Palmer River , Maytown and the Old Coach Rd

[Chris J]

That's what I'm thinking as well, those tracks are tyre shredding terrain.  We will be running low pressures and taking it easy but amongst 15 or so vehicles the odds are we will shred a tyre at some stage.  I know JK, McGirr and I all have the same stud pattern so there should be plenty of spares for the cruisers (not sure if GQ/GU's are the same? Duggie? Geoff?) but those of us with Pajero's, Triton's etc might consider carrying a second spare without the rim.

I trust someone will carry a spare for my OKA

regards, Chris.

[swanny]

Im with Duggie on this one, but haven't seen the track or terrain as yet, my initial thoughts are with your tyres being a bit to bagged then you would be susceptible to the sharp edges that rocky terrain would/could offer.

Whilst dropping your pressures will offer a bigger foot print, and make the ride a little softer I guess, we will need to carful not drop to much air, and cause ourselves dramas.

Suck it and see I guess  , ill be carrying 2 spares in any event.

Swanny

 

[McGirr]

Im with Duggie on this one, but haven't seen the track or terrain as yet, my initial thoughts are with your tyres being a bit to bagged then you would be susceptible to the sharp edges that rocky terrain would/could offer.

Whilst dropping your pressures will offer a bigger foot print, and make the ride a little softer I guess, we will need to carful not drop to much air, and cause ourselves dramas.

Suck it and see I guess  , ill be carrying 2 spares in any event.

Swanny

Remember we will be traveling very slow over the track. My understanding, quote me if I am wrong, is lowering tyre pressure helps more on corrugated roads and sand. I agree that exposing the side wall creates more opportunities in getting a tear in the tyre.

Years ago the road between Lakeland downs and Laura was riddled with sharp rocks, it's now tarred all the way, and talking to locals and road crews back then they never lowered the tyre pressure as they got more tears in the sidewalls when they did.

I suppose everyone has an opinion.

Mark

[rockman]

nice landy ...

it would be a hell ride in my buggy .. lol

[scoot]

The camper I was going to bring has land cruiser wheels, but after seeing that awesome VDO I will try to get one made with a 30+ offset to match my new rig.

[McGirr]

The camper I was going to bring has land cruiser wheels, but after seeing that awesome VDO I will try to get one made with a 30+ offset to match my new rig.

Nice one Scott. It's missing a led light bar mate 

Mark

[GeoffA]

The camper I was going to bring has land cruiser wheels, but after seeing that awesome VDO I will try to get one made with a 30+ offset to match my new rig............

Nice bus Scott 

[scoot]

I know! Trouble is I'm friends with so many people that sell them. Better not to have one, that way no one gets hurt.

[Symon]

Im with Duggie on this one, but haven't seen the track or terrain as yet, my initial thoughts are with your tyres being a bit to bagged then you would be susceptible to the sharp edges that rocky terrain would/could offer.

Whilst dropping your pressures will offer a bigger foot print, and make the ride a little softer I guess, we will need to carful not drop to much air, and cause ourselves dramas.

Suck it and see I guess  , ill be carrying 2 spares in any event.

Swanny

Everyone has their own techniques, but the idea of dropping pressures on rocks is that it allows the tread to wrap around sharp edges, and not press up hard against them like a balloon - hence avoiding punctures.  The other thing it does is give you a heap more grip, so you don't have to use the loud pedal as much and avoid wheelspin.  Nothing shreds tyres like spinning wheels on rocks.

I'm not telling people what to do, but my tyres will be sitting at ~16-20 psi if we encounter jagged rocks.

[gclan]

We had our tyres down to around 34psi (from memory) because we were towing.

Jamie normally runs them at around 24-28psi when we're offroad, lower on sand, and will drop them further to get out of a situation.

Not sure what pressures the Triton was running.

Our crew often run different tyre pressures. As Symon says, it's a personal choice.

Fingers crossed nobody needs one, let alone two, spares.

If in doubt, I've got a slightly used official lucky shamrock from Ireland going cheap

[McGirr]

A mud map of the old coach rd. Click on it to make it easier to read.

Mark