Re: Tire air pressure

Posted by iowa_tire_guy on March 05, 2007 at 20:08:17 from (216.248.102.142):

In Reply to: Tire air pressure posted by IaGary on March 05, 2007 at 04:38:45:

Interesting posts from this question. It is a waste of money to add ballast to radial tires. If you have to use ballast then buy good bias tires because by adding ballast to radials you just made them bias. If you are going to use the load inflation chart then the best is to not guess at weight but set it up to work and put it on a scale. As for the lowest possible pressure to run it is a risky business. All tires lose 1 pound of pressure for every 10 degree drop of tempature. Set your pressure at 15 on a 90 degree day and it will be 10 lbs on a 40 degree day. So tire guys will add a few lbs knowing that very few farmers will check their tires more than once a year if then. My advice Gary is that you seem to be running plenty of pressure and your cracking problems are probably due more to the brand of tire run than pressure. I can't see that with duals you need more than 18 lbs but if I were selling you tires I would want you to run higher pressure. Also radial tires have made huge improvements in since 20 years ago.

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