Posted 2008-05-23 10:51 PM (#84591 - in reply to #81651) Subject: RE: Sorry to bring up a "tire-d" subject
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Location: La Crosse, WI
"Just for sake of curiosity how much cooler are your tires running? My tires are set to 60 psi (80 psi max) per the load/inflation tables. They run about 30 degrees above ambient temp (in 90+ amb at 65 mph), used to be the acceptable operating range was up to 60 degrees above ambient temp."
What does that mean? I'm new to all this and I am currently looking for new tires for my trailer.
How do I find out what the temp is?
Posted 2008-05-23 11:13 PM (#84592 - in reply to #81519) Subject: RE: Sorry to bring up a "tire-d" subject
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If you run your tires at the maximum posted pressure that the manufacturer recommends, you will generate the smallest contact patch with the ground. The smallest contact patch will generate the least amount of friction. The least amount of friction will generate the least amount of heat. The lower the temperatures your tires experience, the longer their life span will be.
Unless you are driving at consistently high speeds in one hundred degree days, fully loaded, you should not have an issue that would result in you having to know your exact tire temperatures. Other than tire pressures, you can't do much about the heat factor, except to lighten your loads or reduce your speed.
Posted 2008-05-26 9:09 PM (#84694 - in reply to #81661) Subject: RE: Sorry to bring up a "tire-d" subject
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Originally written by gard on 2008-04-10 3:39 PM
" Ive had my share of blowouts over the years, nothing to be scared about, just stay on the fuel and ease out of traffic. Blowing a steer tire can be a little un-nerving, but any of the others.....lets just say with a little experience and training you can get used to it."
Chadsalt, you're very stoic about an event that could kill you. I prefer not to have any more "experiences that train me to get used to it". It's definately an unerving and life threatening event, something of which to be very frightened. I'm sure that the drivers who have wrecked as a result of a blow out, will not find the event, "un-nerving".
Gard
It happened to us this weekend,and to say the least,it was pretty nerve wracking,and could have been life threatening too.I don't WANT to get trained to get used to having a blowout at about 9PM going around an interstate and having to pull on the shoulder,no room whatsoever to change it (on the outside,of course) and cars going by like Jeff Gordon is driving.
Thanks to officer Hicks of the Springfield PD,and Mr."Cowboy" from the Parakeet Apartments (yes,that is what they are called ) in Republic.Oh,sorry,#1 thanks goes to :YOU,LORD for bringing everything to play to help us out!
Refer to Gard's thread about tire age to avoid above senario.
Posted 2008-05-27 9:59 AM (#84730 - in reply to #84722) Subject: RE: Sorry to bring up a "tire-d" subject
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Well,no we didn't.I couldn't crawl under the trailer to begin with,the underframe was too low,and I would not have been able to have found it,we had to have the tire place show the code to us on the backside of the tire.And,guess what: Trailer made in 95,tires made in 95.
If I ever buy another used trailer,and can't find the tire code or the person hasn't put new tires on the trailer fairly recently,I'll be replacing the tires.
Posted 2008-05-27 10:29 AM (#84734 - in reply to #81519) Subject: RE: Sorry to bring up a "tire-d" subject
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CRG...!! As much as we have talked about old, dry rotten, out of date tires on here and you are pulling a trailer with 13 year old tires on it..... I would be ashamed to admit it!! They should have blown out 8 years ago!! What were you thinking?!!! LOL1 just messin with ya! Glad ya'll are OK.
Posted 2008-05-27 11:16 AM (#84735 - in reply to #84734) Subject: RE: Sorry to bring up a "tire-d" subject
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Originally written by retento on 2008-05-27 10:29 AM
Ya going to run the other three til they BUST?
H*** NO,we're not! we had to find a tire place open on Sat.AM and get a new set,which we did.We got a set of Titan trailer tires,10 ply,and are good to go.The trip home was sure a LOT less nervy.I had a sense of doom regarding those tires and we almost took our Delta stock trailer that has new tires on it.But the Sooner has a small dressing room and a rear tack,and our saddles are protected more in that rear tack,so,that's what we took.I felt like we should get new tires before we left.Results were what I described.Fortunately we were almost to the end of the James River Expressway where 60 goes east/west and the officer escorted us safely off of it and into a parking lot where this guy came out to help change it.A good ole boy from MO,you know.
Here's another thing: I think for us gals,intuition is a lot stronger and there for a reason.Follow your instincts and good judgement.If you don't know the age of the tires on a trailer,and even tho they LOOK good,get new tires!
Posted 2008-05-27 11:39 AM (#84736 - in reply to #81519) Subject: RE: Sorry to bring up a "tire-d" subject
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Just a thought for ya, I have 16ply steer axle tires on my trailer. They are 17.5's but I have found with the steer tires the sidewalls are extremely tuff with steel sidewalls. They are H rated with 125psi. I have run them out west in late summer fully loaded with one heck of heavy trailer at 75-80 on interstate with no problems. May want to look into some commerical grade tires is what I am saying if you want some that will last. They are not much more expensive than any others.
Forgot to add that the tires are rated at 6000lbs each.
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