Hunk of Cheese wrote:
Rick Jay wrote:
Hunk of Cheese,
do you have the tires properly inflated for the load that they're carrying? Some places just air up the tires to the max inflation pressure on the tire, but that is often times over-inflated for the specific tire & RV/weight combination. I know on our rig that gave a very poor (hard) ride and made steering a bit squirrelly, especially on rough pavement.
Argh. Yes, I have the tires aired properly -- I keep them all at 90 PSI, which is slightly higher than the tire manufacturer's recommendation for my weight. Tire mfr. recommends 80 PSI which is also the tire's minimum allowed inflation and I wanted to stay above the minimum.
First load for travel, full water, propane and fuel then weigh each corner and check for significant side to side balance, correct as needed. Then using the heavest side for an axle use this valve to determine the CORRECT psi for that axle based on the tire manufactures load inflation table.
