Thread: Seriously Bogged

Originally Posted by coolum

Many years ago ('80's) in a 2 door rangie On Standard tyres - Fraser Is - in the Far nth of the island I had to go through the back of the Dunes to get through a beach due to tide.


I was on about 15lbs all round but it wasn't getting through in 3rd Low range ..


I had a pump handy to reinflate so I dropped them to 8 lbs and just 'drove through' like no probs.. once back on the Hard beaches I pumped back up to norm.


Now the question - in a D3 with 18" 'What would be the absolute minimum pressure that be recommended to make sure the wheels stay on the beads and get you out of the soft stuff..


Yes --- bearing in mind its just to get you through the problem and then re-inflate.. I would not go off into the Tree roots afterwards as we know the sidewalls will only last seconds.


Would an 18" handle 8 lbs? for a short low speed run?

I would have no issues putting it down to 8psi just to get you out of that situation.


this is probably the obvious so my apologies if you did try this...


my tactic would have been unhook the trailer and let the tyres down to 7-8psi. That would generally let you drive out especially as the chassis/diffs can all be lifted by the air suspension.


I would pump them straight back up to 14psi or so afterwards tho.