Colorado B.S. Thread

Yeah it's kind of the luck of the draw with my job but I'm ok with it. I work Christmas Eve and day next year. The family just gets to have a firehouse Christmas.

 

Haha!! This is my nephew. My brother and his wife are so mean.... But funny..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iw2hGLWQ-8&sns=em

 

Quick: What's a safe tire pressure to air down to with Load C Duratracs?

 

i usually stay around 25PSI or slightly more, i went to 20PSI and banged out my wheels pretty good once, im running 265/70/17 duratrac load C

 

Thanks man. Leaving to pick up the wife from the hospital and going to air down some to smooth over some of those bumps on the trip home to help w/pain.

 

for what purpose?

snow? rocks? dirt roads? curbs?

 

My mom drove like a nascar driver when I had surgery when normally she drives like a granny. That was a painful experience.

 

well then you can probably go 20PSI but your tires will heat up if driving highway speeds at that pressure. wheeling 25PSI but for what your doing you can safely run 20PSI i would assume

 

i wheel my duratracs between 15-18psi, maybe lower for snow. places like moab or san juans where i'll be wheeling for a while, i'll keep my tires at 15 the whole time.

but i'd say 20 is as low as you should go if you're going >50mph. take corners EASY!

 

^^^LUCKY with 35's!!!! i need more tire, damnit i should have went 285/70/17's CRAP!

 

I wouldnt go below 25psi for the street, might make your steering feel funny lower then that.

 

i road around moab and san juans at 15 all week (2 trips to moab, 1 san juans) on the 34s

with the 285s i'd do 16-18. 18 was usually where i'd keep it if i knew i was taking roads too. 15-16 in snow.

and yes you need more tire

 

yeah, im not even close to 34's, hell im only on the upper end of 31's HA HA HA

dont you have a set of 285/70/17's around?

 

these little guys?



my winter setup

duratracs are better in the snow/ice

 

those little guys yeah they are still a 33

you been up already this season? those look like they are on your truck right now because those fenders look trimmed in the rear!!

 

yup..they look much smaller now with the trimmed fenders

mtrs are in storage until spring..same with the RTT

 

I've run my tires at 15psi on the freeway to Area BFE, from Moab and back. I run 10psi on the trails. There's a big difference in tires here though.

 

What was the name of that place in Foco (or perhaps the link to that thread) that was making the skid plates for the second gens at a discount price? Anyone remember?

 

I went with 25psi. It does fine & I probably could have safely gone to 20psi since I'll only be at highway speeds (55mph if I'm lucky, doubtful) for a few minutes then it's 45mph & below. The last time we drove from South Denver to Fort Collins & the bumps were miserable. This time it's less than 15min but I wanted to better prepare to take as much of the edge off as I could.

 

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