| Tire Pressures [message #124563] |
Wed, 04 May 2011 11:17  |
2-4 the road
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We have a 77 Kingsley with quad bags.It has 3 yr
old Firestone 8.75R 16.5 LTs load range E,what is the
best tire press to run with these?
Thanks in advance
Bill
2-4 the road
77 Kingsley 455
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| Re: [GMCnet] Tire Pressures [message #124570 is a reply to message #124566] |
Wed, 04 May 2011 11:45  |
Ray Erspamer
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We have Load Range E tires and I've always run them at 70 psi and have been very
pleased at that pressure. I tried 80 psi but the coach ran too rough and hard.
Some people say 65 psi but I'm not sure I'd be comfortable running them that
low. Will be interesting to see others opinions.
Ray
Ray & Lisa Erspamer
78 Royale "Great Lakes Eagle"
Center Kitchen TZE368V101144
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 53226
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Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Tire Pressures
read here
http://gmcmotorhome.info/tires.html#PSI
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On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 9:17 AM, JoAnne Bissell <joanne.bissell@gmail.com>wrote:
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> We have a 77 Kingsley with quad bags.It has 3 yr
> old Firestone 8.75R 16.5 LTs load range E,what is the
> best tire press to run with these?
> Thanks in advance
> Bill
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| Re: Tire Pressures [message #124573 is a reply to message #124563] |
Wed, 04 May 2011 12:26 |
jhb1
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| 2-4 the road wrote on Wed, 04 May 2011 12:17 |
We have a 77 Kingsley with quad bags.It has 3 yr
old Firestone 8.75R 16.5 LTs load range E,what is the
best tire press to run with these?
Thanks in advance
Bill
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Hi
I have been running my Firestone transforce load range E 8.75 x 16.5 at 68 psi front 62 psi rear checked when cold. I just installed a quad bag so I do not know if I will have to adjust these pressures.
John H. Bell
77 Royale; QuadBag,Manny OneTon,Honda EV4010, FITech
Montreal Qc.
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| Re: Tire Pressures [message #124581 is a reply to message #124563] |
Wed, 04 May 2011 13:19 |
Ken Burton
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The required tire pressure is determined by the amount of weight that each carry. Weigh your coach axle by axle and preferably on each wheel and set the tires pressures accordingly. Based the weight, of my my 26 foot coach I should have approximately u 55 PSI rear and 60 PSI in the fronts. This weight includes my rear motorcycle carrier with 450 pound motor cycle and 2 people plus two 80 pound dogs up front.
I gave myself some additional margin and raised the pressure 5 PSI all around to 60 rear and 65 front. That is what I usually recommend to people before they have their coach weighed.
Here are some numbers from the thirty-two 26 foot coaches we weighed at DuQuion.
Average rear weight per wheel 1998
Lightest rear wheel weighed 1850
Heaviest rear wheel weighed 2400
Average front wheel weight 2106
Lightest front wheel weighed 1850
Heaviest front wheel weighed 2500
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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