Tire Speed Rating Question
I'm posting this here because the speed rating of a tire seems to me to cross all lines/types of vehicles. Reading up on warranty issues/questions just now, I came across the following language ...
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I’m sure most readers here have heard this statement. “There is the right way - the wrong way - and my way.” I don’t write my posts with the My Way. I avoid the Wrong Way. That leaves The Right Way. It often meets disapproval from a minority of readers. The antiestablishment readers oppose establishment ways. They are most often the My Way folks.
I post this often and it’s a fact. Tire manufacturers do not set the pressures for your vehicle’s tires. Vehicle manufacturers do.
The correct air pressure for your Original Equipment (OE) tires is the air pressure (s) listed as recommended tire pressures found on the vehicle’s certification label and in it’s owner’s manual. Deviations will also be found in the owner’s manual.
Load inflation charts are necessary when plus sizing up from the OE tires. Going down is not an industry consideration. Load inflation charts are also necessary for axle imbalance conditions. But, only when there is load capacity reserve air pressure available for the condition.
Those of you that do it your way are far more likely to contribute to early tire failures than those doing it the right way.
I cannot over stress how important it is to insure your trailer tires are aired to the certified recommended tire pressure (s). When you see those black tire gators on the side of the road it should be a reminder to make sure you check your tire pressures before getting underway. If someone ever compiles some statistics for trailer tire tread separations, low tire pressure will a culprit high on the chart.
FastEagle
I post this often and it’s a fact. Tire manufacturers do not set the pressures for your vehicle’s tires. Vehicle manufacturers do.
The correct air pressure for your Original Equipment (OE) tires is the air pressure (s) listed as recommended tire pressures found on the vehicle’s certification label and in it’s owner’s manual. Deviations will also be found in the owner’s manual.
Load inflation charts are necessary when plus sizing up from the OE tires. Going down is not an industry consideration. Load inflation charts are also necessary for axle imbalance conditions. But, only when there is load capacity reserve air pressure available for the condition.
Those of you that do it your way are far more likely to contribute to early tire failures than those doing it the right way.
I cannot over stress how important it is to insure your trailer tires are aired to the certified recommended tire pressure (s). When you see those black tire gators on the side of the road it should be a reminder to make sure you check your tire pressures before getting underway. If someone ever compiles some statistics for trailer tire tread separations, low tire pressure will a culprit high on the chart.
FastEagle
