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JIMNLIN
Jul 01, 2015Explorer III
Some folks keep bringing up tires on their trucks when tires on the trailer is the subject. Tire tech for the two are apples vs oranges.
A question asked;
* I guess the question is how much safety margin is enough? 20%, 50%, 100% maybe 500% ? *
Both tire engineers (Tireman9 and Capriracer) we've had on RV.net and other websites both have said in various threads that a 20 percent reserve capacity is recommended. And like Tireman9 says no benefit of derating a E tires pressure down to the D tire pressure.
Keep in mind their talking about tires on trailers.
A question asked;
* I guess the question is how much safety margin is enough? 20%, 50%, 100% maybe 500% ? *
Both tire engineers (Tireman9 and Capriracer) we've had on RV.net and other websites both have said in various threads that a 20 percent reserve capacity is recommended. And like Tireman9 says no benefit of derating a E tires pressure down to the D tire pressure.
Keep in mind their talking about tires on trailers.
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