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vicmitch
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Jan 19, 2018

Tow vehicle tire pressure

I purposely pump up my tow vehicle tires to just under the highest tire pressure allowed that shows on the sidewall of the tire to give more stiffness in the handling to alleviiate sway in the whole rig, I tow a tow behind camper and the tires are a passenger rated tire at 45 lbs max. It seems to help with the towing stability, Just wondering what other folks do and if the extra pressure really makes much difference with passenger tires and their softer sidewalls??
  • What is your tow vehicle and what are you towing with it? That will help us to make tire recommendations.
  • Next time you buy tires look to upgrade to something with a stiffer sidewall. P metric tires have very soft sidewalls, which translate to poor towing performance.
  • Even better advice is to up-grade your tow vehicle one load range...ie, if you have LR C tires, go to LR D's and pump them up to max rated pressure.

    Go from a passenger rated tire to a LT (light truck tire).