"LT" tire pressures on Expedition
I moved up from "Heavy Load" tires on my Expedition to real "LT" tires. Max air pressure on the new tires is 80#, max pressure on the heavy load tires was 50#. I always ran my other tires at max press...
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Mostly a CYA mandated by corporate legal/risk management
Courts know that most will NOT read the manual, Read Me First, warning labels, etc, etc...but that sets the min for any court case...what else can any OEM do?
Also, the Ford Explorer rollover begot lots of these labels and tire PSI monitoring...managed to the idiot and gorilla....that was one key advice from my mentors while still in college & first engineering jobs (part working way through college...tire monkey/welder/designer/draftsman/etc)
Part of the why some things have lots and lots of ‘safety margin’. A bridge will have X times...while an airplane can only afford 0.X times...
Then the wacko court awards...why we left the people movers industry. We had over 70% of the variable speed controlled ski lifts in the USA, but the juries were awarding huge sums based on ‘todays’ standards...even though that ski lift was designed, installed, certified, etc....decades ago...
Courts know that most will NOT read the manual, Read Me First, warning labels, etc, etc...but that sets the min for any court case...what else can any OEM do?
Also, the Ford Explorer rollover begot lots of these labels and tire PSI monitoring...managed to the idiot and gorilla....that was one key advice from my mentors while still in college & first engineering jobs (part working way through college...tire monkey/welder/designer/draftsman/etc)
Part of the why some things have lots and lots of ‘safety margin’. A bridge will have X times...while an airplane can only afford 0.X times...
Then the wacko court awards...why we left the people movers industry. We had over 70% of the variable speed controlled ski lifts in the USA, but the juries were awarding huge sums based on ‘todays’ standards...even though that ski lift was designed, installed, certified, etc....decades ago...
