Lowest pressure you'd drive on (short distance) to the trail? (1 Viewer)

[Tronner]

In lieu of a full air up/down kit, what's the lowest tire pressure you'd set to to drive a short distance to a trail? Let's say you're on 33-35" tires and your camp site is 10-20 miles from a trail you want to crawl. If you wanted to air down some but not so much that it wouldn't be safe to drive to and from. 25psi? 20?

 

[gnob]

your question is a bit vague.

first off, why not just air down at the trailhead?
what type of road ?
what speeds?

that said, ive run at 10psi (or less) all day on fire roads, varied speeds.
for actually highways and speed, id just air down at the trailhead

 

[Redgrrr]

I run my bias ply swampers at 7-9 psi all the time on the road. But a radial carcass tire I’d be ok at 20ish

 

[iwashmycar]

Ive run ~15psi on many miles of road after (crazy rain....decided to get to a gas station).....and during runs between trails. No issues at all, just take it easy in the curves.

15psi is my answer lol

 

[Tronner]

OK so how about just for the return trip on some light paved roads, maybe up to 60mph for say up to 1 hr. Airing down at the trailhead of course makes sense. I guess I'm just mostly worried about getting back to a gas station or wherever I'm staying to air back up without having to have an air compressor setup.

 

[GTSSportCoupe]

In lieu of a full air up/down kit, what's the lowest tire pressure you'd set to to drive a short distance to a trail? Let's say you're on 33-35" tires and your camp site is 10-20 miles from a trail you want to crawl. If you wanted to air down some but not so much that it wouldn't be safe to drive to and from. 25psi? 20?

It depends a lot on the size of the tire. I can easily run 20psi on the highway with my 35x12.5 tires. But most definitely not on my 32"x9.5" tires; that is darn scary!

PSI = pounds per square inch:

either you need more pressure, or more square inches, lol!