Tire pressure and temps while towing

[tinner12002]

I was curious to know if any of you have the TPMS sensors on their trailer tires and what you have your warnings set at. Without getting into the debate of the ST/LT tire thing, I would like to know what your operating tire pressures and temps are when pulling loaded in summer months. Just looking for trailer tire info not TV. Currently I'm running the Maxxis 235/80/R16s so anyone with that tire/wheel setup would be great.

[lincster]

jadatis wrote:
No but thats not important for the determination of tire pressure advice or how the temperatures in the tires variate .

Actually it is. Toyhaulers are heavy and hard on tires.
ST tires don't belong on any toyhauler bigger than 24'.

[tinner12002]

Appreciate all the replies as they pretty much answered my ques.

[jadatis]

No but thats not important for the determination of tire pressure advice or how the temperatures in the tires variate .

[lincster]

jadatis wrote:
To get this on topic again, an ST tire will get hotter inside tire temperature when driving for instance 50 to 60 m/h then an LT tire.
This is because of more deflection when using pressure determined by the lists tire makers give.
Normal temp warm for LT tire when driving that speed will be about 112 degr F. An ST tire will get a warmer inside tire temp when driving that speed because of the more deflection .
This brings an ST tire closer to the border where damage begins and thats the reason why ST tires give more blow outs .

Same we had in Europe with Travel trailers, wich had OEM tires Normal car tires ( P-tire B-load ) and rule was 10% extra maximum load when using 10% above maxloadpressure of 36 psi so about 40 psi.
Maximum allowed speed then was 100km/62m/h.
To law in the Netherlands and many European country's max speed was 80 km/50m/h later highened to 90km/55m/h only on the highway.

Because of overloading,because of more luxuary build in , this gave often blowing tires .

Many cheap tires got a bad name by that affaire,thoug the real cource was the wrong use of the tires, so overloading and higher speed on the french roads.

Do you even know what a toyhauler is?????

[Macman83]

As a quick comment, the OP wanted to know what pressures and temps you guys with the TPMS systems had. Maybe get back to that?

[fly-boy]

Maybe its an opposites sort of thing from the Twilight Zone-

In the Europe dimension ST tires work- In the US dimension LT tires work-

Of course lots of things "work" in Europe that don't work over here!

[coolbreeze01]

I do the touch/feel check on my tires. My truck tires always feel warmer than my trailer tires.

[jadatis]

To get this on topic again, an ST tire will get hotter inside tire temperature when driving for instance 50 to 60 m/h then an LT tire.
This is because of more deflection when using pressure determined by the lists tire makers give.
Normal temp warm for LT tire when driving that speed will be about 112 degr F. An ST tire will get a warmer inside tire temp when driving that speed because of the more deflection .
This brings an ST tire closer to the border where damage begins and thats the reason why ST tires give more blow outs .

Same we had in Europe with Travel trailers, wich had OEM tires Normal car tires ( P-tire B-load ) and rule was 10% extra maximum load when using 10% above maxloadpressure of 36 psi so about 40 psi.
Maximum allowed speed then was 100km/62m/h.
To law in the Netherlands and many European country's max speed was 80 km/50m/h later highened to 90km/55m/h only on the highway.

Because of overloading,because of more luxuary build in , this gave often blowing tires .

Many cheap tires got a bad name by that affaire,thoug the real cource was the wrong use of the tires, so overloading and higher speed on the french roads.

[allcool]

lincster wrote:

jadatis wrote:
My conclusion is the lower speed that gives all tires more reserve before the tire damages , and thats almost always te case for LT tires, a speed of maximum 70m/h.
An ST tire is not that different then a LT but more often damage because of more deflection because of more load for the same pressure .
If you would give a LT tire the same pressure for the load as a ST of same sises and loadkind, it would also damage more often.

Wow, this is such wrong information I don't even know where to start.

LMAO...
Correct, not even going to try to sort that post out... All the real facts, would never change a thing in the way the ST crew thinks anyway, right...?

A poll with everyone that had blowouts with ST tires, and another poll of LT tire blowouts,(if you can find enough LT blowouts to make a valid pole..?) might be interesting to compare...

jmo

[2500_Grunt]

lincster wrote:

jadatis wrote:
My conclusion is the lower speed that gives all tires more reserve before the tire damages , and thats almost always te case for LT tires, a speed of maximum 70m/h.
An ST tire is not that different then a LT but more often damage because of more deflection because of more load for the same pressure .
If you would give a LT tire the same pressure for the load as a ST of same sises and loadkind, it would also damage more often.

Wow, this is such wrong information I don't even know where to start.

Wrong information is right!

[lincster]

jadatis wrote:
My conclusion is the lower speed that gives all tires more reserve before the tire damages , and thats almost always te case for LT tires, a speed of maximum 70m/h.
An ST tire is not that different then a LT but more often damage because of more deflection because of more load for the same pressure .
If you would give a LT tire the same pressure for the load as a ST of same sises and loadkind, it would also damage more often.

Wow, this is such wrong information I don't even know where to start.

[jadatis]

To my opinion ST and LT are not that different in construction.
Only heard ST tires have a lesser profile dept so isolation of important spots is less so cooling is better. Heard it from a man of Vredestein tires and already saw in some specifications of those kind of tires that the profile dept is lesser for RV tires then LT tires , same principal.

[fly-boy]

jadatis wrote:
My conclusion is the lower speed that gives all tires more reserve before the tire damages , and thats almost always te case for LT tires, a speed of maximum 70m/h.
An ST tire is not that different then a LT but more often damage because of more deflection because of more load for the same pressure .
If you would give a LT tire the same pressure for the load as a ST of same sises and loadkind, it would also damage more often.

Really can't even compare an ST and LT tire- the construction and quality are completely different.

[jadatis]

My conclusion is the lower speed that gives all tires more reserve before the tire damages , and thats almost always te case for LT tires, a speed of maximum 70m/h.
An ST tire is not that different then a LT but more often damage because of more deflection because of more load for the same pressure .
If you would give a LT tire the same pressure for the load as a ST of same sises and loadkind, it would also damage more often.