Thread: Fraser Island tyre pressures

Hmmm familiar topic.....lol.

Mate between 16-24 psi will be around the mark, don't forget wehn you let them down they are more likely to pop off the bead with harsh cornering!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by twitchy

Hmmm familiar topic.....lol.

Mate between 16-24 psi will be around the mark, don't forget wehn you let them down they are more likely to pop off the bead with harsh cornering!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Twitchy Ill start off with 24 at the barge at Inskip and if that suits then Ill probably leave it for the rest of the trip as that section of soft stuff before the barge sorts things out and is probably as soft as it gets, maybe? I tend to sit on lower speeds up the beach ( hey being passed at 80k I think- whats the rush) ---- I might experiment a bit anyway with pressures as this recent vehicle I have is proving to be, well just bloody beautiful, so it will mean a lot more trips.

Sounds like you have a fair idea, Kandy. As you say, the soft stuff at Inskip will tell you whether you have your pressures low enough.

Wide tyres doesn't mean larger footprint, just wider footprint. You'll need approximately the same pressure, but plenty of people do OK with 24PSI and you can always take more out if you need to.

Mate everytime i have taken the freelander around Fraser I have left the tyres at 30PSI, with it well loaded with no worries. I run 215/75R15s. Let em down if your towing a trailer, or hitting concerning stuff, otherwise, dont bother. It means pumping em back up :P

EDIT: in regards to getting off the barge at Inskip., careful choice of line will make your day easy. Momentum and throttle will have you out nicely :P

I would be starting on 24 then dropping to 16 if its real soft. But i does also depend on the load you are carrying. A 2 tone disco plus a weeks worth of camping gear + food and lots of beer plus passengers could be close to 3 tonnes therefore the footprint your tyre will make will be different to a unladen disco at the same pressure. So more weight = more pressure other wise you run the risk of rolling a tyre of the rim.

I found 24psi was good most of the time. Dropped to 20 for the softer stuff round the back of Indian head. I was running old 225/75/16 Goodyear Wrangler ATs

Something everybody should please keep in mind when visiting a place like Fraser with a lot of traffic is that it's just as much about the environment - lower pressure reduces impact on the tracks, ie corrugations.

Sure, loud pedal will get you thru but with appropriate pressure drop (20) I've never needed a runup for anything on the sand to date even loaded to the gunwales and mine's on 205/80R16s (phat tyres not required). I can go most places at barely tickover in 2nd high.
It's fine on the hard sand at 80kph and I run on the damp sand to keep them cool, but not IN the surf, geez that makes me cringe when I see people do that.