Tire pressure

Robanno

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Will be towing a 4500 lb trailer for the first real trip. What tire pressure you think is good ? Dealer filled at 35 when in for first service.
Think that is good to start with.
What should I be looking at along the way to either increase or decrease pressure.
Going about 3k miles for couple weeks.
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The max psi listed on the tire is the max COLD psi and will yield the highest load rating of that tire and produce the least amount of heat during transit.

You would probably find a happy spot for ride quality and load at about 10psi below what the max COLD pressure is considering your payload. However - heat kills and since it’s a long trip you may want to set them at or close to the max cold psi for the sake of keeping them from generating unnecessary heat.
 
 



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