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billyray50
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Oct 01, 2014

Best way to break in new 19.5 tires

Many have you have read my posts on Centramatic balancer thread in regarding my difficulty with the new Dynatrac 245/70r/19.5 16ply load H tires that arrived on the new 19.5 Visions back in June. Could never get them balanced right the first 5000 miles. Horrible vibrations. 3 commercial truck tire shops deemed them defective in writing even having the equal balancing media removed. Due to ATD( American tire distributors) incompetent defect warranty procedures in regards of having to send tires back first and waiting 4 to 6 weeks for them deem tires defective. I decided to buy 4 new American made tires and deal with ATD after. Firestone 245/70r/19.5 14 ply load G.

So here is my questions.. What is the best way to break in tires. Load TC right away, which I did last time with Chinese Dynatracs or drive truck for awhile unloaded? Also after having new tires mounted and balanced today three gentlemen at Wylie tire shop after I asked them to inflate rear tires to 100 psi and 80 psi in front tires politely suggested that I do not need to run that much in the rears. Told them I carry a heavy TC which most of the weight is on the rear axle but they still were adamant about not needing to that much. one shop owner stated he has hauled many heavy fifths and heavy equipment gooseneck trailers and never max psi his stock tires. I ran 80 in fronts and 100 psi with dyna tracs 245 16 ply load H.

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  • I have no idea of the best way to break them in. I really didn't see any difference in mine with how many miles they had on the previous SRW. I saw the biggest difference with air pressure in the front. Do check the load tables for what you are carrying but my guess is 95-100 is about right for most SRWs. The pressure is what is holding the load, so dropping the pressure down to 80 in rear wouldn't get you all of the benefits of the F,G,H tires.

    I think I mentioned this on other threads, but my F450 that comes with 19.5s recommends 80 for the front for the max load - FAWR. Also, it suggests 75 in the 4 rears for the max load - RAWR.
  • Have you ever weighed the rig loaded to see what the tyre pressure should be according to manufacturers load tables.