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Re: Tyre Pressures for dirt roads.
« Reply #25 on: May 06, 2015, 09:05:28 PM »

Had a chance today to drop tyre pressures to 26 front and 28 rear. Will see how it goes otherwise may drop a little lower.

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Re: Tyre Pressures for dirt roads.
« Reply #26 on: May 06, 2015, 09:09:49 PM »
How does the Tyre profile effect the psi? Given that a low profile tyre only has limited sidewalls, should you still drop the pressure?
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Re: Tyre Pressures for dirt roads.
« Reply #27 on: May 06, 2015, 09:26:36 PM »
Hi Mark,

We ran 24 all round for our time out there.
You should have a much softer ride by dropping your pressures by 10psi.
But the roads in WA are so much nicer than the NT and SA

It's been good to see that Warbuton is treating you well :D

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Re: Tyre Pressures for dirt roads.
« Reply #28 on: May 06, 2015, 10:11:47 PM »
Here's a handy little sheet I picked up from from the pink roadhouse years ago, which gives some rough tyre pressure guides for various vehicles/conditions.


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« Last Edit: May 06, 2015, 10:16:01 PM by timneva »
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Re: Tyre Pressures for dirt roads.
« Reply #29 on: May 07, 2015, 01:36:52 AM »
As we are always around dirt up here I leave mine at 20psi front and 24psi rear. That works best for me up Cape Leveque road as it is quite strait those pressures work well. I think people are to hang up on the 4 PSI rule as as mentioned it works for the black top but no really the dirt. Every Tyre brand is a little different but all of them are able to run at low pressures so using them to soften the corrugations is a must. 
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Re: Tyre Pressures for dirt roads.
« Reply #30 on: May 07, 2015, 06:34:18 AM »
Quote from: edz on May 05, 2015, 10:32:28 PM
This vid might help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kz8mmLkeks
It did!
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Think i know what my next tyres will be now
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Re: Tyre Pressures for dirt roads.
« Reply #31 on: May 07, 2015, 09:40:52 AM »
Way too many variables to give an accurate answer...
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