Most plush/washboard compliant susp.

I drive a lot of gravel roads with a lot of washboard, choppy bumps.

I’m looking at OME Bp-51, dobinsons mrr, kings, ads.

Open to suggestions for the most comfortable suspension over these washboarded gravel roads.

Any help is appreciated.

 

Second or third post already about the same question?
Start by lowering your tire pressure to at least 25psi and go. Then reduce to 22psi and go. Then drop to 20psi and go.

 

You're not going to get a wider spread by making three threads on this. You'll just get the same goons responding to you over and over again.

 

Yeah sorry about the multiple post. I am going to adjust tire pressure like everybody has told me. I’m more less wanting opinions specifically on the most plush/comfortable suspension

 

You can spend thousands on suspension, and it's still going to rattle your teeth out at pavement tire pressures. Maybe if you drop 30K on suspension you'll be happy, but simply airing down will probably still be more comfortable. Go out and try it, it's night and day difference.

 

In your opinion, what’s a safe pressure to go down to, and still be able to hit pavement safely ?

 

Anything below about 25 you’ll probably see some wear on the sidewalls or at the very least the outter/inner patch wear faster than the middle on the tread.

 

The other thing that will help is more sidewall. Of course it's got to be flexible sidewall. Running E load tires probably won't help at all. I wouldn't go heavier than a C load tire if you're looking for comfort.

You want small wheels and tall tires at about 25 psi to give you the most noticeable comfort increase.

 

If I'm hitting pavement over 40mph for more than 10 miles I'm airing back up to regular pressure, and I'd still be ultra careful. I usually would air down to 22 or so for comfort on gravel roads. But steering is super laggy depending on your tires sidewalls when you go low pressure. It's fine on the trail, but on pavement it can feel sketch if you have to swerve.

 

You air up when coming back to pavement

What load rating tires do you have.

 

I have E but I’ll get a set of C or D.

 

You might just have to air down a couple more pounds if running E-loads. That's what I'm currently running since I haul a heavy camper around most of the time. I usually run 55psi front / 60psi rear, then air down to 30/35. If I'm unloaded I might air down to 20. I just find it easiest to watch the tire as I'm letting air out, and when it starts getting a noticeable bulge where the contact patch is growing, that's a good place to start.

 

Lots of good advice above. Tires can help and hurt your ride quality quite a bit on all the smaller bumps and gravel roads. If lower tire pressure or different types of tires don't solve your issues, or you want to run at higher speeds off-road, we definitely have some shock options not on your list. Keep us in mind!