Another tire dilema
Father is supposed to leave this morning for a 5 day trip, about 1k kms round trip. Last night while inspecting the fiver he noticed that 2 of the 4 tires had cracks in the sidewalls near the rim. The...
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Cummins12V98 wrote:
Running under MAX PSI will not hurt a darn thing. Weigh your tires and use the weight chart associated with the tire and air accordingly. GY Tech Support said to add 5psi to the chart when up sizing tires.
While that is true on a normal vehicle, I'm not so sure how true it is when they are used on a tandem axle type trailer. A little 10 to 15% reserve is IMO fine, but putting a tire of with say an 3,000 capacity where only 2,000 is required and underinflating it that much might not be the most prudent thing to do.
Larry
