Tire PSI for hauling firewood

[wb292]

IMHO the door sticker only applies to the original uniroyals that came on the truck. Tire tech has came along way in 30 years. Usually cheaper made. I run the max printied on the tires sidewall. Different manufacturers have different pressures on the sidewall. So recommendations for this or that my not apply to the tires you have.

 

[Erik the Awful]

Put enough air pressure in the tire, and hit a big enough bump...and blow the bead-holding side of the wheel into outer space.

Blowing a rim is no joke. The worst picture I've ever seen was in a safety briefing. A crewchief had attempted to air up the nose tire on his plane without a gauge. He overpressurized it and blew the rim. It ripped him from crotch to neck and threw his body twenty feet away. F*ing horrible.

Now imagine you're driving down the road with an overinflated rim facing pedestrians.

 

[Caman96]

Blowing a rim is no joke. The worst picture I've ever seen was in a safety briefing. A crewchief had attempted to air up the nose tire on his plane without a gauge. He overpressurized it and blew the rim. It ripped him from crotch to neck and threw his body twenty feet away. F*ing horrible.

Now imagine you're driving down the road with an overinflated rim facing pedestrians.

Possibly something like this.

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[Rock Hard Concrete]

Check your lug nuts and make sure your brakes are 8n perfect working order.

If your sidewalls are bulged with your load you need more air. If you reach the max psi getting them to stand up then you need less load.

The most overloaded I ever had a truck was my gmt800 half ton with the 4.3 v6. I had over 2 yards of demolished concrete in the bed. That is between 5,500 and 7500 lbs. The bump stops were smooshed completely flat and the truck was riding straight on the axle. Had to drive about 30 miles like that.

If you have your wits about you, you should be able to handle 2500 no problem as long as your truck is in good shape.

 

[Sean Buick 76]

I think we need a poll here…. How many people are running around at max psi on the tire? Bouncing around while I’m smooth with properly inflated tires at 35-45psi??

 

[termite]

I'm in the group with @Sean Buick 76 inflate them till they wear appropriately, don't exceed the max pressure for wheel/tire combo, and don't overload them.

OTOH, I've drastically overloaded my old k1500 with a concrete driveway we tore out and replaced working for my dad in high school. Definitely needed close to the max pressure in the tires then and promptly backed them down after unloading to keep my teeth in my head.

 

[movietvet]

My girl runs a load range E on her 2500 and they have a max of 80 psi and we run them at 50 psi all the time. No wear problems and smooth on the roads.

 

[Caman96]

My girl runs a load range E on her 2500 and they have a max of 80 psi and we run them at 50 psi all the time. No wear problems and smooth on the roads.

Same^^^

 

[Supercharged111]

Blowing a rim is no joke. The worst picture I've ever seen was in a safety briefing. A crewchief had attempted to air up the nose tire on his plane without a gauge. He overpressurized it and blew the rim. It ripped him from crotch to neck and threw his body twenty feet away. F*ing horrible.

Now imagine you're driving down the road with an overinflated rim facing pedestrians.

The version I remember there were only boots left on the ground. The rest of him ceased to exist.

@Schurkey's post reminded me of this meme.

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[Caman96]

The version I remember there were only boots left on the ground. The rest of him ceased to exist.

@Schurkey's post reminded me of this meme.

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Nowadays you can call Drizly.