Tire inflation
Got E rated tires installed, 80psi max, Tire guy said it would be better to run around 65-70 psi as tires heat up. Always thought I should run max cold rating 80psi. FW weight is around 9000 lbs hooke...
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rhagfo wrote:wilber1 wrote:
If you look at tire inflation tables they say they are load limit tables not recommended pressures. If you match the table pressure to your actual load, you are running the tire at its rated limit for that pressure. These are load limit pressures, nowhere do they say they are recommended pressures.
WHY go to the trouble of load and pressure chart IF the recommendation was to always run the MAX pressure?
The way I read the chart is for this load, this is the correct pressure. More pressure would be over inflated and less would be under inflated.
Much like an Antifreeze chart, the 50/50 most run is NOT the best protection, nor is 100%, it is about 70/30 antifreeze to water. I use that ratio, as it also provides the best over heat protection.
You should have seen the dumb look on the parts house counter guy when I asked for antifreeze back in the summer of 1967!!!
I regress to graphics!!
OK... given my circumstances in my previous post above... with the 3600 lb load are you recommending running at 35 psi per Firestone's chart?
