110 PSI Air While on the Road
Thinking about upgrading from 80 PSI E-rated tires to 110 PSI G-rated tires. I assume 110 PSI air is available at most Love, Pilot-type truck stops? Anybody use a portable air compressor? If s...
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Sam Spade wrote:otrfun wrote:
Thinking about upgrading from 80 PSI E-rated tires to 110 PSI G-rated tires.
Just because the "tougher" tires you are buying allow for pressures up to 110 lbs does NOT mean that you should put that much in them.
In fact, you probably should NOT DO THAT and use close to the original recommended pressures if the load has not changed.
I personally think that getting good name brand tires is more important that putting on ones that are WAY over-rated for your application.
85psi is where he most likely should run them. I did the same and had great wear with many thousands of miles.
Use the weight/inflation chart and add 5psi. Per GY Tech Support when up sizing load range.
