TomG2 wrote:
There have been mentions of Bobcat loaders running at 25 mph and overloaded construction trailers. This thread has wandered, as they all do, like an overloaded pickup on a rural highway. There is an analogy.
Sorry for questioning some of the "Advice".
Yes, and he was using that as an example of different tire ratings at different speeds.
His exact words were...
blt2ski wrote:
Then tire capacities based on speed, seen those too! My bobcat has 10.50x16.5 8 ply tires on it. Good to 4500 lbs, IF the speed is kept below 25 mph. Then the rating goes down to 3000 lbs, More like a typical LT tire of the same size load rating etc.
Anyone with at least half a brain would read that as an example of how some tire capacities are based on speed.
There are no ""inconsistencies" in what Marty is stating besides the inconsistencies you are imagining.