tire pressure

downtheroad wrote:
yes...that way you get full weight carrying capacity.

Others will say weigh your loaded rig, weigh each axle, weigh each tire, less wear, better ride....this and that and adjust accordingly...baloney..

Keep it simple and real. Air them up to the max. They will run cooler, and have somewhat less chance of a failure.

This is what I call the K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple Silly) method, it WILL work 100% of the time to ENSURE your tires can carry up to the full load..

ALL of the "perfectionists" will disagree with this and use weights, charts, ambient temps, degree of cloudiness/sun and any other "variables" to figure out that they only "need" one or two pounds less than the sidewall rating..

Only very few people will not load their trailer to the near max GVWR so why make it so difficult..

There is no real gain or advantage to using those charts other than not wearing the center of the tires out with less load.. And really unless you are towing 10K plus miles per year, you will be replacing the tires every 5-6 yrs due to TIRE AGE..

You actually can gain a little better fuel mileage when the tires are inflated to sidewall pressure. This also allows the tires to run a bit cooler (due to less drag) which is helpful during the summer with high temps.

To me, not worth the hassle with constant adjustments in pressure..