tire pressure vs ride
Hi, I don't have a good understanding of tire pressure vs ride. I have been using what is on the inside of the driver's door. i.e. 65 lbs front and 80 rear. Should both front tires be infl...
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pianotuna wrote:
Hi CapriRacer,
Because I wanted "worst case" numbers, the weights were taken with all tanks full. All the water tanks are on the driver's side as is the battery bank. There is little I can do to change this. The "extra" water amounts to 550 lbs. (66 gallons US).
I do not have trouble with tracking or stopping, even if I "stand" on the brakes. I will be moving the generator to the front and will attempt to favor the passenger's side.
Currently I have the pressures set at 80 for the rear and 65 for the front.
Ride is rough so, so I'd love to lower the fronts in hopes of making the ride less rough.
2 thoughts:
First what did the vehicle tire placard say about GAWR's. How do the values you obtained compare to the GAWR's?
Second, I would recommend against applying the brakes too suddenly until you figure this out.
Also, have you weighed things with normal tank fillage?
And lastly, surely there must be something that can be moved to improve the weight distribution. Why did they design it this way? Don't these people care about how badly off center things are?
