cold weather travel

Yes. After each overnight stop check your tires in the morning before you hit the road and you will find that you have to add air.

Word from Missouri. Stay where you are for now! Its Cold here!

rgatijnet1 wrote:
Yes. After each overnight stop check your tires in the morning before you hit the road and you will find that you have to add air.

I disagree with the above. The correct tire pressure is determined by the weight of your MH and set at about 70 degrees. As the temps drop, so will the tire pressure, but this is factored in by the tire designers.

If your tires are properly inflated in Florida, they will be fine in Missouri.

Do a search for How Tire Pressures are affected by cold Temps and you will find lots of info on this topic/

Enjoy the cold!

NO you do not need add air as the temp drops!! X2 on the above post.

DannyLeininger wrote:

rgatijnet1 wrote:
Yes. After each overnight stop check your tires in the morning before you hit the road and you will find that you have to add air.

I disagree with the above. The correct tire pressure is determined by the weight of your MH and set at about 70 degrees. As the temps drop, so will the tire pressure, but this is factored in by the tire designers.

If your tires are properly inflated in Florida, they will be fine in Missouri.

Do a search for How Tire Pressures are affected by cold Temps and you will find lots of info on this topic/

Enjoy the cold!

Perhaps you should have done a search on tire pressures and cold weather. I did, which is why I posted what I did. Read this whole article from the tire experts. They do not even mention 70 degrees because you set your tire pressure for the ACTUAL outside temperature. I guess it is no wonder that some people have blowouts and then blame it on the tire manufacturer.
As their next to the last paragraph states:
It's important to remember that your vehicle's recommended tire pressure is its cold tire inflation pressure. It should be checked in the morning before you drive more than a few miles, or before rising ambient temperatures or the sun's radiant heat affects it.

Tire pressure and temperature

Another article that says the same thing: Tires and temperature
I like their statements:
Remember, it's not the tire that supports the load, but the air inside it. And as per Charles' Law, as the temperature decreases, so does the volume of air inside the tire. That causes a drop in pressure as well, which means the tire cannot support as much weight.
If you're starting out in San Diego with 105 psi in your steer tires at 70 degrees Fahrenheit, your tires might be at 90 psi in Bismark. That would put you 15 psi underinflated, or looking at it another way, that tire could be overloaded by as much as 1,000 pounds depending on the tire size, as per the inflation tables.

I agree. When on the road, I check my tires EVERY morning and make sure they are the right pressure for THAT morning, whatever that temperature may be.

Ed Headington

It is a good idea to check tire pressure frequently, most are not going to do not this daily...you are probably pretty safe to check in FL and then in MO when you arrive. Heat affects temp readings, is the reason to check cold not sure how the air temp will effect your tires at the lower MO temps but long haul truckers criss cross all the time so not a real issue...as long as you check them now and then..

I usually check mine at least once a year unless one looks low or its driving funny----but I don't seem to do anything the way the experts do....supposed to be 20 here in the morning and I am not checking my air---no way!

We ran heavy trucks for well over 3 million miles and never checked the air pressure from FL-MO-CA-MT or anywhere else from -50 to 130 F. We thumped them with a tire billy and if they all sounded the same we went. You can hear if one is low.

I just kick mine in the morning. See you on the road! :)