Lowering TV tire pressures
For those of you with diesel HD trucks that lower their tire pressures when not towing, what do you set them to? My Ram calls for 60psi front and 80 in the rear. As most know, this gives a pretty h...
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97chevor wrote:
What do the tire manufacturers say is the leading cause of blowouts?
The term blowouts is miss used a lot, not sure I have seen a tire manufacturer use that term.
Blowouts, could be from manufacturing defect, road hazards or overloaded tires!
Heat related failure could be from overload tire or under inflated.
Again from my owners manual
• Over-inflation reduces a tire’s ability to cushion
shock. Objects on the road and chuckholes can
cause damage that result in tire failure.
We have to live with the tire manufacturers CYA for the people that do not take the time to properly inflate their tires for the load they are carrying.
