4x4 Tire Pressure on the Beach

[Polamar]

This season will be my first time with my truck on the beach at Race Point.
Is 15 PSI inflation for the tires a safe to be to prevent breaking of the bead
on the tires?

Tight Lines!

[Squid kids Dad]

Soft sand = 15lbs in my experience...Good luck..A lot of members fish the Race..I'm sure they will chime in

[Karl F]

Your safe at 15...what are you running for a buggy?
I drive an F150, I usually run between 10 and 12 #, less wear and tear on the truck.

[Jenn]

usually run about 12

[stripercrazy]

I start at 15 and may go lower

[TheSpecialist]

Same as Karl with my Expedition

[pal156]

i go done to 10psi in my expedition

[fishermom]

I believe the the requirement there is 12psi. I always ran my Explorer at 10psi as do a lot of the people out there. Never had a problem, went anywhere. Like Karl said, the lower you go the less wear and tear on the vehicle. Just make sure you have all your equipment with you. Good luck!

[Flaptail]

The race point regs are 11 psi or lower. I follow the rules and run the ol blaze at 11. No problems. I have had to go as low as 8 to make it off in real soft stuff up some dunes and in that case you should have a small dc compressor to pump them up before you hit the tar as you will most likely blow a bead. I have done and it sucks but then again you shouldn't chase coyotes at 35 mph at 2 in the morning on 11 psi either.

[piemma]

Start at 12PSI. Sometimes the entrance to the Back can get dicey especially getting out over the dunes. One year we were going down to 8 to get out without getting stuck

[fishonnelsons]

12 is a good start, but alot depends on your vehicle weight, width and so on. Great point about the entrance to the back side, getting over onto the beach, as well as getting off, is pretty tough and the ole "low and slow" holds true, same down at Coast Guard in Truro.

[Sweetwater]

Originally Posted by Polamar

This season will be my first time with my truck on the beach at Race Point.
Is 15 PSI inflation for the tires a safe to be to prevent breaking of the bead
on the tires?

Tight Lines!

You really need to run at 12 psi or lower (10 psi). You won't break the bead. When you hit the pavement by the ranger's station and the air-up station, take the truck out of 4-wheel drive and make wide turns so you don't squeegy the tires.

If you run at 15 psi or higher, you'll rut the tracks on the hills and drive the rest of us crazy!

[macojoe]

I love to head up the hill and then start bouncing in the torn up track!

Full size Blazer 12 was good, S10 Blazer I wiould go 15 all the time and never had a problem.

But no matter now, I no pay $150 for sticker!!

Now I just go late at night and no pay!!

[Backbeach Jake]

My F-250 has E rated 8 ply tires . Real stiff sidewalls. So I start at 10lbs. I've been as low as 4lbs. Yep, I was scared of rolling a tire off the rim, but I was more afraid of being stuck in a cut with the incoming tide. I would only go that low again in an emergengy. I haven't rolled a tire yet ( knock wood). 15 lbs with those tires is a real workout for the truck. Low and Slow.

[Polamar]

Thanks Everone for the Input!
I have a Frontier and I will start at 11PSI and look into portable compressors.

Tight Lines!

[NaCl H2O]

I see lots of portable compressors on ebay for peanuts. Any idea how good a $10 compressor is?

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by NaCl H2O

I see lots of portable compressors on ebay for peanuts. Any idea how good a $10 compressor is?

If you have the better part of an hour to kill while your tires go from 8 psi to 32, they work fine.

What many folks do is use them to get the tires to something road safe, say 20 psi, and drive to a real air station to do them the rest of the way.