Thread: 19" Maxxis AT Tyres

Being new to the D4, I am wondering what tyre pressures people have when going off road. Especially these Maxxiz tyres.


Eg F & R when in mud, when in rocky dry country, rocky wet and slippery country, and hard and soft sand.


In my old car with 16 and 17 inch rims I basically had 25 in any offroad conditions except sand where I dropped to 20.


Thanks


David

Those pressures are a good start...

Remember David that it depends on other factors - the actual surface at the time, vehicle weight and it's distribution etc..

I understand that Tombie but it seems these low profile tyres give people lots of problems. I am going down to the Vic High country to help the NP people with track clearing before the season opens and dont want to do damage to my tyres or rims, nor make a fool of myself trying to get up tracks with too much pressure in the tyres. Peoples comments have put the wind up me so to speak. Perhaps i should get the Great Wall out of retirement and then I wont have any problems.


Cheers

Originally Posted by dirvine

I understand that Tombie but it seems these low profile tyres give people lots of problems. I am going down to the Vic High country to help the NP people with track clearing before the season opens and dont want to do damage to my tyres or rims, nor make a fool of myself trying to get up tracks with too much pressure in the tyres. Peoples comments have put the wind up me so to speak. Perhaps i should get the Great Wall out of retirement and then I wont have any problems.


Cheers

It depends on which tyres you run as to how low you can go - the Hankooks have a more flexible/pliable carcase compared to the Maxxis, so you run a higher risk of pinching the sidewall with the Hankooks when at lower pressures. The Maxxis being LT construction should actually need lower pressures than other 19" tyres to get the same footprint, but should also be a tougher tyre in all instances.

Well low profile tyres certainly didn't phase me all weekend.

We ran on gibber, climbed rough shale tracks for hours. Just kept the speed down - there were several other males in the groups I had tagging along - and suffered no damage or scuffing to any of the tyres.

All carried out at 28F and 32R

Originally Posted by Tombie

Well low profile tyres certainly didn't phase me all weekend.

We ran on gibber, climbed rough shale tracks for hours. Just kept the speed down - there were several other males in the groups I had tagging along - and suffered no damage or scuffing to any of the tyres.

All carried out at 28F and 32R

Lightly loaded,i presume?

More to the point,would you have run similar pressures if loaded?

Originally Posted by Tombie

Well low profile tyres certainly didn't phase me all weekend. We ran on gibber, climbed rough shale tracks for hours. Just kept the speed down - there were several other males in the groups I had tagging along - and suffered no damage or scuffing to any of the tyres. All carried out at 28F and 32R

Tombie what's with the 4psi difference between front & back ❓

Cheers, Babs Sent from my iPhone using Forum Runner

Originally Posted by Babs

Tombie what's with the 4psi difference between front & back ❓

Cheers, Babs Sent from my iPhone using Forum Runner