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If you love going 4WDing, then chances are at some stage, you\u2019ve found yourself in a situation where you\u2019ve needed more traction. Doesn\u2019t matter if you love 4WDing on the beach, low-range 4WDing up hardcore hills or even 4WD touring tracks that are rocky, rutted and corrugated \u2013 traction is something that as 4WDers, we all need to pay attention to!<\/p>\n
It doesn\u2019t matter if you have the biggest, baddest truck with all the offroad modifications to make your 4WD better, if you have improperly adjusted tyre pressures then you are going to get stuck. And while getting stuck is sometimes half the fun of 4WDing, especially if you\u2019re with mates and you\u2019re aiming to find those hardcore 4WD tracks, most of the time we just want to get to where we\u2019re going, without having to get the winch out!<\/p>\n
The easiest and most effective way to get a more capable 4WD is to adjust your tyre pressures for the type of terrain that you\u2019re driving. Generally speaking, the softer the terrain, the lower you\u2019ll have to make your tyre pressures. What this does is increase your tyre \u2018footprint\u2019 \u2013 the contact patch between the tyre and the ground. The larger the footprint, the more area the weight is spread across, meaning there\u2019s less chance of you sinking down into the mud.<\/p>\n
Think about it like this. Imagine standing on a soft, wet patch of mud in your bare feet. You\u2019d probably sink in up to your knees, right? Now imagine standing on that same mud, but this time you\u2019re on top of a full-sized piece of plywood. You\u2019d stay up on top of the mud instead of sinking down into it, right?<\/p>\n
That\u2019s why we adjust 4WD tyre pressures to suit the terrain you\u2019re driving, because the tyre\u2019s contact patch then increases and you\u2019ve got much more of a chance to prevent getting bogged! So how do you adjust your tyre pressures for 4WDing, and more importantly, what is the right pressure to adjust your tyres to?<\/p>\n
The answer isn\u2019t always set in stone, and there are indeed a number of factors that come into play \u2013 like how soft the terrain is, how hot the day is, and how heavy your vehicle is. However there definitely is a good starting point you can use, which is;<\/p>\n
Watch the video below to see a clear demonstration of the real-world differences between different tyre pressures, and just how much more capable you can make your 4WD simply by lowering the tyre pressures. It\u2019s as easy as using your Adventure Kings Kwiky Tyre Deflator<\/strong><\/a> to quickly and accurately lower your tyre pressures, and remembering to monitor those tyre pressures throughout the day. Why? Because as air heats up, it expands! This means that the tyre pressures you start with at the beginning of the day can quickly increase as the day gets hotter and you do lots of 4WDing, which generates heat in your tyres as the internal steel bands move and flex around.<\/p>\n An important point before we go \u2013 you should never drive on the tarmac with tyres that are under-inflated. This can cause massive amounts of premature wear from the inside of your tyres, and the really scary part is that you won\u2019t even know it is happening until it\u2019s too late and you have a tyre blowout! That\u2019s because the lower you drop your tyre pressures, the more the steel bands within the tyres move and flex around. Off-road it\u2019s not such a big deal as the natural terrain never gets as hot as tarmac in the middle of summer, and you generally can\u2019t drive as fast as you could when you are on the tarmac. The solution is easy \u2013 carry the Adventure Kings Thumper Max Air Compressor <\/strong><\/a>with you, and you\u2019ll be able to inflate your tyres easily, wherever you are. No risking tyre damage!<\/p>\n It\u2019s no exaggeration to say you could easily double the performance of your 4WD off-road simply by lowering your tyre pressures. Make sure to watch the video and leave a comment if you have a question!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [embedyt] https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G0N2h3WWb2k[\/embedyt] \u00a0 If you love going 4WDing, then chances are at some stage, you\u2019ve found yourself in a situation where you\u2019ve needed more traction. Doesn\u2019t matter if you love 4WDing on the beach, low-range 4WDing up hardcore hills or even 4WD touring tracks that are rocky, rutted and corrugated \u2013 traction is something that…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123456,"featured_media":6723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6722"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123456"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6722"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6724,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6722\/revisions\/6724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}