2012 Ocala meet Picture Thread!!!

Colin, think my tore would have died if I was aired down?

 

you're less likely to slice tires when aired down, if that's what you're asking. your sidewall is a little more exposed when aired down, but i've never seen that be the cause of a flat, just some minor abraisions. however if you are already going to hit something, less air means less chance of slicing.

 

i would think less air makes more pressure on the sidewall of the tire.... for somereason

 

lower psi = lower pressure on every part of the tire. and unless you're essentially flat, youre sidewall will not actually touch the ground. the larger footprint from airing down is not from a wider contact patch, but rather a longer one.

 

im ass backwards on tires haha

 

jon, i kinda got what u were thinkin, i think, is it cause when u ride a flat, it'll ride on some of the sidewall, and shred it real easy?

 

when flat, yes. not when aired down under normal conditions. though he may have been thinking of the right concept with the wrong vocabulary. there is less pressure on the sidewall when aired down, however, there IS more stress. stress has to do with the deformation of a material, stress can cause the sidewall to weaken under some circumstances, but it's pressure that causes slices.

 

ah, a true engineer, thanks colin, u r in that field right?

 

yeah, as long as i can get through the last year of it

 

i'm sure you will

 

This was with 2010trd on sunday























this was all woods before

 

nice pics, best one's i've seen of ur trip

 

^^sweet

 

Its about time Jon.
Great pics

 

Awesome pics jon!

 

Looks like your by the bombing range. I haven't been out there in years. Haven't had a 4x in a while. I guess it's time to get going again.

 

Thats exactly where they were, there were active bomb runs all that weekend. We got to watch from the camp friday evening and apparently they missed the mark on saturday and blew up some electrical box or something and started a pretty good fire.

 

Im about 15-20 miles from Big Scrub and I can hear the booms at my house every once in a while. Sometimes I even feel a shake. I am putting a lift together now, hopefully I will be done by the end of summer. Then I'll be looking for upcoming runs in the area.

 

How'd the 2wds do on those soft sand trails?

 

if you have a locker and you air down, you would probably do fine on most of the trails.


But even my 4wd was struggling on steeper soft sand hills.