Question about tires
I have been learning a lot about tongue weight and payload capacity lately, but I have not even looked into tire capacity and weight rating at all. I am going to need some help with this. So my truck ...
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Max tire PSI “used” to be fairly easy to decipher which class tire it goes with...similar to what a ‘half ton’/‘3/4 ton’/‘1 ton’ is...
Have eyeballed LT tires with max tire PSI of 35PSI (my 33/12.5R15LT C floatation tires) and passenger class tires with 44 PSI (my mini van’s).
Then the passenger class tire’s ‘XL’...fairly new to me and don’t know much about them, except that they are extra load rated...so ask did they do that with higher PSI and/or higher strength materials/processes ?
Even the OEM’s do NOT get it right all the time. We have DOT mandated tire pressure monitoring systems ever since Ford and Firestone got into a urinating contest over deaths/injuries from too low PSI on the door label
There is no one size fits all here...nor in tube socks either...
Changing tire size and class on any vehicle is re-engineering of that part of the suspension. Albeit not as major as changing other suspension components, but never the less important to the safety of the vehicle
The vehicle door label is the basis and for the tire specified by that OEM label. It does NOT apply to any change in tire class/size/etc. You have to re-engineer that application.
All of the OEM labels, specifications, published or listed on the internet are for the stock vehicle. Also part of the OEM’s contract to you, the owner/driver of what their product is rated for.
Too many here and other forums think ‘recommend’ as not really anything you ‘have’ to follow...legalese and it does have meaning. If you don’t follow the OEM’s recommendation, then why would the OEM provide warranty to you ?
Derogatory name calling is only a tactic to reduce someone else’s comments validity and the asking person (OP’s) risk management decision should take that into account.
Finally, the advisors here on these freebie forums has ZERO or NO skin in anyone asking’s situation. We do not provide a warranty nor anything else, as it is worth the money paid...
Have eyeballed LT tires with max tire PSI of 35PSI (my 33/12.5R15LT C floatation tires) and passenger class tires with 44 PSI (my mini van’s).
Then the passenger class tire’s ‘XL’...fairly new to me and don’t know much about them, except that they are extra load rated...so ask did they do that with higher PSI and/or higher strength materials/processes ?
Even the OEM’s do NOT get it right all the time. We have DOT mandated tire pressure monitoring systems ever since Ford and Firestone got into a urinating contest over deaths/injuries from too low PSI on the door label
There is no one size fits all here...nor in tube socks either...
Changing tire size and class on any vehicle is re-engineering of that part of the suspension. Albeit not as major as changing other suspension components, but never the less important to the safety of the vehicle
The vehicle door label is the basis and for the tire specified by that OEM label. It does NOT apply to any change in tire class/size/etc. You have to re-engineer that application.
All of the OEM labels, specifications, published or listed on the internet are for the stock vehicle. Also part of the OEM’s contract to you, the owner/driver of what their product is rated for.
Too many here and other forums think ‘recommend’ as not really anything you ‘have’ to follow...legalese and it does have meaning. If you don’t follow the OEM’s recommendation, then why would the OEM provide warranty to you ?
Derogatory name calling is only a tactic to reduce someone else’s comments validity and the asking person (OP’s) risk management decision should take that into account.
Finally, the advisors here on these freebie forums has ZERO or NO skin in anyone asking’s situation. We do not provide a warranty nor anything else, as it is worth the money paid...
