I confused you, sorry.

Less pressure = more comfort and higher stressed sidewalls, for any tire.

I scrape trees and rocks and most of all don't enjoy changing tires, so a little less comfort is fine -- particularly in a JLR modern product, which are all very comfortable.

Also, I aired down and back up only once in several days, and drove a couple miles on asphalt, so thought the tires would thank me for not going too low.

 

Okay, fair enough. That's a good trade-off (giving up comfort for fewer flats) if it holds true. But I never had an incident with a true off-road tire other than rolling a bead a couple times, but that was my bias ply Intercos running at 7 psi on slickrock with extreme side-load from hillside crossing. Never had any problem at 14 with regular radials. But to be fair, a 2-door Wrangler with aluminum bumpers and armor (for weigh reduction) is going to load sidewalls a good bit less than a 5XXX-pound D110. I'll be interested to try my 18" Ridge Grapplers at 18psi and see.

Also, I intend to take up the question at length on my day in Ashville next month.

Cheers!

 

The OEM Wranglers are crap offroad. I blew 2 tires in less than 2000 miles! I went with General Grabber X3s 265/70/r18. Immensely stronger tire but a bit more road noise, worth the trade off.

Pic taken on 2300 mile road trip into Baja. Had the whole beach to ourselves on the Pacific north of Guerrero Negro.