Posted by Jim Becker on January 30, 2009 at 07:26:22 from (71.252.139.51):
In Reply to: Tire tread wear posted by Gauger on January 29, 2009 at 13:30:32:
agpilot said: Too high air pressure may wear the center... check your thread contact.
Hmm, I was going to suggest just the opposite, that tread squirm was the source of most rapid wear. That for road use the tires should have more pressure to keep them from distorting and scuffing. Increasing the load without a corrsponding increase in pressure would make it worse.
I looked through some of my old reference material to see if the tire companies had anything to say on the subject. Found tables of weight capacity vs. pressure but nothing addressing different pessures for different surfaces. I guess in 1933 Firestone didn't worry a whole lot about driving farm tractors on pavement.
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