here's another:

what is the difference between what the rolling stones might say and what a scottish sheep herder might say??

rolling stones: hey you get off my cloud

scottish guy: hey mcleod get off my ewe.

 

Take it from experience. ATV tires perform much better in sand and mud at lower pressures- no more than 5 psi.

 

Hey, Texascat, email me. I got something you might enjoy...

 

I took a tip from Greg in Texas and went up to 12#s for a mud run...it seemed to help esp. with Hondas low ground clearence..
Ride safe..

 

Bill:
I have to agree with you-in mud and snow, a higher pressure in the tires seems to not only give it a "taller" profile, giving more ground clearance, but also seems to "cut" through the muck to reach the bottom better.

I used to do that in my truck alot, then for sand riding, I'd just pull the plug, let it all out. The "flat" tires provided a wider footprint for crawling on top of the sand better than the higher pressures which dig too easy.

 

Greetings,

There's a section of Assateague Island, MD that is accessible only by 4-wheel drive trucks / jeeps(sorry, no ATVs). They have an entry station where they drop your tire pressure to about 20 pounds before you proceed on the sand.