tire pressure in snow

[magothy1]

Hello guys, I'm in Maryland for this little snow storm, got 1,000 lb of sand bags in the bed, and I want to run the tires with lower pressure. I have the Michelins ATS. Seems they do better in snow at 60 lb, can I go lower ?

 

[NavyDood]

yeah. 55 psi wont hurt ya. My 285 Nitto Duragrapplers love this snow and they still have 70 psi in them. They rock.

 

[jakprince]

I would say you could go to 50lb as long as you arent running down the interstate at 65-70. I usually run mine at 50lb in the rear but thats running empty.

 

[Diesel Dan]

You can go a lot lower than that. I normally run my coopers at around 40 psi. (not heavy towing ) and when we got 80 inches of snow in 18 days last year, i ran them at 25 psi. They work great at 25 and i pulled out lots of stuck SUV's,cars and trucks with ease. I made a lot of friends last winter... ... ...



DD

 

[mxaaron]

I thought those pictures looked familiar. I grew up very near there.

 

[bwall7116]

I'm not an extremest or anything, nor do I like to beat up on my rigs but I run my tires much lower. If I am blazing trail or on ice I run 15psi in front and 10 in the rear and it sticks like velcro. When people are going 25mph I'm comfortable at 60. I don't do that alot but just to prove my point. I go even lower on my Toyota at 7psi front and 5psi rear. These are standard whole size wheels 17in on the Dodge and 15in on the Toyota. Half sizes ex 19. 5in half tapered beads and they will fall off.

 

[AH64ID]

On my Dodge I will go as low as about 25-30 front and 20 rear, any lower and I don't like the tire flex.



On my Toyota I used to run 5-7 on trails and 10-15 around town all winter.