Dually tire pressure?
Ram with the OEM Nexen tires. What's the lowest tire pressure y'all would run? I've had them at 40 and it's a lot more comfortable. Towed the bay boat with maybe 400# tongue weight with no apparent is...
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TxGearhead wrote:what is the stock tire size and what is the front GAWR ?ryoung wrote:80 front
65 rear
When the truck is empty a fair percentage of the total weight is on the front tires, particularly if it's a diesel.
What difference does the front tire pressure have to do with whether the truck is loaded or unloaded. Obviously by simple mathematics, the front will be carrying the greater percentage of total weight when unloaded as opposed to when the truck is loaded, which now has the greater percentage of the total truck weight.
I'll bet the sticker on the door pillar doesn't recommend 80 psi for the front tires.
On the '04 Dodge 3500 dually that I previously owned the recommended tire pressures were 55 front and 65 rear. And that 65 psi pressure for the rear was the recommended pressure at the maximum GAWR of a little over 9,000 lbs.
So why do you put more air in the front tires than you do in the rear tires, when the front tires are carrying lesser weight than the rears?
This is not the manufactures recommendation. And as I said before you are degrading the tires performance.
I run 80 in the front at all times. My yellow sticker says 80 front and 65 rear.
My camper adds only 200# to the front.
This IS the manufacturer recommendation.
How much you wanna bet?
