Sunday, Sep 09, 2012 at 20:03
You are right of course Blown4by, but the thread was about sandy and corrugated roads & tracks.
If there are really sharp rocks (especially flint &
limestone), lower your tyres until they are just standing up and the car rocks on them when you push sideways on it and don't get out of 2nd or 3rd gear (ie about 30km/hr max) is my best advice.
On the Nullarbor, the bottom end of the
Connie Sue Hwy or the road north of Loongana up to Tjuntjuntjarra were the worst for this I've been on. We once had 6 flats in the first 40-odd km going up to Tjuntjun without the tyres deflated but on the way back, following the above advice, none. Of course, it goes without saying that you MUST RE-INFLATE once you get off that terrain and want to drive a bit faster. I think the bottom of the Connie Sue has been sheeted with gravel since, so it might be a bit better.
Since then, I've been in numerous situations where people have refused to lower tyre pressures and/or slow down and paid the price in tyres and time changing and fixing them.
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