General rule for tire pressure?
I know the best answer is going to be "take everything to scales and check the pressure charts"....but is there a general rule of thumb if this can't be done? Thanks
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SHould have taken pics of my C2500 earlier today with 80lbs of pressure going into a topsoil yard. One could see the dust on the tire where it was hitting pavement. IE middle 8 of 9" of tread. Once I had the 4 yds of compost in the truck, you could see the dust from the yard on the WHOLE width of the tire.
I normally in this rig run the rears at around 50, 55 on the front when doing smaller loads and generally running around. Truck is around 5300-5500 empty with just me in it. My 3500 dually I sold 18 months ago, I ran that at 70 on the front, and 45-50 on the rears, unless putting a load of gravel etc for a length of time, then I ran them at 80. I had 90K on the Toyo M55's on the rear of that truck doing this. 80-90% of the time I ran at the 45-50 lbs.
While my way is not the chalk or tape method, still in the same vane, look at the tread after going thru a puddle onto dry road, the water wears off where contact is made, outside where not hitting will still be wet. Or dust as I saw. Or lack of dust.......
Marty
I normally in this rig run the rears at around 50, 55 on the front when doing smaller loads and generally running around. Truck is around 5300-5500 empty with just me in it. My 3500 dually I sold 18 months ago, I ran that at 70 on the front, and 45-50 on the rears, unless putting a load of gravel etc for a length of time, then I ran them at 80. I had 90K on the Toyo M55's on the rear of that truck doing this. 80-90% of the time I ran at the 45-50 lbs.
While my way is not the chalk or tape method, still in the same vane, look at the tread after going thru a puddle onto dry road, the water wears off where contact is made, outside where not hitting will still be wet. Or dust as I saw. Or lack of dust.......
Marty
