Optimize Tyres and Traction

BENEFITS:

* Lower Tyre costs by 30-80%	* Improve Tyre Life by 30-100%
* 99% Less Blowouts	* 99% Less Roadside Tyre Breakdowns
* 95% Less Uneven Wear	* 66% Less Tyre Damage
* Use Less Fuel	* Improve Traction
* Reduce Stopping Distances	* Improve Stability
'* Reduce Suspension Wear & Maintenance	* Reduce Drive Train Wear and Maintenance
* Reduce Down Time	* Reduce Carbon Footprint
* Reduce Road Damage	* Improve Ride & Handling
WHICH TYRE PRESSURE IS CORRECT?	**ALL OF THEM

NOW YOU CAN CONTROL YOUR TYRES

YOU Control Your Steering	YOU Control Your Sped
YOU Control Your Braking	YOU Control Your Tyres
Change Your Pressure to Suit Your Load	Change Your Pressure for More Traction
***To Suit Your Road/Track	***For Better Tyre Life
***To Suit Your Needs	***Longer Vehicle Life
***Its All About Safety	***For Better Ride

WHICH TYRE PRESSURE IS CORRECT?

 

HIGH PRESSURE IDEAL FOR	MEDIUM PRESSURE IDEAL FOR	LOW PRESSURE IDEAL FOR	VERY LOW PRESSURE IDEAL FOR
High Speed	Normal Use	Gravel Roads	Sand and Mud
Wet Roads	Around Town	Rough Roads	Terrible Tracks
Carrying Heavy Loads	Country Drives	Stony Tracks	Maximum Traction
Towing Trailers

The Tyre Pressure Theory

Tyres are like a big balloon, with a bit of steel and nylon, tyres require air pressure to support the vehicle, and to provide resistance for lateral forces like cornering - Excess flexing causes heat build up which can destroy a tyre. So, as speeds increase, the amount of flexing must be limited by addi­tional air pressure. Braking and traction depends upon the amount of rubber on the ground, and any keying or gripping that it can be obtained by wrapping around the road surface. Hence, lower pressures improve braking, and improves forward traction. Also, a tyre is the-first spring or suspen­sion, absorbing road irregularities. Soft tyres-ride-well. Hard tyres hammer the truck, damaging both the truck and it's inhabitants.

Off Road Performance:
1.     Correct tyre pressures are 60 to 65% less than highway pressures on gravel roads. Failure
to lower tyre pressures on gravel roads cause the following damage or risk:

• Both cornering and braking traction is significantly worse, forcing slower speeds or risking     loss of control.
• Braking distance is substantially worse, risking life and limb.
• Amplified bumps and vibration will shorten the life of the truck.
• Added vibration is a proven human health-hazard.
• Corrugations and pot holes are caused by over pressure tyres.
• Ruts are caused by over pressured tyres
• Hard tyres grind the road surface creating excess dust and silt runoff, which damage our environment
• Repairing this damage wastes money, time, and adds to the green house gases, damaging our economy and our environment.
• A high pressure tyre sitting on top of a sharp rock has enormous loads, trying to bruise, if you are lucky, or completely puncture it if not. The loads on a soft tyre are very much less, as it engulfs the stone spreading out the load over a much larger area. We all know how easy it is to puncture an inflated balloon. Yet, empty, it is almost impossible to puncture unless you have something hard behind it. The facts are scientifically proven, low tyre pressures reduce stone bruising and staking to one third or less. In other words, hard tyres are 3 to 10 times more likely to be dam­aged. I've been 4x4ing for 40 years, won my fair share of hill climbs, and club events, was actually banned from the Jeep club tournaments. I have never stone bruised a tyre in the bush, nor have I ever lost a tyre bead. I regularly run ridicu­lously low tyre pressures, down to 5 psi. I have had AIR CTI on 10 different vehicles over the last 11 years, with one tyre loss. The inside dual side: wall was cut by the sharp edge of a bitumen road in northern NSW
• Side walls and tyre beads are natural concerns when operating at low correct pres­sures. In 40 years of four wheeling, I've never Iost either, in the bush. Side walls, especially radials, are relatively easy to stake, but, hard tyres stake easier than soft. This is simply a fact. As to losing a tyre bead, it needs a large side force. For in­stance sliding into a log or rut with the-steering wheel hard to the side. Yes, this can happen. But why would someone purposely slide into a rut with the wheel turned. Again, unless you are using very low tyre pressures, this does not happen. Without speed, and side load, it does not happen. Keeping steer tyre pressure up above 40 to 45 psi makes it virtually impossible to lose a bead. Drive tyres almost never get side loads, and can comfortably run much lower. Obviously, some common sense is required, when operating at speed on rocky ground, or around ruts. That's why you have a control knob.
• High pressure tyres rip up and destroy steep climbs simply because of the wasted, unnecessary wheel spin. Sure, you may get up, while Making the track impassable for the next guy, or the next.   In fact, the track may get so bad, that you will lose control if you attempt to go back down. Imagine a fire chasing you, and your track is torn to pieces by hard tyres. I'm out most week ends enjoying our great environment. I regularly drive on tracks that most can not traverse. Yet. I leave minimal tracks. In fact, it is often impossible to find my tracks. I have, showing off a bit, literally driven around good 4x4's stuck in the middle of the track, in two wheel drive, with no or minimal tyre slip
• Damaged or stuck vehicles stop traffic, and are expensive to rescue. Damaged tracks are even more expensive to fix, requiring expensive bulldozers. Torn up tracks cause erosion. Silt run off, which damages our streams and rivers, has been reduced by up to 83% simply by using low tyre pressures.
• Low tyre pressures (actually correct pressures for the conditions and vehicle) will ac­tually heal roads and tracks They will iron out corrugations, and flatten and roll ruts, minimizing or repairing them with no cost.
• Because low (correct tyre pressures) are softer on the vehicle and it's occupants, it 'easier to drive. It's also safer. And the correct tyre pressures help lower travel times, making you more productive.

AIR CTI - Tyre Pressure Information Brochure

Mobility is Everything Brochure

Most Steer Tyres are Underinflated Brochure

Tyre Pressure Inflation Diagram

Effects of Tire Inflation Pressure and CTI on Road Life and Vehicle Stability

 

 

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