Thread: 110 heavy duty ute - 4be or just a truck?

What pressure does your handbook recommend?

It's not my vehicle,but what do you think about f-45, r-60 for all loads ? I didn't see the written word but I have no reason to doubt these figures quoted to me. I read 'all loads' meaning all conditions too.

That is similar to what my handbook says for "all load conditions" for a 130. However "all load conditions" certainly does not mean "all road conditions".

If you do a search on this forum you will find plenty of reports of the pressures that various people have used for desert crossings and sand driving.

As a side issue,lens tracks go around or parallel to almost all the dunes. As a last resort he crossed at the lowest point and rarely. Don't get me wrong, love his tracks, but as they are now- remote yes, tough going? No.

Quoted pressures are meant as a guide. Each desert and beach has different qualities. The vehicle will excel in the conditions you list, obviously driven to the conditions, and tyres adjusted to suit conditions. The handbook isn't a bible but a guidebook.

I'll have to do a search! I was riding gunshot in someone else's car, so his car, his tyre pressures.How low would you be game to take tubed tyres, I have tubeless and no experience with heating up tubes? And what about highway? This is with usual 3 week outback trip weight on board.

By the way it was put to me in clear terms that the hand book is the bible to be ignored at your peril !

Hi there - my experience: 110 300TDi for 13 years and 300+k working as a soil surveyor towing a drilling rig on a 6x4 trailer. Vehicle set up with long range tank, 80l water tank in rear, 50l fridge in rear plus drawers with all my tools, 2 spare batteries in the rear, roof rack etc - so heavy loads. Sometimes spare on bonnet, bull bar, etc as well. Most of my surveys were in deep sand on Mallee country. Seldom had to let the tyres down including on sand hills but did have a few bogs but none that I couldn't get out of by myself by un-coupling the trailer and airing down to 18psi, drive out and then pull trailer to where I could re-hitch. So open road towing with heavy loaded vehicle and tubed tyres on Wolf rims - 40psi rears and 34 fronts. This included on and off road. See pics attached. You'll see i also got to drive in some grassy paddocks as well.....