<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by bparker:
No, I dont air down my tires. I have yet to need to air them down. I have been "behind" many on the trail that aired thier down and guess what; I went everywhere they went and in some cases had better traction than they did (as in I didnt spin out and needed a second approach with more speed).
Personally (this is just MY opinion) - I think airing down tires on "hwy capable" trucks is kinda silly. As in only when you are running 37s pizza cutters on a rail car doing some serious rock crawling - and only then do you need to air your tires down. I think guys that have "state hwy inspected" trucks are just doing it becaure "the big guys do it too".
Again, I never needed to with my 2 jeeps (which I had for 8 yrs), or any of my other offroad toys. All of them had great traction (EXCELPT SLIP ROCK) and I never needed to air them down to make myself feel like a big boy on the trail.
Again, this is just my opinion.
Brent </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Pretty bad opinion at that. What other offroad toys are you talking about? Just about anything made for offroad run low pressure tires. There is a reason for that just like there is a reason to air down your "hwy capable" H3. Just because you were not smart enough to air down if you ever wheeled before, doesn't mean it's the best option. It all boils down to logic.
A tire aired down has a larger contact patch. It doesn't matter how much torque, HP, articulation or what you have, if you don't have a contact patch. The larger the better. More rubber touching means more traction. Pretty simple concept.
So the sarcastic comments about doing it because the "big guys do it too" is pretty asinine.
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