

[elixtido]

For the roughest conditions I run my tires in vacuum.

[blackXhawksXkickXbut]

Generally I’d say start at 15 psi. If that’s still too rough, or if you’re sinking on soft sand then go lower. Probably don’t go below 10 unless you have bead locks

[ekuryluk]

Just don’t be that guy, 10 minutes into the trail ride, that announces on the radio you need to stop because you forgot to air down. 😂

[jdev]

Arrive at moab, immediately down to 10, air up a week later.

[vernvartdal]

I’m an 18er with my stock 4 runner. I tend to run faster than most per my buddies. While 15-18 would crack and chunk out the Cooper Maxx’s I used to run, the Falken Wildpeaks hold up just fine. It’s a comfortable soft ride without losing too much clearance which I really need along with fresh shocks & bump stops in a stock vehicle. I was a hesitant to air down guy until I got beat up on the trail and took in some data points. Part art/science. 18 general purpose air down. Never lost a bead.

[coolchewschannel]

I got into a sticky situation with no way out other than back up a steep hill and ended up popping the tire off the bead when I went down to around 10 psi and maybe lower. I then repeated the procedure popping the bead on the spare as well.

In addition to discovering the lower limit for air pressure, I also took a crash course in using a fire iron to put a completely flat tire onto the bead.

The moment the thing went pop after trying for quite a while was super satisfying but little did I know that was only the beginning of an ordeal that was more than 24 hours being stuck.

No cell service until the wheel was fixed only to make it up half way which is when we really got stuck as far as I remember it.

I look back on the ordeal fondly as a character building triumph of the will of sorts but my gf thought we were going to die for real and has less than a positive characterization of the experience.

In my defense, she was the one navigating which got us into the mess.

[rickdavis]

I find about 15 to be the sweet spot on my 37” Nitto ridge grapplers on a JLUR.

[daveisnothere]

I used to tell my buddies to air down 'til it looked half flat. As the video says, every vehicle, driver, terrain, etc will cause the best pressure to vary a lot. I drove a 67 Jeep CJ5 with 33s on 10" wide wheels and i only ran 7-8 on the road and went as low as 2-3 offroad in the sand. My Jeep was light so this is what I needed. Heavier vehicles would need more. Over the course of 45+ years I never popped a tire off the bead.

[jlautomotive]

Absolutely love your content, always informative especially for beginners and people new to Jeep life and off roading!

[Chineli]

I like 20/15 on some fire roads or easy mild trails but for rock climbing trails I like 10psi especially if it’s a rocky road

[helmutgress]

Thank you for the Information that you gif specaly for beginners ( sorry for my english its Not the best, i am german)

[Jc-bouu]

I have a 3500 diesel truck. And when I’m in snow and ice I’ll lower my tires to between 60 and 35 psi. When I go off road in mud and sand or soft rocks I’ll lower them from 80 psi to between 60 and 20 psi. And I also run on my truck the new Toyo open country R/T trail tires. And I absolutely like them. I think they are a grate tire for all driving conditions. I honestly think they’re better than all-terrain tires on traction and durability. But for those that, like a quiet tire, these tires are just slightly noisier than a all-terrain tire. But with these tires even in the rain I think they get better traction than all terrain tires at 80 psi. And I live in the north west so I get snow in the winter and these tires perform very well for a R/T tire.

[SHOOTRIDELIVE]

This are Milestar Patagonia M/T's. My favorite tire. I've had them on both my trucks for years.

[lancec]

Several books give very good advice on this subject. "The Four-Wheelers Bible" is a great one.

[jefftenhave]

The chalk test you may think to be archaic but it is the most accurate way of finding the right pressure, for your tires, on your rig, with the weight you carry. There is no formula as accurate as the simple chalk test.. A formula can put you into the ballpark but the chalk test tells the true story.

[Shamano]

If you ain't going below 20psi, are you even wheeling?

[kennethwadejohns]

Crossed the Sahara on 6 PSI with tubes. Repaired 42 pinch flats.

[marklee]

I read a rule of thumb years ago. It said measure from your rim to the ground, subtract 25% from that number. Air down till you hit that number, and that is a good starting point. No idea how accurate it is, but its supposed to help you find max contact patch quickly.

[GentleGiantFan]

I'm a light off roader since my Jeep is my daily driver. I'd guess 20 psi would probably be a decent starting point, especially if one is relying on a buddy's air compressor or the nearest gas station to air up.

Just a guess.