camper tire pressures
I have a Keystone Laredo (29 BHS, w/slide) tires say 65 max PSI...do I put the max in or a few less? When I bought it, I noticed it had 50 psi in them. I currently have 58 psi in them. We are ...
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DiskDoctr wrote:Doug33 wrote:
I was following the cold tire pressure rating of 50 PSI on the sticker located on the side of the trailer. I guess I should check the tire itself.
I have an tire inflator compressor, and it is supposed to supply up to 100 PSI, but it takes quite a while to get a tire to go from 45 PSI to 50 PSI. I can't imagine trying to get them up to 65 PSI!
With my last TT, I kept the tires at 50 PSI cold for almost 8 years with no problems.
Tankless compressors do take a while to get up to pressure and/or volume. Try one, even a small one, with a tank.
The problem with using the sticker on the trailer, is the trailer has no idea what tires are on the trailer or their specs and performance parameters.
Just keep in mind that just like there are folks out there who have leaking propane line that haven't blown up (yet), not having a problem running with too low pressure without any problems (yet) doesn't mean it is correct or safe. It's more a testament to the forgiveness of the tires themselves.
The exception being if you are highly overrated on your tires.
Or you can step up to a strong tankless compressor. Just went out and bought a VIAIR 400P-RV with automatic shut-off. Aired up my 275/65R20 tires from 15psi to 50psi in a little over 1 minute (This is a 34.1" tire). It could only air up a TT tire much faster. These higher end compressors are pricier though. If you don't want one with automatic shut off there's a very high-flow one built by Smittybilt. Part Number: s/b2781. That one has higher flow than my 2.5 cfm compressor so it should air up almost twice as fast as my VIAIR. Unfortunately it doesn't have an auto-shut off, so you have to walk back and forth to turn off that style of compressor.
