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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | One other aspect with trailers is the lack of load carrying capacity to make a price point. Many times the trailer is close to being maxed out which usually also means tires close to their max as well.
In all trailer applications, going to max psi is recommended. It promotes the most load carrying capacity, with the least amount of tread in the pavement which keeps heat lower. The bigger the contact patch, the more friction. Low pressure is a killer on tires as the tire heats up more. Saw this twice on trip down to Texas on Friday…. The second trailer was probably under 5 miles from blowing another on the same side .
Age, quality of tire and maintenance as Ryan mentions arethe keys to no on-road failures.
Steve |
