{"id":7834,"date":"2021-04-05T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/news\/?p=7834"},"modified":"2021-04-01T11:42:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T00:42:00","slug":"expert-tricks-for-easier-winch-recoveries-pt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/expert-tricks-for-easier-winch-recoveries-pt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for Towing Your Offroad Camper Trailer In Any Terrain Pt 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome back to Part 2 of our series Tips for Towing Your Camper Trailer<\/a><\/strong> in any terrain! When we left you last time, we had discussed various aspects of towing an offroad camper trailer<\/a><\/strong> and getting it ready to take offroad \u2013 like how to set the trailer up, and more importantly the 4WD gear<\/a><\/strong> you need like a 4×4 winch<\/a><\/strong> that give you the confidence you need to tow your camper trailer<\/a><\/strong> offroad, whether it\u2019s a soft floor camper trailer,<\/a> <\/strong>a hard floor camper trailer<\/strong> <\/a>or even a hybrid caravan<\/a><\/strong>. In this article we\u2019ll talk about camper trailer tyre pressures<\/a><\/strong>, plus how to tow your offroad camper trailer<\/a><\/strong> on the beach \u2013 every Aussie\u2019s dream! Without further ado, let\u2019s get into it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TRAILER TYRE PRESSURES \u2013 THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Okay, so let\u2019s now start talking practical offroad camper trailer <\/a><\/strong>towing tips \u2013 and it all starts here with the correct camper trailer<\/a> <\/strong>tyre pressures!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s so much mis-information and confusion about whether you should or shouldn\u2019t lower your camper trailer<\/a> <\/strong>tyre pressures when you\u2019re offroad. I\u2019m here to tell you \u2013 you absolutely should!<\/u> Lowering tyre pressures increases tyre footprint, spreading the weight of the vehicle or the 4WD<\/strong> camper trailer<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>over a greater area. Think of it like walking in mud in bare feet, and then doing it with big wide planks of wood for shoes. The wider the surface contact area, the less likely you are to sink down into the terrain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generally speaking, lower your 4×4<\/strong> camper trailer<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>tyre pressures to the same pressure as your tow-rig for any given terrain. That\u2019s 16psi for sand, 20psi for low-range hills and 28psi for long dirt roads. In really soft terrain like super-fine sand, or if you feel like you\u2019re struggling, there\u2019s no harm going lower than that \u2013 we\u2019ve run as low as 10psi on the beach in the middle of summer, but be aware you\u2019re substantially compromising your steering, accelerating and braking ability, and you\u2019re much more likely to roll a tyre off a bead if you turn sharply. The lower the tyre pressure, the easier you have to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exception to the rule here is if you\u2019re running small tyres with a heavy load \u2013 like little boat trailer tyres and a big boat. In that case, play it by sight \u2013 definitely lower your tyre pressures, but it may not be all the way as low as you drop your tow rig pressures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BEACH DRIVING WITH A TRAILER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Towing an offroad<\/strong> camper trailer<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>up the beach unlocks access to some absolutely amazing destinations \u2013 here\u2019s how to do it and avoid \u2013 or at least minimise \u2013 getting bogged!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tides, tyre pressures and throttle \u2013 they\u2019re the three keys to successfully towing your offroad camper trailer<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>up the beach. Ideally you want to hit the beach about 2 hours before low tide, so you\u2019ll have a solid 4 hour window of the tide running out and back in again, giving you access to as much hard-packed sand to drive on as possible. Look up your tide charts for the beach you\u2019re heading to, and stick to them \u2013 I can\u2019t stress this enough!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I covered camper trailer<\/a> <\/strong>tyre pressures in the previous section, but let me say again \u2013 no higher than 16psi, but don\u2019t be afraid to go lower if you feel like you\u2019re struggling. The bigger the 4×4<\/strong> camper trailer<\/strong><\/a>, the more traction you\u2019ll need \u2013 and the only way to get more traction on the sand is to lower tyre pressures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now for the big one \u2013 throttle control. Towing on sand is all about controlled momentum. The aim is to get the vehicle rolling as easily as possible with as little throttle input as possible. The more you mash the throttle, the more the wheels spin and dig into the sand \u2013 and that\u2019s not what you want. You want to sit up on top of the sand, so when taking off or accelerating, drive like there\u2019s a rusty nail under the accelerator. It takes a bit to pick this up, especially if you\u2019re towing an offroad camper trailer<\/strong><\/a>, but if you keep in mind that one idea of using as little throttle as possible to get up to and maintain speed, the easier it\u2019ll be. This will make it much easier to keep your 4×4 camper trailer<\/a> <\/strong>rolling nicely on this ultra-soft terrain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you\u2019re coming to a stop, time it so you slow down without the brakes wherever possible \u2013 slip the gear lever in to neutral and let the sand slow you down. That will prevent sand piling up in front of your tyres as you stop, and make for easier take-offs. The extra weight of your 4WD camper trailer<\/a><\/strong> will naturally help with this of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And remember what I was talking about earlier in the previous article, about matching your camper trailer\u2019s<\/a> <\/strong>wheel track to your tow rig? It\u2019s a perfect example of what that means on the sand. The trailer is following in the vehicle\u2019s wheel tracks, across the top of the already compacted sand, instead of dragging through soft fresh sand creating its own wheel tracks. It makes a huge difference!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And just in case \u2013 a set of recovery tracks is always a good idea on the beach \u2013 two sets if you\u2019ve got the space and the budget to carry them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TOW YOUR CAMPER TRAILER ANYWHERE WITH CONFIDENCE WITH KINGS MT1 CAMPER TRAILER!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kings MT1 Camper Trailer<\/a><\/strong> has been designed to genuinely go offroad to anywhere in Australia \u2013 with incredible off-road clearance and articulation. In fact it\u2019ll go anywhere your tow vehicle can go, and will never be the limiting factor. And when you get to that dream campsite, you\u2019ll camp in style and luxury too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Welcome back to Part 2 of our series Tips for Towing Your Camper Trailer in any terrain! When we left you last time, we had discussed various aspects of towing an offroad camper trailer and getting it ready to take offroad \u2013 like how to set the trailer up, and more importantly the 4WD gear…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123456,"featured_media":7845,"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\/7834"}],"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=7834"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7846,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7834\/revisions\/7846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}