Accurate Tire Guage
Was filling up my tires last night with my air compressor. I use a guage that connects to the air hose which was purchased from Harbor Freight. Filled up to 50 lbs, then checked with another guage I...
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Tvov wrote:720Deere wrote:06Fargo wrote:dave54 wrote:06Fargo wrote:
I have 3 tire gauges that don't agree with each other - 5 psi difference. I've been meaning to take them to my local tire shop and have them checked.
How do you know the local tire shop gauge is correct?
Due to RV people inflating their tires to MAX sidewall psi all the time, Transport Canada requires tire shops to have accurate gauges so MAX psi is never exceeded. So it's a good place to check your own tire gauges.
Uh oh, I hope you never check your tire pressure after a long highway run in the summer! The result may give you a heart attack.
I hope (and assume) that people know that "max" pressure on most LT tires means cold temperature, before tires warm up from travel. Easiest thing is to just check tire pressure in the morning.
Yes MAX cold pressure. What is a puzzle is what ambient temp is "cold inflation" measured at? -25F like on a "chilly" mornin' half the year here? :h
