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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I snipped this from the NHTSA report.
Applicability and LTVs--Given the increasing consumer preference for using light trucks for personal transportation purposes, NHTSA is, for the first time, requiring light trucks to have a specified tire reserve, the same as for passenger cars, under normal loading conditions. The agency is also extending the tire performance requirements for passenger car tires to LT tires (load range C, D, and E) used on light trucks.
I believe if you read the whole article it says the p type tires need a 15 percent reserve and there saying here that light truck tires would need the same. Again that's JMHO
Applicability and LTVs--Given the increasing consumer preference for using light trucks for personal transportation purposes, NHTSA is, for the first time, requiring light trucks to have a specified tire reserve, the same as for passenger cars, under normal loading conditions. The agency is also extending the tire performance requirements for passenger car tires to LT tires (load range C, D, and E) used on light trucks.
I believe if you read the whole article it says the p type tires need a 15 percent reserve and there saying here that light truck tires would need the same. Again that's JMHO
