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|    AMuzi to Woozy Song    |
|    Re: tyre load rating vs pressure?    |
|    18 Sep 24 20:03:19    |
      From: am@yellowjersey.org              On 9/18/2024 7:48 PM, Woozy Song wrote:       > I bought one of those church-on-Sunday grandpa cars, and the       > tyres were 8 years old, and the spare had never been used.       > So looked up what tyres I needed to buy. The tyre placard       > lists several options. Curiously, if 92 load rating tyre is       > used, minimum pressure is 29 PSI, but if 95 load rating,       > minimum pressure is only 26 PSI.       > BTW since the car was made, it looks like load ratings have       > crept up. Nearly everything in my size is 99 load rating,       > only a few in 95.              https://tiregrades.com/tire-anatomy/tire-size/tire-load-ranges/              --       Andrew Muzi       am@yellowjersey.org       Open every day since 1 April, 1971              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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