Lowering tire air pressure in your towrig.....

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  1. stallion85

    stallion85 Well-Known Member

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    I am going on a camp out this weekend and will be traveling on some pretty rocky/sandy roads with my 05' Dodge 2500. Right now I have my tires at max PSI rated for the tires, with the Cummins weighing so much, how low could I air down on these roads without being too dangerous. I know what to air down on my rock crawler, but the Dodge is a whole other beast. I am currently running 35" BFG At's......thanks for any insightwaytogo
     
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    J. Delaney Well-Known Member

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    I've run my tires down to 10psi in the rear and 15psi in the front. But I've also got an onboard air compressor so I can fill the tires back up after I come off of the sand.
     
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    Its all honestly a question of the terrian I would try to stick around 20s.
     
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    Even going down to 30 from 70-80 would help quite a bit...
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    personally i wouldn't go too much below 30ish in the front but id go down to 20 in the back
     
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    Thanks for the replies guys! I ended up not airing down at all and did most of my exploring on my Polaris 700 Sportsman. The last town I stopped before my camping trip was chargin 3.20 A GALLON!!!! I decided the quad was a more conservative fuel choice....lol


    BTW the BFG's did awesome on rocky, rutted, and washboard roads I traveled on to get to camp!!!
     
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