Proper PSI For Trailer Tires?
I'm curious as to what you consider the correct psi, to put into your trailer tires? I have a toy hauler, 28' twin axle. Fully loaded i'm 15 - 16K lbs. The max rating on the tires, is stated at 80psi....
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Tumbleweed13 wrote:
Thanks for all the responses, and info. A few mentioned ride comfort in there responses. I should have been clearer. My main concern is for tire wear/ degradation. I'm more worried of blow outs and failures than a smooth ride. Thanks again.
My experience, along with a neighbor that has put over 100K miles on his cargo trailer is that running at max sidewall pressure for tires of the same size as specified originally you'll see normal tire tread wear even if you go up on load range.
BTW neither of us have had any blowouts either. But then we both have TPMS as well, and it did catch a nail hole I had that was causing a tire to loose enough air.
In my case I've run 25K miles on a set of ST tires LRE at 80psi replacing LRD 65psi tires and the tires were worn evenly. Same with the neighbor who went from LRD to LRE.
Now I imagine that if you go with larger tires and much high load rating eventually you'll end up wearing the center of the tread first.
