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Originally Posted by kerry
Drat. I was hoping you'd have some data on a correlation between tire temperature and blowouts. I've heard some people deny a connection. I did have a boat trailer on which the PO was running 60 psi instead of the suggested 90psi. I saw a drop of about 30 degrees in tire temperatures once I raised the psi to 90.
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I usually walk around my vehicle and put a hand on every tire. A hot one is a warning sign. Its not very scientific but if its not enough to feel its probably not a problem. I do find that the right side tires on both the truck and trailer but more so the trailer seem routinely hotter. I wonder if its the exhaust from the motor that makes the trailer tires hotter?
Like I said this day I was thinking about my tranny and trying to get used to pulling it out of od for every hill, not easy to remember since the motor barely notices anything short of a mountain.
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