2012 F-250 Gasser tire PSI

AlmostAnOldGuy wrote:
A good place to start is to reference the appropriate tire inflation chart to ensure your tire pressure is safe for the load.

Sample Michelin Inflation Chart

I have not run through the procedure myself on my F-150, but here is the procedure I found referenced. I believe you will find this in the manual, but the manual neglects to mention you need a tool to identify each tire. Here is a link with the procedure.

2012 F-250 TPMS Training

And lastly, here is the tool required to help train the tires.

ATEQ Tire Training Tool

As stated above I have not done this procedure myself on my truck, I had just done similar research. Please do your own homework to satisfy yourself that this will work for you. You may want to check with a local tire shop and they may help you out.

They make inflation charts for a reason. Seems to me you inflate to the load you are carrying. A buddy of mine was a fleet manager for 30 years and did the same thing on their rigs.

Good luck to you,
Stu

No tool needed, provided you drive the vehicle for a few miles above 20 or so MPH..

The tool is only used to "wake up" the sensors in the tire and is not required if you follow the procedures as outlined in your owners manual on waking up the sensors.

I have retrained my 2013 F250, the procedures are not hard to follow once you get past all the silliness with the ignition key/buttons and such.. Once you get the horn signal you simply start at the driverside front tire and rotate to passenger side front to panssenger rear then drivers rear. You have to let out the air in each tire until the horn sounds which indicates the low pressure alarm level.

Once complete add in some air so you are not always triggering the alarm on cold days.

As far as lowing the low pressure alarm.. No, the owner can not do that.. Only the dealer has the tools to lower the low pressure alarm.. Most dealers will not touch it since they are putting themselves into a possible lawsuit position and not to mention tampering with a Fed law..

I find my 2013 F250 rides no worse at 70lbs than my older 2006 F250 at 62 lbs.. Even my coworker who rides with me thinks my 2013 rides better than my older truck.

Now if you have switched to oversized tires (IE not running the tire sizes LISTED on your door sticker) your are pretty much out of luck and will just have to inflate above the factory set point or ignore the light and messages..

On edit..

I wanted to add that that "training" tool ONLY is for training the tire "positions", it has nothing in connection with PSI levels.. It is used for tire Rotations.. But still not needed if you use the procedures in the owners manual.