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Re: [Land-speed] Trailer Maintenance

To: "John Staiger" <lsrvette@yahoo.com>,<Land-speed@Autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Trailer Maintenance
From: Skip Higginbotham <saltrat@pahrump.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:03:09 -0700
John,
Read it again. The 10 psi is actually a warning that you must not 
exceed "cold".......not that it must be set 10 psi higher in order to 
maintain load rated capacity. The wheel is the limiting factor in my 
experience.
Skip



At 11:23 AM 9/18/2007, John Staiger wrote:
>Ok, when is it allowable (actually required) to over inflate trailer tires
>by 10psi above the max. load psi rating on the sidewall?   I was very
>surprised to find out that almost all 'ST' marked trailer tires have this
>requirement to maintain their load rating for what I will call 'normal (65 -
>75MPH) highway driving (OK, don't beat me up for running fast - it's not the
>point of this thread).
>
>Don't believe me? Check this link out ->
>http://www.goodyear.com/rv/pdf/marathon_gen_info_032806.pdf
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