TV tire pressure?
Just replaced the worn out stock Goodrich Rugged Trail "E" tires with Michelin Defender LTX. Of course the tire place did not fill to the right pressure....Ford says 55/60. Which go me thinking......
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Grit dog wrote:steve-n-vicki wrote:
figure this one out
OEM tires ,2205 max load at 35 psi max pressure, door sticker 35 psi,
replacement tires 2337 max load at 51 psi max pressure , if i run these at 35psi per the door sticker the load chart says 1604 pounds of weight, for me to get back at 2205 load i have to run 48 psi in the tires,
so do i run the truck manufactuers tire pressure of 35 psi or the tire manufctures pressure of 48
Lower profile tire?
What do I win?
The real question is what capacity do you "need" front and rear for a given condition?
Empty driving, must be a smaller,older truck. Even stripper F150s come with 44psi skinny 235/245 wide tires for years now.
1600lb per tire = enough load capacity for any empty rear axle weight on a half ton pickup. Gettin close on big crew cabs with "standard" beds though. I got about that 37 psi cold in my crew cab half ton with a 500lb tool box and it rides like a dream. OE 255 70 17s.
1600lb per tire is a bit light for a newer V8 pickup front tire especially if there's more than 2 doors in the equation.
