Towing camper trailer

[BigBadDraino Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close BigBadDraino]

Any ideas on tyre pressure for camper trailer for beach driving I'm cool with psi for my prado but unsure on the camper we are going beach soon just thought I might run them at 18 like the prado?

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Any ideas on tyre pressure for camper trailer for beach driving I'm cool with psi for my prado but unsure on the camper we are going beach soon just thought I might run them at 18 like the prado?

Depends on how heavy your trailer is, I run my trailer tyres at the same pressure as my front tyres regardless of the terrain as the weight on both is very similar.

If you don't know weights the 18psi would be a good start point.

Cheers Andrew

[BigBadDraino Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close BigBadDraino]

Not sure about weight I think about 1100 with the tanks full and all my gear on I reckon just give 18 a run and I'm going to get some more maxxtraxxs they could be handy

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I'd just run the same as the car.

[404pug Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close 404pug]

Something I read somewhere suggested a footprint of 300 mm for all tyres in sand. ie. let the tyres down to where the length of the footprint is 300 mm. For a lighter trailer this could be as low as 10psi where the car may well be at about 18psi. Ditto front to rear on the car -may mean slightly different pressurs to get the 300mm.

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Makes sense