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timmac
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Oct 16, 2016

How Much Tire Air Pressure When Carring More Weight ?

I have upgraded to G rated tires on my motorhome and at max pressure it will carry 4575 lbs per tire {dual} at 110 psi, but when I weighted my motorhome my rear axel weight was 14,400 lbs, {fully load...
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timmac
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Oct 17, 2016
Roadpilot wrote:
Here's the Michelin chart for tire pressure versus weight carried for one type of Micheline tire.

Michelin chart

Michelin has charts for all the tires they make. I'm pretty sure all tire manufacturers have similar charts.

We ne er go by the max. side wall pressure on the tire. We weight the MH and go by these weight charts.


Thanks for info in link does give me a idea, it also shows I might want to have my rear duals set at 95 psi for extra safety while towing with my setup.

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