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Pressure for larger tires.


rjeffery
10-22-2007, 07:04 PM
I have 265/75/16 BFG A/T's. The sticker in the driver's door says 35 psi for the stock 235/75/16's. I have been running my tires at 35 psi since I bought them, but have recently noticed that the center is starting to wear quicker, indicating over inflation. From what I have found, bigger tires require a lower pressure.

Anyone running similar tires, and at what pressure?

Tdragone
10-23-2007, 01:17 AM
Discount tire told me 40 for my 245/75 16's
I ran my last set @ 36 and the outsides wore faster than the center; so I've been @ 40 and I've been happy so far.

silverado122775
10-24-2007, 09:56 AM
The tire itself will tell you the recommended tire preasure.

4xbill
10-24-2007, 11:10 AM
There's an easy check for this that will get you close to the right pressure. Take your truck to where you can drive straight for about 50 yards. Mark a tire or tires with a marking pencil or chalk, perpendicular across the tread.
Now drive the truck straight for a short distance, when you stop examine the marks for how they wore. If you still have marks on the outside, you're overinflated; mark in the center, underinflated; marks gone, tire pressure good.

Sonny01
10-24-2007, 11:11 AM
My Bridgestone tires say max of 44psi on the side but that is when you carry a full load. The tire guy says to run no less then 35psi in them when lightly loaded.

rjeffery
10-24-2007, 11:14 AM
Yeah the pressure on the tire is the max pressure, not necessarily the reccomended. Thanks for the chalk tip, I will try that.

scottmoyer
10-24-2007, 07:51 PM
I found that the max tire pressure is designed for max weight load of the tire. The Bridgestone Duellers that came from the factory on my truck had a max of 44psi with a recommended pressure of 35psi. The tires max load was 2535 at 44psi, and the new tires have a max load of 3195 at 65psi. I calculated the tires daily average load by dividing 2195 by 44 and multiplied the result by the manufacturers recomendation of 35 and get 2016 pounds. For the larger tire, calculate the same at 3195/65=49.15 x (?) = 2016 or 2016/49.15=41psi.

Sonny01
10-24-2007, 08:54 PM
The 25k mile '05 that I just got has P265/70R17 Bridgestone Duellers on it and the previous owner didn't rotate the tires so the dealership put the uneven front tires on the back and the truck has a wiggle to it. Are these tires any good? Should I buy two back tires and be done with it or are there better tires out there I should get a set of?

silverado122775
10-25-2007, 12:36 PM
Those are ok, but I think you will find BFG's are better.

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