Tire PSI and truck camper question
My question is if the truck manufacturer (Chevy) says the max psi should be 35 (on the sticker) and on the tire it says 51 max psi, would it be ok to increase the pressure from 35 to say 45ish to acco...
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robertjp wrote:
Yes 2460 lbs max load on the tire rating. Im assuming this is in addition to the truck?
again if they are P rated tires then they get derated about 9%..
your 2460 is 2238 lbs @ 35psi. It dont matter if you put 51 in there except it will stiffen the side wall.
If they are LT tires then its 2460 @ 51 psi...
What does the tire say on the side wall? Does it have an LT written before the tire size? Or an XL rating?
Better yet just tell us the make, model size of tire. we can look it up..
