Parking Camper On New Driveway Question
Hi All, I just had an asphalt driveway poured at my house, its soft so Im waiting to drive on it for a week or so. I have parked my camper on the old driveway for 12 years on 3x8 blocks but the contra...
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HMS Beagle wrote:Reality Check wrote:
I have to ask; what does air pressure in a tire have to do with ground pressure? What am I missing there? My truck tires go from 32 to 110, but the load on the ground doesn't change unless the footprint does.
Since the load on the ground is the same, the footprint has to change. If you ignore the stiffness of the tire carcass (which can be considerable), then the PSI in the tire = the PSI on the ground.
This is the very reason you air down the tires for sand.
Having trouble with what you are saying.
If what you are saying is true then removing the camper from the truck would not change the psi on the ground since the psi in the tire did not change.
And for a fully inflated tire the footprint barely changes when you take the camper off.
But taking the camper off should lower the psi on the ground 50 percent or more.
