The Dodge

[WILLD420]

Get an air tank at least 5 gallon. Air it up to max and keep it handy. If you pop one off the bead, it's a 5 minute fix as long as the wheels aren't too wide for the tires. Clean out the dirt smear on a little water for lube and pump it up after you jack the weight off the tire.

I've run lots of fullsize rigs down to 20 psi with no problems at all. Only time you will pop a bead is if you sidehill too hard or turn sharply with too much speed.

I purposely run stock 7" rims with 35's for this reason. The tire protects the rim, it's very hard to unseat the bead, even with a tire machine, the tire is so wide it wants to reseat itself on the bead.

They are a little squirmy and I'm sure long-term mileage will suffer, but I only drive the truck a few K miles a year. I'm sure the sun will rot them before I wear them out.

Wow. Guess I missed a couple pages. I thought this thread ended at 3....

 

[Desert Proven]

We just got back from Baja and while we didn't hit the speeds that Halibrand hit, we made pretty good time on the rough. The road to Gonzaga has deteriorated from very rough washboard to foot deep whoops for about 30 miles. I can't say enough good about the Toyo tires. We ran these things at sub 30 psi for hours on end through really rough terrain at speeds upwards of 60 mph. We weigh in at close to 9000 pounds.

 

[brut4s]

Any pics from the trip?

 

[Heimz]

Awesome Marek! I too am blown away by the Toyos abilities. I ran mine at 30psi front, 25psi out back, and I never once felt sketchy during the high speed romps, yet it still let me easily traverse the cobblestones near San Quintin. 9000 lbs!?!?!! That must be with the camper, I hope! With a full tank, two spares, action packer with tools, recovery equipment, and coolers, I was barely at 7000lbs. With your weight and tire pressures, just goes to show how tough and worthwhile those tires are.

I was back in baja for saturday and sunday for my bachelor party. You can see pics/vids over at DTX.