| What to do with the inherent urge you feel every | | | | traction. If your not already set up with an |
| time you quick spot an opening in the brush, in a | | | | aggressively treaded tire (and at times even if |
| trail that may or may not lead to an off road | | | | you are), you may follow the time honored |
| utopia? What do you think you should do, you | | | | activity of offroaders everywhere and air down |
| Nancy, slam the brakes, twist the wheel, apologize | | | | (or let air out of your tires). Its fairly easily |
| to whomever is sitting next to you for the fact | | | | understandable how and why this is come to be |
| that they will not be making it to their intended, | | | | common practice by those heading offroad. By |
| particular destination at that moment and tear off | | | | lowering the air in your tire and effectively |
| road and into the liberation of street sign-free | | | | lowering and widening the tire you can quickly and |
| good times. | | | | easily multiply the traction you are going to have. |
| Well, wait, hold on for a moment. While it's true | | | | The is quite helpful, but certainly try to not go |
| that I do think that, for the most part you should | | | | overboard with the air down. An obvious problem |
| do that, there may be a thing or two slightly | | | | to this is that the sidewalls of your tires are going |
| over-impulsive to that off roading call to arms. | | | | to really open themselves up to vulnerabilities and |
| First off, really you should drop your passenger | | | | punctures. |
| off and let them walk to their destination (we are | | | | There are certainly plenty of other options that |
| members of decent society after all). But, more | | | | one can make while setting up for heading |
| importantly, consider if you truck is ready for the | | | | offroad, so go check them out and figure which |
| offroad. | | | | one is for you. Some may fall under a category |
| One of the biggest considerations here will be | | | | of pretty strictly offroad, while others will really |
| what your tires are looking like. If you already | | | | offer some advantages to both bring onroad and |
| have off road tires, then that's great. If not, | | | | off. |
| consider for a moment that purchasing higher | | | | George Murphy loves to trek on his big wheels. |
| tires while offer you greater ground clearance, | | | | Find out the basics behind discount tires and |
| while the shorter offroad tire will give you more | | | | offroad tires. |