mt.skene

[billbarbas]

Just had some mates come back from Skene. They reckon theres over a metre of snow ATM. To get to the top they dropped pressures down to 2psi and pushing fresh snow got to the top.
A defender without beadlocks running 37claws at 2 psi. The disco went to zero on Coopers.
Certainly gives us sierra owners something to think about. Drop those pressures!!!

[billbarbas]

I was trying to make a point that the heavier cars should be running lower pressures. We have people in our club who are reluctant to run lower that 15 on a zook!
Last year on the snow trip Pat dropped my tires to 6, and they worked really well.

[mightymouse]

Been pondering tyre pressures lately ( @##$% - hate mud Coopers )....

Really need to weight the corners of the Feroza and see whether its possible to compensate for F/R weight differences.
Just looking at the tyre bag seems rear pressures could be quite a lot lower than the front.

[cj!]

I always drop the rears more than the fronts so that the contact patch is the same. In the snow my starting point is 8-10psi which seems to work well but I'd happily go lower if the need arose.

[gwagensteve]

Been pondering tyre pressures lately ( @##$% - hate mud Coopers )....

Really need to weight the corners of the Feroza and see whether its possible to compensate for F/R weight differences.
Just looking at the tyre bag seems rear pressures could be quite a lot lower than the front.

Definitely. Michael experimented with "air down by eye" last year on a wombat trip and that equalled 3.5-4.5 psi in the front and 2.5 psi in the rear.

Swampers loooove low pressures.

Steve.