Re: Hour meter hookup? Tire PSI?

Posted by Hugh MacKay on August 28, 2006 at 01:39:27 from (216.208.58.123):

In Reply to: Hour meter hookup? Tire PSI? posted by JayWalt on August 27, 2006 at 21:41:04:

Jay: Very likely the tires are filled with a calcium chloride solution. I hope you didn't use your tire presure gauge on it, if so, one gauge, toast. If you wish to remove that solution, your best bet is find a tire shop with the proper equipment. They'll probably charge you $25.00 per tire. Back in the 1970s they would pump it out for the liquid.

I think you will find max. psi on those tires is somewhere between 35 and 45, depends a bit on the manufacturer. You will hear recomendations all the way from 8 to 20 psi for operating presure on those tires. The lower psi will give the best traction, but it also breaks side walls. I personally like 14 to 16 psi. You don't have to haul it all home in one load.

I remember once being at a welding shop, and an elderly gentleman came in with his Ford 8N front axle broken in half at the center pivot point. We all knew this man, (Lawerence) and he was known to be very frugal, thus he took a fair bit of ribbing over the broken front axle. The welding shop owner asked, "Lawerence, how did you ever manage to break that front axle." His responce, " I hauled my last two loads of fire wood all home in one load, enough said, now don't ask anymore questions, just weld the axle."

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