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Old May 23, 2012 | 04:40 PM
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I'm getting ready to have mounted 4 new 35" Pitbull rockers after putting a 3.5" slice in my Geolander MT+ tire while off-roading. The Pitbulls came with a sticker to air them to 65lbs. Others that are running these tires, what TP are you running? I've read that you can air down to 5lbs for off-road but have not found anything about when running these tires for DD use.

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Old May 23, 2012 | 06:35 PM
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I would air them to 30lbs and do a chalk test and drive it and see how it feels and go from there. My guess is they will do best in the high 20's
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Old May 23, 2012 | 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by echoman
I'm getting ready to have mounted 4 new 35" Pitbull rockers after putting a 3.5" slice in my Geolander MT+ tire while off-roading. The Pitbulls came with a sticker to air them to 65lbs. Others that are running these tires, what TP are you running? I've read that you can air down to 5lbs for off-road but have not found anything about when running these tires for DD use.
If your not running beadlock rims I would not go as low as 5 lbs.
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Old May 24, 2012 | 04:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Ryan0260
I would air them to 30lbs and do a chalk test and drive it and see how it feels and go from there. My guess is they will do best in the high 20's
Good idea - I searched "Chalk test" and understand the process. thanks for the info
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Old May 24, 2012 | 05:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Biggy
If your not running beadlock rims I would not go as low as 5 lbs.

With the Geolanders I normally brought them down to 10-12 - I'll probably do the same with these
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Old May 24, 2012 | 07:01 AM
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granted i dont have a set of 35's. i have a set of 37 13.50R17 bias i aired them down to 12 and the felt as if they had 40 in them. i aired down to 8 and they did good. next time i go out i will try to air down to 6 and see what happens.
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Old May 25, 2012 | 01:49 PM
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These Pit Bulls are Radial - not sure if thats going to make much of a difference, but I'm going to try a couple of different air down pressures to get a better feel for the tires before JJ in July.
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Old May 27, 2012 | 01:39 AM
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Are your c rated or E rated? Bought mine expecting E rated but ended up with some c rated ones. I run 28 psi. Haven't got to chalk test yet but rides good there. How well did yours balance?
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Old May 27, 2012 | 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by mgdwj
granted i dont have a set of 35's. i have a set of 37 13.50R17 bias i aired them down to 12 and the felt as if they had 40 in them. i aired down to 8 and they did good. next time i go out i will try to air down to 6 and see what happens.
I run around 8 in the front and 10 in the rear on stock rims no problem. On the street I run 25 and it drives great, anything above 30 and they are to stiff. Oh yeah I have 35'' rockers.
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Old May 28, 2012 | 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Jethro0417
Are your c rated or E rated? Bought mine expecting E rated but ended up with some c rated ones. I run 28 psi. Haven't got to chalk test yet but rides good there. How well did yours balance?
These are E rated. Got them mounted Saturday. 3 tires balanced without problem. 1 did not.... the garage said that it called for over 13oz. and opt'd to put nothing. I get a slight steering wheel wobble between 40 - 50 mph.. I'm hoping to chalk them tomorrow, dependent on weather
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