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Grit_dog
May 04, 2023Navigator
mowermech wrote:
You could always use the redneck/jack-pine savage method of finding correct tire pressures:
1. Load the vehicle to the "normal" load usually carried.
2. On a hard, dry, flat surface make some chalk marks across the tire tread.
3. Drive the vehicle for a hundred yards or so.
4. Check the chalk marks for wear:
a. If the marks are gone, the tire is properly inflated for the present load.
b. If the marks are worn away in the center, the tire is over inflated.
c. If the marks are worn away on the edges, the tire is under inflated.
NOTE: This method works for all on-road vehicles, and should be done with the tires cold.
This is ok to tell if a tire is grossly over or under inflated but literally makes no sense and has no bearing on the OPs question, unless he’s somehow stranded in the middle of Death Valley with an air compressor and no pressure gauge or some other scenario equally as ridiculous.
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