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Campin_LI
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Aug 14, 2013

Tire Pressure - but wait... a different question!

This came up at work. Thought I would post to see what others thought. When setting the tire pressure, do you set it when the truck is loaded or when it is empty. I'm assuming empty but a co-wo...
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dbbls
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Aug 14, 2013
Air pressure is the same, loaded or unloaded. The change people are seeing in air bags is because at low pressure, the bag has not started to deform. It takes more that 5 to 7 pounds to start to reshape the bag so when the bag is compressed, reducing the volume in the bag, it does raise the pressure.

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