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

Who reads and sticks to what is on a piece of paper ?

FWIW the recommended pressures are 65psi in the rear tyres, all conditions, but who on earth would run that in an unladen vehicle at any time if they had half a brain ?

I have a 130 which has exactly that rear suspension setup and I've never run the factory 'recommended' tyre pressures, even with over one tonne in the tray and I initially had 7:50/16 Michelin XZL's (and the same pressures are recommended for 235/85/16's too)

Hell, most of the time my 130 tares at 3000kg without the driver and I only have 41psi in the back tyres for highway use, but they are 255/85's but aren't ten ply tyres either.

Originally Posted by Gq skyline

Yes, I've just done a trip in a 2.5 year old 110 with double coils and factory fitted tubed Michelin . Called the heavy duty pack. Any thoughts on its ability in sand with handbook recommended tyre pressures, or better still experience?

Yes I realise what the heavy duty pack is for a 110 Defender,it is identical suspension to what is standard on the 130.As far as the wheels and tyres go,you can choose the wheels you like from Land Rovers range as part of the pack.And as I stated,tyre pressure is no different in defender to any other vehicle,it is all relavent to load and terrain.Back in the 70's it wasn't uncommon to drop tyre pressures down to 15-16psi on the sand with tubed tyres,so why would it be any different now?

Hey, I enjoy visiting sa, coorong's looking good now,love those barrages. Want to do googs track and of course Simpson again. Bugger about no fires there soon. SA's got some great outback. Don't know if my nearves could do robe again ! Sea and sand( mainly sea! ) can be scary!

Really Factory fitted tubed tyres??? are you sure about? that because I'm not. You sure your mate never fitted them himself....even if the heavy duty pack came with wolf rims I would still expect the wolfs to be tubeless

Originally Posted by dullbird

Really Factory fitted tubed tyres??? are you sure about? that because I'm not. You sure your mate never fitted them himself....even if the heavy duty pack came with wolf rims I would still expect the wolfs to be tubeless

Mine and most that I've seen are tubed Lou.

Originally Posted by Gq skyline

...........Don't know if my nearves could do robe again ! Sea and sand( mainly sea! ) can be scary!

What's so scary about Robe ? I've run about 10 club trips from Carpenter Rocks to Robe and you can easily do it without having to drive in the water, and there's nothing else that I would call scary, unless you're doing something stupid or Irresponsible.
We've had many Countys and Defenders on the trip over the years and all have handled the sand well with the appropriate tyre pressures and all types of tyres including standard 750/16's, tubed or tubeless.
I've never taken any notice of 'recommended' tyre pressures, and I'm pretty sure if you did a 4WD training course they wouldn't tell you your tyres should generally be on 65psi, but the appropriate pressure for the load, terrain and speed you're doing.

Cheers, Murray

Originally Posted by LowRanger

Yes I realise what the heavy duty pack is for a 110 Defender,it is identical suspension to what is standard on the 130.As far as the wheels and tyres go,you can choose the wheels you like from Land Rovers range as part of the pack.And as I stated,tyre pressure is no different in defender to any other vehicle,it is all relavent to load and terrain.Back in the 70's it wasn't uncommon to drop tyre pressures down to 15-16psi on the sand with tubed tyres,so why would it be any different now?

I've wondered about that, I never had tube problems with tubed tyres at 16 to 18 psi back in the '80s either. Nowadays a flat tyre is the inevitable result of any faster work while loaded and lower than 25 on my gauge. A little time spent changing a rubbed through tube on a windy arvo on the QAA convinced me to go 255s on tubeless 8" rims. I've put it down to they don't make tubes like they used to.

Gq Skyline, you've gone about asking the question in a very indirect way.

I can't comment on the suspension pack, but it will be irrelevant to the tyre pressures in sand. I've been with tube tyred Defenders in very soft sand at Robe with pressures of 16psi without issue. The vehicles struggled with 18-20spi got through with 16psi, just as an indicator of how soft the sand was.

Obviously avoid the low pressure at highway speeds.