Straddie Tyre Inflation

Depends upon prevailing conditions, as they can vary quite a bit. Usually it's a good idea though.

Tyres can be re-inflated at store near Adder Rock beach access towards the Point or a Dunwich and I think at Amity.

Adder Rock would be your best bet and then come back via the black stuff.

Cheers

If traveling on the sand let them down to 18Psi but take it easy if on the road. This what I run on my Nissan when ever on the sand your car will travel so mutch beter.

Have a good trip

BBB

A compressor is almost an essential if going near sand. These days they are fairly cheap. I run 18-20 on sand, but have gone as far as 12 when really stuck.
I paid for air to reinflate my tyres years ago. I had been on the beach and let em down, stood around with an el cheapo comp that did nothing. After that I swore I'd buy a decent one and I did. Now use it on all our cars, the sit on mower etc. Good gear.

I run around 18-20 when on the eastern side the sand is pretty soft when you have to cut arcross the dunes to the camp spots

Enjoy your trip

Straddie has a mixture of sand tracks and bitumen... I would not let my tyres below 25 to start with as it is still ok to drive on the hard stuff at a semi descent speed... If it gets to hard at some point you can let them down more... 18 would be the minimum I would let them down to unless you are totally stuck!

Cheers

Absolutely essential to have a compresssor. Have you given any thought to the fact that you might bump a bead off your rim at the lower tyre pressures required to drive on sand???? Twice???????????????

Another good purchase is an exhaust driven jack. Makes changing a tyre in sand a heck of a lot easier than using a normal jack and base plate (got one of those??)

There is a bit more preparation required in driving on sand than just letting down your tyres. There is a general expectation that you should be able to look after yourself to a large degree on your own or with a group, and have most of the equipment required to do so. This would include a basic recovery kit (strap, shackles, gloves), decent air compressor (capable of reseating a tyre), decent sized base plate for your jack (300mm x 300mm minimum) or exhaust jack, and a shovel (long handled and full sized head).

It is a good idea to go in a small group (3-5 cars) so you can get each other out of trouble when it happens (and it will...).

Hi Gascoigne,

Depending on what vehicle you have, if it's around the 2-2.5 tonne then 20psi will handle most sand situations and you can travel quite a few km's on bituman as long as you keep your speed to under 80kph. There's a few spots on the island (mentioned above) to re-inflate, if you can't get to them or the line is too long then go to the nearest servo in Cleveland when you get off the barge.
Don't forget to take a shovel and a snatch strap, just in case.

Avagoodn
Pezza

Thanks, gentlemen. All good.

Cheers
Gascoigne