interesting read on LT tire capacity
This is a short interesting read on load capacity of LT tires. It appears to me that LT tires have a built in safety margin of 10%, as these trucks are regular used to haul loads. I don't know how t...
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DWeikert wrote:
It's pretty much a given that the load rating on a tire is not the absolute maximum the tire can handle. If it were, the first time you were carrying the maximum load and hit a pothole you would blow the tire. There needs to be some safety margin to allow for potholes, speed bumps, the occasional curb (never needed that myself :)), or just allowing for a hard turn that would change the center of gravity and put more of the load on one side.
I would think that would be a whole other story. At speed when you hit a bump or pothole, pressure or load pressure I would think, would skyrocket. The way I read these is that the margin is for those that overload there specs now and then. I use my truck in construction. Sometimes I load up with drywall or mud that is by nature very heavy. I could push my limits with that as well as with my TC. Just the way I read it.
