Upgrade Tires
Purchased a 2013 Outback 250RS last December. Still has the original tires on it. I know I've read here many times before to not trust the original tires very long. Over the course of the summer, th...
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Regarding inflation pressure standards for trailer wheels, if I am reading the manual correctly, the appropriate standard is SAE J1204.
It is of course up to each individual owner to determine if the wheels he has are built to the correct standard. You might have to contact the company the builds the wheel to answer that.
If you look at table 3 on page 6 of this document it shows the inflation pressure for the test:
http://www.autoparts-standard.org/index/images/userfiles/media/SAE%20J1204v001.pdf
From my reading on the subject, this minimum pressure of 65 psi is also observed in the test procedure for SAE J2530 and also SAE J328
65 psi is a load range D tire max pressure, so for those who are currently using a load range C ( 50 psi ) and are wanting to increase to a LR D, these standards are good news.
Perhaps Barry ( capri racer ) would like to weigh in on this if he has anything to add to my references to these SAE standards.
Regarding the advisability of changing OE tires of one load range to a tire of the next load range up, I have found numerous tire companies that state on their consumer websites that this practice is acceptable.
It is of course up to each individual owner to determine if the wheels he has are built to the correct standard. You might have to contact the company the builds the wheel to answer that.
If you look at table 3 on page 6 of this document it shows the inflation pressure for the test:
http://www.autoparts-standard.org/index/images/userfiles/media/SAE%20J1204v001.pdf
From my reading on the subject, this minimum pressure of 65 psi is also observed in the test procedure for SAE J2530 and also SAE J328
65 psi is a load range D tire max pressure, so for those who are currently using a load range C ( 50 psi ) and are wanting to increase to a LR D, these standards are good news.
Perhaps Barry ( capri racer ) would like to weigh in on this if he has anything to add to my references to these SAE standards.
Regarding the advisability of changing OE tires of one load range to a tire of the next load range up, I have found numerous tire companies that state on their consumer websites that this practice is acceptable.
