What pressure on the sidewall as a max? Also, how low a pressure have you run for better flotation in soft snow or variable conditions?
1593130
43psi. I use them for my year-round commute. I can't speak for snow and floatation, but I get great traction on ice @ around 38psi.
1375442
Great in the water. Have not used in the snow. I do have 3 snow tubes from LLBean and they are great. Highly recommend them. Based on that experience I'd say Big Bertha would work but it is big and heavy and hard to move about. Also the snow tubes have an extra heavy hard rubber/plastic bottom and bumper that protects the inflated tube. Given that I'd say buy a true snow tube.
372815
I used mine for the first time last week on almost 4 inches. My drive is 120 ft of blacktop. The snow was light so it worked very well. I did one pass all the way down the middle just to see how it worked. After that I went across the drive at an angle in about 15 ft lengths. I was able to push the snow off the drive and about 1 or 2 ft into the grass area. As with any type, if you have to plow too many times without a warm trend that melts the piles the snow will pile up on the sides. I have a big snow blower so I don't worry about the piles on the sides. If It gets too high I will use the blower to level the side piles. In all I love the Snowcaster and it does what I wanted and expected it to do for up to 4 inches of snow.
1930659
It depends on the width and your weight! I weigh 175Lbs and run 90lbs on the 25mm version. If I had the 23mm I would run 100psi. If I had the 28mm I would run 80psi. If I weighed more I would run more pressure and vice versa. Old school is skinny tires at high pressure. The new science says wider tires and run the pressure well below the max on the sidewalls. It's actually faster on all but the smoothest of roads, not to mention more comfortable.
1793982
about 40F. you can increase that by 5-10F with a liner, which are inexpensive and a good thing to do if used regularly. the thing is very lightweight and can be compressed down to a very manageable size - its my backpacking bag. I don't do that in snow.
1657084
There is a minimum pressure of 30 psi because of the thin sidewalls. The maximum is 70 psi , but I max at 60 due to the less than smooth roads I must commute over.
372812
This works great on my driveway up to 3 inches if it is a light snow. On heavy snow, it is hard to push. I do not have sidewalks so I can not help you on that question.
1269147
I believe the max tire pressure is 65lbs on these tires. Try 60lbs and see how that works.
148368
Hi~ Speaking as a person who has not had ONE snowflake this entire season -& should have 5' in my yard now, I can give you last years' experience. You say 'STEEP BLACKTOP'. I can't endorse these or any other alleged gripping system because STEEP ICY BLACKTOP is so dangerous. It depends on you, your balancing style, how you move under that shovel and how you transfer your weight. Last year was ice-o-rama for two months. We all living on a slope. The people who wore stabilicers stayed upright. The one day that I did NOT wear mine, I took a bad fall. I leave for Maine in 2 weeks. My stabilicers are already packed. Just the words: steep blacktop,ice & shoveling' make me cringe! Good luck!
810079
if the snow is soft and fluffy, then fine. but i had a tough time working this through wet snow that was 7-8 inches. It took me time and a lot of effort to push through the snow. Henceforth, I am not going to take this out in wet snow... a waste of time.
571452
I am from Texas so not much use during snow/ice conditions. Sorry, maybe someone else will comment. Great in hard rain though!
1550948
Was caught out driving when snow began to fall pretty steady, in Alabama, yeah haha... had to pull in the first parking I came to and park it. No matter how much I babied the throttle it would just spin and hardly move. Tire grip is terrible in snow as well on wet pavement. Although durability is great. Never a flat or pressure problem.
1095393
I saw a brief video (perhaps @ the vendor's site?) which had a nice demo. Near the end of the "run" just do a little "fling" up. I find it works great with dry or wet snow. Just did a search - this demo looks good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9GgYKtBE9Q. PS: I also got the gravel attachment. Hope this is helpful. All the best. Pat
478209
You can adjust the float action with the simple addition of a zip tie to lower the float level if it is not adjustable on yours. It also depends on if you are pumping uphill and how close you installed your back flow preventor
1891368
Hmmm, I have the same question for my Naish One inflatable SUP. None of these answers help... just because it can blow up and island doesn't mean it can handle the high pressure of 10-14 psi for a SUP. Anyone?
1303533
If you're referring to depth, I've used it on storms over two feet - it's easiest for fluffy snow, but the wheels make it manageable with heavier snow as well. If you mean how far back can it go, as far as you can reach.Notice there's an opening (8"?) which limits how far you can go at a time, but you just pull it back, snow slides down, and then repeat the process. Very easy.
296325
I've only used it in a flat situation, but the auger does not provide any motion to the unit. It goes strictly by push. I would advise pushing downhill when blowing the snow, then pulling it back up for another pass...the rear wheels do help when pulling it back...