Speed and blown tires
Another thought I had while driving home today again from our holiday camping trip up north. I posted about driving to fast and not surprisingly I was told I was going to fast at 68mph even though I ...
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GoPackGo wrote:
From tirerack.com -
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Though it may seem counterintuitive that a tire is rated to carry less weight when working in tandem with another tire in the dual pair, the purpose is to build in additional reserve capacity should one of the two tires fail, leaving the sole remaining tire to carry the load normally handled by two tires."
So a tire store posted that bogus information? So much for "experts". :R
Tires are rated lower in dual configuration for a few reasons but not for the "reserve capacity" one. If that were the reason, the rating would be half in a dual configuration.
The reasons are that the road surface is never flat, the tread may not be equal height and the air pressure may not be the same. The result is one tire will carry more weight than the other.
