Best Off-Road Tyre Pressure 

my new favourite channel. i have just started 4x4 off roading and instantly loved it. your channel is helping me gain knowledge. THANKS.

Thanks Ronny for doing the basics. I’m new to 4x4 and your videos are quality. Loved the tools ones as well. Keep it up.

Great Video Ronnie, this is one of the better ones out there, well done.

Great video, with excellent information. This should be required viewing for anyone attempting to drive at Inskip Point. One thing that always amazes me is Australia adopted the metric system in July 1974 and people still use PSI for tyre pressures. I use KPA, as you are able to make more precise adjustments to your tyre pressures.

This is one young Ronny!! Great to see the content is still awesome!!

as a female in a country where 4x4 pickup truck are not a thing even with males, I find your channel very informative and I am able to learn things that I couldn't have learned here. I have been binge-watching your channel for the last few weeks and building a list of important things to have/buy, how to operate some tools and what to check/repair on the truck. Thank you for all the videos you have made and put on the web. its just too bad you don't have snow there to see some more snow content :)

Thanks Ronny for your very informative no bull videos. I hope to one day get to practise what you preach.

Here in Sri Lanka on rig types such as Hilux / on mixed 4x4 terrain = Front : 28 + 1 PSI Rear : 30+1 PSI + don t forget to up ya Air once on the Tarmac + Ronny BOI = THX 4 the Vid / info as always

Good vid, wish I knew this earlier when first getting into it as I did some unnecessary damage to my tyres while doing some rocky stuff. straight to 20PSI now on rocks. 15PSI on sand. Works well for my hilux with all terrains.

Thank you! Very informative and straight forward.

great vid Ronny, please keep up the great work

Really enjoy your videos Ronny, have learnt heaps.

Great video mate, good for those getting into it! Keep the videos coming

Just the tips I was looking for ... Cheers Ronny

Yep well done matey I love the info you give.

Excellent video! Very informative. Thanks for the info

Great advice for a newbie 👍🏾

Thanks for this information. I am new to off-roading and was reluctant to remove air from my tires. You gave sound reasons why to remove the air and the recommended air pressures for each type of terrain. This is the best video on this topic that I have found.

once again, great info, cheers mate

Good video as always Ronny! Great for those who are just starting. Here in Iceland if we have cars that are meant to drive on snow the typical tire sizes are around 38-44 inches, biggest are I think 54 inches on the heaviest trucks. When driving in soft snow we go really low with pressures, down to 4-6 psi if I remember correctly. One experienced driver I know always has the same answer if we, the younger guys, ask him what pressure we should go down to: "A good knee". Referring to, instead of using a pressure gauge, just pushing your knee into the side of the tire. Goes to show that there are no rules in this, its more based on experience and feeling.

Great video. Very helpful!

Thanks mate. Great info.

handy for us newbies! cheers m8

Hey mate, once again great vid. I know you've covered M/Ts on sand, but in my experience in my 76 series running BFG A/Ts on beach, I was at 16 PSI was my go to number and adjust from there but didn't really need to, then I got a set of Toyo Open Country M/Ts and when I went to beach at 16 psi, couldn't pull 3rd gear, dug holes, wouldn't go up hills or dunes. Went down to 10psi and will now go anywhere. Good vid keep up the good work.

Great Video!!!!!

Excited for the Tyre gauge video!

This is brilliant! thankyou

Yet another great informational video Ronny! I think it would help a lot of people if you did a video explaining water crossings. How to prepare your vehicle? How to actually go about crossing a river? And lastly how to clean up and take care of your vehicle after water crossings? Again, great videos and keep up the good work!

thanks! very informative!

Hi Ronny, Thanks for the video. Have only one reccommendation. Add surface description in the video at the end part, where you showed what psi did you use on sand, mud and rocky off-roads.

Great video.

My rig weighs in at about 3500lbs, with 35x12.5" tires I found that about 8 psi on almost everything works pretty good.

Thumbs up Ronnie.

Excellent!

Old video but a goodie - thanks for making it

G day ronny! Good and helpful video. My dad love going 4x4 and campng. He will probably watch ur videos. (he dosent have a account so he cant like or subcrbe.) but i can. Have nice a good day nd have fun camping and 4x4. Good video

great video

Hi Ronny, first off excellent job explaining the factors and options, cheers to you, Im a bit bugled though, my tyre guy said that other than sand/beach sand he does not recommend to deflate the PSI... I have a new toyo at plus 50/50, where he said: Cold PSI should be 30 front and 32 back Hot PSI should be 33 front and 35 back He said to rotate / change the front and back after 10K deflate only on sand/beach sand up to 18, and max on bolders and gravel to 25 Now Im a bit of newbe here...so I tweak and play with this but my concerns are to hurt the tyre expectancy life... Im not driving a real lock/power jeep but a subaru forster 2L Given this data what would you say about these numbers he told me about, this delear has actually helped me as in my country it was a problem as to making those tyres register ...and he also drives the same car... what do you think? thx

Still the best way to find proper on road tire pressure. the chalk test. Avoid uneven tread wear/ cupping. I’ve found my 285/75/16 Toyo open country mt’s like 32psi on road. As far as offroad single track/fireroad trails. 18-24psi and the snow I like 10-12 psi. Vehicle is a 3rd gen 4Runner. Cheers

Awesome informative

Awesome video and explanation but on my own experience I have notice that you have to take in account the type of tire you have. Different tires work very differently with air pressure.

You forgot to mention what your highway pressure is. Every vehicle is different, of course, but being able to compare your highway pressure to your recommendations gives better context.

Good one Ronny! Have ever heard of the 4 psi rule. Always check the tyre psi when cold. Never hot. The tyre pressure should never increase more than 4psi between the cold and hot temps. If the hot psi goes over 4psi your cold starting pressure is to low and the tyre is heating up. They say this works on any tire or terrain.

Hi, thx for this great set of videos. As I am planning to take a sabbatical in Europe. I want to get myself a nice double cab with all the extras and travel to usually difficult accessible places in Europe. On the latest models many vehicles now come with pressure measurements in the driver console. So I plan to do some calibration checks first! And then use a 12VDC compresor on the passenger seat, connected to the individual tires using a 5m hose. I can then fill/release the desired tire pressure from the driver seat. Only thing I need to check is how these systems work when using the spare tire. What is your opinion on this? Regards from Spain.

Thanks.

Do you compete in competions or is there just pure enjoyment in off roading ? Isn't that very hard on your vehicles suspension ? The idea of almost being stuck but just managing to pull through by lowering or inflating my tires is a little to unnerving for me. But I will download your video because it is an excellent breakdown of when , how and what to do with tires and you never know what type of predicament you may hope to never find yourself in, but do. ! Continued Fun and Happy Trail Off Roading ! Please keep your very informative videos coming !

I know you have done other videos covering the types of tires. I would how much tire type effects psi? also are bead lock wheels legal for street use in Australia? they are not legal for roads in USA but if used off road they allow for a lower psi with less risk of damage or issues.

on my one truck i run 7psi in the fronts and 4 in the rear. all those are running tubes so unseating a bead isnt a worry. my other truck i run about 16 all the say around. i say about 16 because most of them have slow leaks so it lowers as the weekend goes on

Hi, and on road, what psi do you use to highway? Do you use the manufacturer recommended?

Great vid! What pressure would you recommend for driving on the road with a vehicle of this weight? And btw happy to see some australian vids kind of struggling with flies because when visiting your country and overlanding from east to west these flies where everywhere in the bush, millions of them!

dream cars !!!!

What I think seams to work is half your highway pressure as a start and half again if you are really wanting to air down

Ronny I was just wondering if you could do a electrical setup tour in the 79 thanks great vid

Hey, Ronny. First, thanks for putting out all the videos. I've learned a lot watching them. I have a trip coming up that will switch several times between dirt and pavement. I'd like to air down a little to help with the dirt roads, especially when we hit corrugated sections. Do you have any recommendations for mixed driving like that? Thanks!

Hi Ronny, long-time subscriber, first-time commenter. I'm looking for adequate tyre pressures for my Suzuki Vitara, but can't find any info that takes into account the vehicle weight. The Vitara weighs 1,600 kg and the manufacturer recommends 23 psi for on-road driving (both front and rear), so when you say 16-35 psi for corrugated roads...35 psi is way above the tyre pressure I'm meant to have on pavement. What's YOUR on-road pressure? That would make it much easier for me to calculate the ideal pressure for my tyes. If your on-road pressure is 40 psi (random figure), and you lower it to 16 psi for rocks, for example, that means you're lowering them to 40% of their on-road pressure, which in my case, would be 9.2 psi. If you could provide your on-road pressure, that would make the tips you give in this video much more useful for me. Thanks a ton and keep up the good work mate!

hey ronny, how often when off roading do you actually change your tire pressures? because in your videos you are constantly going on different terrain, especially when you are near the ocean and the is soft sand, hard sand, rocks, gravel etc all available quite close together. would you just try get a pressure that would be quite acceptable for all those conditions and only change it when you are struggling to get up an obstacle. or would you change it much more often?

those pictures at 1:30 were perfect.

I drive a 4x4 Sprinter, which loaded up can be up to 3.800kg. How do I translate your psi recommendations to the added weight?

At 6:38 where your airing up, is that just out of Esperance past the tip?

Hi thanks for the video very informative. Why about driving in the snow?

great video. didn't know Australia used psi

Thanks Ronny another great video. Wondering when you are going to do a blupers and out takes video?

My '88 Dodge Raider (Gen1 Montero/Pajero SWB) must be really light in comparison, with just 32x11.50x15 BFG All-Terrain KOs road psi is 20-25, usually i air down to around to 10-15 for the woods, sometimes lower in the snow. Skinny stock rims = poor man's beadlocks.

I'm gonna go with 18 to 25 psi as a guess

I know your in Australia but you did not talk about snow PSI for the people around the world that get snow. cool video.

Hey Ronny great video. Just wondering if lowering your tyre pressure greatly affects your approach, ramp over, and departure angles?

will lowering my tire pressure create a smoother ride on gravel trails and washboard roads?

I'm confused about airing down LT tires. i got a 100LC and wanted to get 275/70/18 on them but most in that size are LT, and have much higher recommended pressures than the stock P275/60/18 that come with the LC and have the pressures printed on the door sill 29-32psi. Better to get P275/60/18 (can't find any P275/70/18) or go LT275/70/18 and air waaay down? I would be airing down for soft dry sand. Thank you and love your videos!

Old video, I know, and maybe this is the wrong place to ask, but what about snow, as in, snow roads, loose snow, ice etc?

What happened on that last sand hill???

How much would you air up for some reason in America people think it's a great idea to air up to 50-60psi for regular utility vehicles and I've seen some Jeep drivers go that high to drive on the roads. I believe that's ridiculous and unsafe I'm I correct?

If your using chains on the tyres, would you maintain the recommendation on lowering the tyre pressure?

Was using 18 psi on soft sand with a Subaru Forester, got bogged really bad on the turn but I doubt lower Tyre pressure would have helped much since the reason I got bogged was because the tracks we're just too deep for the car.

if you where to sell your car :) how much would you sell it for?

I'm new on 4wheeling. what's your thoughts on the Toyota fj cruiser? cool video BTW

It looks like. Good For You! suit wail What's your opinion about it, guys 1!

Dear Ronny: How effective dropping tyre pressure with modern cars that have 20 inch wheels with low profile tyreslike jeep grand Cherokee, Nissan patrol, rang rover. can you make video about this subject.

Can you tell me which type of suspension is better for offroad? Solid axle or independent? Thanks

What Tyers do you run on your landcruiser

9:54 is how to karate chop flies lol

You are very conservative with pressures and you are over complicating it by having different pressures depending on your terrain. I always keep it around 10-12 psi. Gravel, dirt, mud, rocks, boulders, or cruising at 80 kmh on logging roads. It all works great and I can encounter all of the above on a single trip. The only time I'd run a different pressure is if I know I'll be hitting deep snow. In that case I just lower it to 7 psi right from the start. I'd go even lower, but I'm not on beadlocks.

what happened to the forest ? Fire ?

Isnt it going to damage the tyres if the pressure is very low?

Damn flies! Haha 🤣

What are corrugated roads? Are they man made? Or are they like sand whoops but on a dirt road? I don't think we have those in the US.

what are all those things on your front bumper???????

2:37 the tips

so 25 psi..i get it

All terrain tire factories say that below 35 is harmful to your tires

Ronny, i see you covered up your lightbars on the roof, you get caught?

That moment when the high-way tyre pressure for your car is 27psi lol. Suzuki Grand Vitara 2001.

Tires*

Tire not tyre

ronnie,mate budy pal,dont molly coddle them,im bit worried as you bought that toyota with 2 different diffs,says a lot for your knowledge of 4x4rs.PLUS,you failed to mention that tire constuction make a difference in tire pressure,i run 34,down to 8 in sand.DO NOT,buy coopers.better off with a $100 muddy,,.bfg,toyo,dick cepec,thats it.