[Nemesis530]

I just got back from pismo sand dunes and I had a blast cruising my Chevy duramax through the dunes but next trip I'm towing my yj out there. How many of you have taken your yj to the sand dunes? I love mud and rocks but the sand dunes are a nice change I'm just curious what you guys run tire pressure wise and so forth.

 

[Tyler92yj]

i run like 15 psi if it is powder light pack 20

 

[Xpress]

For 35" tires, around 15psi is about as low as you will want to go. It's sand, you're going to need to keep your RPM's up anyways.

 

[Nemesis530]

That's what I was thinking. I ran 20 in my Chevy which worked good which also has 35s

 

[ruskinm]

not more than 10 PSI for sand....or ur gona be stuck

 

[Xpress]

not more than 10 PSI for sand....or ur gona be stuck

10psi and you are guaranteed to slip off your bead the moment you take a quick bank in the sand.

 

[Nemesis530]

I think I'll try 20 first but yeah 10 is too low without beadlocks

 

[Lab Lover]

I think I'll try 20 first but yeah 10 is too low without beadlocks

I've gone down to 12 in the dunes, no beadlocks, 35" Duratracs, no problems.

 

[Xpress]

A lot of different people drive differently. To me, driving in the sand dunes means pushing it hard and flinging sand off the tops of them lips amidst a slide

My kind of driving would have me using 25psi on that size tire.

 

[ruskinm]

it depends how you drive,, i regularly do no tmore than 9-10 PSI on the dunes without bead locks and have never slipped off a tyre,,, if you make sudden hard turns then yes your tire will come off.

 

[jokerchief462]

Oh yeah that sounds like fun. Did some sand at 20 some at 15. Didn't really see much difference but my little 2.5L was great above 2K just keep going.

 

[denisbaldwin]

My first wheeling experience was in the Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes in Michigan. Loved it.

 

[YJ fanatic]

With my YJ at Silver Lake sand dunes in Michigan, I ran 11psi when I had 31x10.50s. No problems and it did pretty good. Not sure what I'll run now that I have 35's.

 

[Michigunman]

Not a YJ but my daughter and I always ran about 12 at Silver Lake, MI. Check it out, not nearly squatting as much as you might think.

 

[Nemesis530]

My duramax on 35s at pismo I run 20 psi and it works great. 10-15 works awesome if you are just trying to stay on top of the sand but if you start hitting corners you will be off tge bead in no time. I haven't taken my yj out yet though

 

[reno92]

Part of this depends on your wheels without beadlocks. With 12.5 wide tires on an 8" rim 12# would be as low as I would go, on 10" rims I'd be above 15#. It also depends on your driving style, but in really loose sand it's hard to pull off really quick high speed turns going uphill unless your running a V-8. I've had my jeep at Pismo lots of times, it's where a hand throttle comes in handy. Trying to keep a smooth pedal on the whoop de doo's is much easier with a hand throttle.

 

[xiodinc]

i went to pismo, and the jeep did surprisingly well. I made it up hills that some lifted diesels couldn't do. the jeep conquered every hill climb i tried, and was a total blast.
caught some air as well on some jumps, but dont reccomend that with the d30/35

 

[xiodinc]

10psi and you are guaranteed to slip off your bead the moment you take a quick bank in the sand.

10 psi....


run 15

 

[OregonPlinker]

It depends on what you are doing. I generally run 12-15. If I really want to climb I run 8. At 8 psi I can 2wheel every where just about. We have one on the Oregon coast called competition hill. Everyone gathers there to drag and show off. I can back up it at 8psi. I can barely get up it going forward at 12. That extra 4psi really makes a difference. But if you want to ring donuts and really dink around 12-15 would be wise...