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4 hi and tire pressure

Discussion in 'Off-Roading & Trails' started by Friedtacolover, Sep 23, 2017.

  1. Sep 27, 2017 at 2:17 PM
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    Joe23

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    Depends on the trail I guess.

    To be fair though for me personally I almost always just run 4lo as soon as I'm off road. Doesn't matter how hard the trail is, as long as it allows enough slip for 4x4 I'm in 4lo, reason being it helps keep trans cool, and I'm in a trd off road 2017 like you are. any hills you can just stay in first gear and not need to brake much which is better for your brakes. and if it gets messy you're already in 4lo so you're good.
    Only time I really use 4hi now is when its snowing and I'm on roads lol. Anything off I just use 4lo, more controlled speeds and then I can use MTS.

    I learned my lesson running 2wd on dirt roads lol. I got stuck cause we had to turn around on the trail and when I was turning around my rear wheels lost traction on the soft sand/dirt and just ended up digging myself in. What ended up not getting enough traction to get out turned into digging my rear wheels down too much where I couldn't back up anymore, and tried getting into 4hi but would never stop flashing, transfer case just wasn't lining up, so I was stuck in 2hi. I ended up just pulling forwards which I could get traction to do but that meant driving off trail and driving over a bunch of bushes, not fond of doing so as gives you a lot of pin striping.

    For pressures I start at 26 rear, 28 front for those simple dirt trails, but once off on harder trails if I have more weight in the bed its 16-18 front and rear and go from there. Sometimes its enough sometimes its not. I've gone down to 12 psi rear (not much weight) and 14 front.

    Find 18PSI is a good starting point and going 2psi at a time for tweaking.
     
  2. Sep 27, 2017 at 2:21 PM
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    lol I give nothing :anonymous:


    I've thought of it, but meh.
     

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