TT Tire Pressure

[philh]

Things were much easier before the TST monitor 🙂 Tires were up to pressure, and then they weren't!

Tire have max pressure of 60 PSI. They were at 57 when I left MI, while driving to FL got up to a max of 69. Is this acceptable while driving? Temps were just a few degrees above ambient.

One interesting point, right side tires run a touch hotter 2F over left side.

[ependydad]

philh wrote:
Things were much easier before the TST monitor 🙂 Tires were up to pressure, and then they weren't!

Tire have max pressure of 60 PSI. They were at 57 when I left MI, while driving to FL got up to a max of 69. Is this acceptable while driving? Temps were just a few degrees above ambient.

One interesting point, right side tires run a touch hotter 2F over left side.

See if this will ease your mind any:
How To Use Your TPMS?

It has practical hints and suggestions for using your TPMS.

[Lwiddis]

Filling to max cold pressure gives the max weight rating per my tire's manufacturer.

[2oldman]

philh wrote:
One interesting point, right side tires run a touch hotter 2F over left side.

In the sun they may read much hotter than that.

I'm as much concerned with temperature as I am pressure. If any wheel gets significantly hotter than the other, it's time to pull over.

[MFL]

Don't see your trailer on your profile page. If these are original tires/wheels, I'd certainly run them at max pressure. I know some people way over tire their trailers, then reduce pressure. IMO, not the best option, but opinions vary, especially with the huge number of tire experts on any RV forum! 🙂

Jerry

[philh]

MFL wrote:

You say tire max is 60 psi, and 57 when you left. Normal TT tires would be 50/65/80 max pressure, or more, depending size/plies. If yours are supposed to be 65, running them at 57 will cause more heat. Towing at normal speed, a gain of 10 psi is normal. The sun side does run slightly warmer, normal also.

Jerry

I'll look again, but it may have been the wheels that set max pressure at 60. Looks like the tires are 65max

[All_I_could_aff]

I’ve gained as much as 16 psi on a highway trip on a sunny day, when close to max weight. No issues, and still on those tires now 3 years later

[MFL]

philh wrote:
Things were much easier before the TST monitor 🙂 Tires were up to pressure, and then they weren't!

Tire have max pressure of 60 PSI. They were at 57 when I left MI, while driving to FL got up to a max of 69. Is this acceptable while driving? Temps were just a few degrees above ambient.

One interesting point, right side tires run a touch hotter 2F over left side.

You say tire max is 60 psi, and 57 when you left. Normal TT tires would be 50/65/80 max pressure, or more, depending size/plies. If yours are supposed to be 65, running them at 57 will cause more heat. Towing at normal speed, a gain of 10 psi is normal. The sun side does run slightly warmer, normal also.

Jerry

[Terryallan]

Optimistic Paranoid wrote:
The max pressure is COLD pressure. The tire engineers know it's going to go up when the tire heats up, and they allow for that.

And there is the right answer. Tire PSI goes up as the tires heat up. It is what they are designed to do.

[Optimistic_Para]

The max pressure is COLD pressure. The tire engineers know it's going to go up when the tire heats up, and they allow for that.

[ScottG]

Yes, that's fine and if the sun is shining on one side I've had it be 10 degrees hotter or more.