WA: North end snow wheeling

Discussion about deep snow wheeling, vehicle builds, trip reports, etc
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Re: WA: North end snow wheeling

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Nobody wrote:I went out today, so I have to do my xmas shopping tomorrow. I'll be looking to go out again after Christmas. You should join us on New Year's Day.
I'll probably come New Years day, not positive yet.

Had a great day, got up to 4500ft mostly in old filled in ruts then broke trail the last 400 vertical or so. The tire pressure magic worked better today, got nowhere at 5PSI then drained it so my two gauges read 0 and 0.5, and the sidewall was bulging over on itself and cruised right up for the most part. I could hear the side-wall squeaking as it rubbed the rest of the tire on the inside... can I really do that without trashing my tires? Aired back up to 5psi for the exit.
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christensent wrote: Had a great day, got up to 4500ft mostly in old filled in ruts then broke trail the last 400 vertical or so. The tire pressure magic worked better today, got nowhere at 5PSI then drained it so my two gauges read 0 and 0.5, and the sidewall was bulging over on itself and cruised right up for the most part. I could hear the side-wall squeaking as it rubbed the rest of the tire on the inside... can I really do that without trashing my tires? Aired back up to 5psi for the exit.
You really need a good gauge so you know exactly what pressure you are running. The gauge I listed reads in .1psi increments, and most importantly, it reads below 5psi. Most of the digital tire gauges don't read below 5psi. As a good rule of thumb, I air down to 4psi right away and don't worry about anything. Then if necessary, I drop to 2psi and try to take it easy, but I still get carried away sometimes. If I drop to 1psi, I'm usually going very slow and add air back as soon as possible. Below 4psi steering can get difficult because the wheel just wants to twist inside the tire.

There's no question that low pressure is hard on the tire. The heat build up is what you want to avoid most. Generally, heat isn't an issue in the snow.
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I'm taking the family up for some sledding tomorrow Wed 12/30 if anyone wants to join.
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