Re: Tire pressure question.
Just blew out some tires which were inflated to the recommended max of 50 pounds. I have in the past kept them at about 35 to 40 psi. I used them for a few years at this lower pressure without issue. After reading on this forum and checking the tires I decided to fill them to 50 pounds. I just put a new set of 4 Goodyear marathons on and am wondering should I keep the pressure to the max(50 pounds ) or go back to 35-40 pounds as I have in the past. I am hoping to tow the boat 1000 miles RT this summer and want to get it right. Loadmaster aluminum trailer,dual 3500 #eliminator torsion axles, 4 new Marathon tires rated at 1360 each, boat weighs about 3500#'s with motor and gear.
Where are you planning on going? Are you looking at Mead or Powell? If so then here is what I do, and get ready your going to buy some tires so just get used to it, I have gone to Powell from Denver 3 times now love the lake, but its a trip that eats tires last time I had three blowouts on the trip, so now I carry 3 spares, I check pressure and my buddie bearings on each fuel stop/bathroom break, I keep tire pressures 5lbs below the maximum. I have found that on long trips like this (about 500 miles across the desert in the heat of the summer) that if you can travel at night you will ease the wear and tear on the tires, ran it once in the heat of the day and had 3 blowouts, when done at night not one, I can't say that tire pressures had much to do with it, I think the problem is simply too much heat built up in the rubber, I have several friends that go to powell from grand junction roughly half the distance I travel and they are the ones that told me to either have three spares or travel at night, so now I do both.
I suppose it should be stated that I haul butt, posted limits of course, I see no reason to take it easy on long trips get there and relax is my way, I don't want to be on the road I want to be on the lake.
Seems to me Lipp, unless you change tires as fast as a Nascar pit crew, the time it takes to change 3 tires is about equal to slowing down to 65-70. And slowing down seems a hell of a lot cheaper at $100 each for radial trailer tires...Just sayin..:facepalm:
