I have a 2019 Chevy 2500HD that shows on the yellow sticker on the door, air pressure is 80 psi for the rear and 60 psi for the fronts as max air pressue. Should I tow with these or do I need to inflate the fronts higher?Thank you,Curly

I tow with mine at 60/80, but generally drop to 60 all around when I'm not towing. Makes the ride nicer and the rear tires wear more evenly at the lower pressure. There's no reason to run the front tires at a higher pressure, the front axle weight doesn't vary all that much regardless of hitch/pin or cargo weight.

IdaD wrote:I tow with mine at 60/80, but generally drop to 60 all around when I'm not towing. Makes the ride nicer and the rear tires wear more evenly at the lower pressure. There's no reason to run the front tires at a higher pressure, the front axle weight doesn't vary all that much regardless of hitch/pin or cargo weight.Same here .

cummins2014 wrote:IdaD wrote:I tow with mine at 60/80, but generally drop to 60 all around when I'm not towing. Makes the ride nicer and the rear tires wear more evenly at the lower pressure. There's no reason to run the front tires at a higher pressure, the front axle weight doesn't vary all that much regardless of hitch/pin or cargo weight.Same here .Same here.

Curly2001 wrote:I have a 2019 Chevy 2500HD that shows on the yellow sticker on the door, air pressure is 80 psi for the rear and 60 psi for the fronts as max air pressue. Should I tow with these or do I need to inflate the fronts higher?Thank you,CurlyThe tire pressures on the door sticker aren't "max" pressures - they're the recommended pressures for those tires on that particular vehicle. 80 PSI is the max pressure for an LT load range E tire. This happens to coincide with the recommended inflation pressure on the rear - but not on the front.As others have said, keep them at what the door sticker says. When I had a single rear wheel truck, I asked my dealer service department if I could/should lower the rear pressures to 65 when not towing. They said to leave them at 80 PSI. From a practical point of view, though, there would be no harm in lowering the rears to 65 when empty... just don't forget to take them back up when loaded or towing.Rob

On my 2020 2500HD I have 20" wheels on the truck and an 18" spare (same diameter overall). They're Goodyear Wrangler AT tires. Yellow sticker says 60 Front/70 Rear/80 Spare. That's what I keep them at. Towing or not.

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Tankcar
Explorer
Aug 21, 2020
Hello! When it comes to tire pressure I follow what tire manufacture recommends about 65 pisg in front, rear w/o the truck being loaded to the hilt I keep the 15-20 psi sidewall info. and check at 0400-0600 am coldest time of the day. Food for thought what came on truck may differ form what is there now.
Curly2001
Explorer II
Aug 21, 2020
Thanks so much all for the response. I think I have been doing it I won't say wrong but with too much air on the fronts. I have been running 80 psi in the fronts as well as the rears when towing. I have also only been getting about 35,000 miles on a set of Michelin LTX load range E tires. This truck has Transforce on it so I will try running them at 65 psi front and 80 psi in the rears. I know the Transforce tires and kind of a mixed bag with respect to mileage and wear.
Thanks again,
Curly
noteven
Explorer III
Aug 21, 2020
My Dodge’s door sticker says rears at 40psi unladen and 80psi fully laden.

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