ChatterBox
Supportertypically on a car with low profile tyres i airdown the rear slightly more, i did this on the 18s i had on my d2 and 17s on the prado, but eventually i jsut started running same pressure front and rear with them with no spun beads. I also run slightly higher pressure when full loaded, some times more in the rear if very heavily loaded over the back axle. The disco's(d2 atleast) alloys have a really tight bead, several tyres places have commented to me how much harder they are to break then other makes. I have been they have an extra ridge or something in the rim to hold the bead.
I have spent alot of time driving at low pressures on the sand with lots of different tyres and have never lost a bead myself, seen it done a few times but its usualy when someone tries going full lock while stationary, i have also seen one pop off a rear on with the car on bad side angle stuck on a dune but that was running very low pressure and being driven stupidly.
Swaggie
SubscriberVision is always 20:20 in hindsight.Now that the wife has seen all these posts she has a colourful way of describing why I did not let the tyre down - goes along the line of me being to F@#$#@ stupid and Stubborn.... She will feed of this every arguement for the next 20 years if I live that long!! ;-)
And you can maybe ask her why she didn't take over if she knew how to do it.
Regards Philip A
ChatterBox
Supporterbtw you should have had the family pushing the car as well, you'd be supprised how much that actually helps in some situations.
Originally Posted by PhilipA
Oooooooh no Philip.... You neeeeeeever say that ...
More like ...
............ Yes dear
............ Sorry dear
............I know dear
............ Your right dear
............ Sorry dear
.....
ForumSage
Mike has the right idea....
ALL men must learn the Important Lies...
I'm sorry Dear,,,,
You are Right,,,
I am wrong,,,
Learn to tell these lies with a straight face...and you will have a long and happy marriage.
Old(er) James in Gosnells
(Still married to same Wife for... um.... er.... xx years)
ForumSage
"...She will feed off this every arguement for the next 20 years if I live that long!! ...."
...You will indeed live those next 60 years... Certainly it will feel like it
Swaggie
SubscriberVery true and gives them a stake in the outcome.btw you should have had the family pushing the car as well, you'd be supprised how much that actually helps in some situations.
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The only time I ever was bogged on Fraser was at the Eurong Fuel pump in my VW. There was a busload of old ladies there and I asked them to push. 12 old ladies can push well and I popped out of the bog.
I remember once in Thailand I had a Nissan GQ with difflock, and went to try and visit the Kuomintang regiment in Northern Thailand. It rained on the way up Doi Thun and became so slippery that you couldn't stand up. I couldn't go forward and slid back to within 1 foot of a cliff edge.
I got the wife and 2 little kids to stand on the edge of the cliff and push the car sideways as I spun the wheels. This straightened the car up and I was able to then reverse down and turn around.
Get them involved.
Regards Philip A
YarnMaster
SupporterI dont go on beaches much but here in Qld everyone drives on the wet stuff rather than in the dry powdery stuff. Only when the tide comes in are they forced up into the dunes.
Didiman
AT REST
SubscriberIMHO, that is generally due to flatter beaches (especially where the reef is offshore) and harder packed sand due to resultant smaller surf - except when the monsoons hit, but then beaches recover reasonably quickly and sand packs down again.
Roger
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