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Just checked mine on the 61 M+M. Date coded *527*
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That's some good info right there. Although I'm not sure if it's clever marketing by tire manufacturers to get you to buy new tires. But why take chances right?
Personally I'd want some honeycomb tires no matter how stupid they look.
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After further inspection, the sidewalls are starting to weather crack, so I'll be looking into some NEW 255/70R15 tires. If I get them with raised white letters, I might make them into wide whites
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What they fail to mention, is LOW TIRE PRESSURE is the main failure of tires. But of course that is the responsibility of the owner of the vehicle.Comment
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With my traveling I constantly have to monitor my tire pressure and tire conditions especially since my tires seem too always look a little low even though they are exact recommended pressure. Guess the next set needs to be a little heavier duty thanks to the weight factor of the hearse.Comment
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Just checked the tires on my vehicles, made within a few months of when I purchased them, but definetely good advice, I will definetely be checking that on future tire purchases.Comment
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If your tires are buldgeing at the bottom, I would add a little air. You can inflate as high the sidewall recommends for heavier loads.especially since my tires seem too always look a little low even though they are exact recommended pressure.Comment
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I'm always told that my tires are low on the hearse. I think it's because there is so much weight on them.
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If your side walls on your tires are buldging at the bottom, you ARE low on pressure. That flexing on the sidewall creates heat when you drive which will cause a blow out.I'm always told that my tires are low on the hearse. I think it's because there is so much weight on them
Read the sidewall of the tire. You can inflate them more than you might be aware.Comment
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Mine are 1 pound below max pressure according to the side wall. Safe to go over a little to get rid of the low pressure look?Comment
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Mine are 1 pound below max pressure according to the side wall. Safe to go over a little to get rid of the low pressure look?
Do NOT go over the recommended sidewall pressure!
There are many times the tire will hold more pressure than the door decal calls for.
That was the point I was trying to make.
jlprigmore, you may need a higher load rated tire.Comment
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They just put 235/75's on mine, and the sidewall says 35 psi, so they are standard metric radials. I could buy stiffer tires, but the ride is already kind of stiff, not compared to a new car, but to older luxury cars, which are what I prefer.
I've made hundred and thousand-mile trips on these tires in the summertime, so I don't think that they are a problem, but I carry a spare, and two more spares are at home.
Remember those "one-ton" import trucks that they made in the 80's? They had single 14" wheels and tiny differentials. You could overload the shit out of an American truck with 16.5" duals and still pull a heavy trailer, but those imports would sag to the ground if you put a ton in them...and you would definitely see some bulging tires. Putting on a trailer would burn up your drive line. Still, some contractors would try to save money by using them, and those were the bulgiest tires I've ever seen.
Hmm...bulgiest...do you suppose that's a legal word in Scrabble?
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