Tire pressure
My new to me unit has Load Range G tires that indicate 110 psi cold max. I used it last year over 2000 miles at 80 psi as that was the pressure leaving the dealership. I’m headed out from Illinois to ...
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JIMNLIN wrote:
Your 17.5" Sailuns have a 6008 lb capacity per tire at 120 psi on a trailer with 7k or even 8k axles...Unfortunately, attempting to obtain accurate individual tire position weight is practically impossible at all truck scales.**
Practically impossible once, and never attainable on a repetitive basis (to account for differing load weights and measures).
On my 7k axles, the 17.5 is absolutely overkill, and intentionally so.
I desired more than the stipulated 10%-15% safety margin.
Anecdotally, the trailer overall pulls significantly more steady, and was immediately noticeable in turns and on poor condition interstates.
And I have no quarrel with experience "regarding some that have just a few years pulling a couple of road trailers". Although now retired, not including recreational travel, I have 40 plus years of interstate/intrastate OTR commercial truck and trailer driving with Hazmat, Air Brake, Tank endorsements.
