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[VACList] Re: VACList Tow Vehicle Tire Pressures
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- Subject: [VACList] Re: VACList Tow Vehicle Tire Pressures
- From: Dave Huffman <huff@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 18:27:13 -0700
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Just got back from a short week towing our '67 Caravel into the Malheur
desert area of Eastern Oregon. Trailer tires were low when I set it up for the
trip -- one was flat. I had them fixed, of course, before leaving. No further
problems with either trailer tire.
But the '97 Toyota LandCruiser V-6 was a different story. Front
tires are 1-1.5 year old "open country" Les Schwab tires (Schwab is a
well-known NW tire chain) -- no problems. But the rear tires were
Bridgestone, same make/model as was on the LCruiser when we bought it in
'00; these tires replaced the probable oeq's on the car at that time. No
problems with either tire until this trip when both flatted -- not with trailer in
tow, but after a 160 mile around-Steens-Mountain cruise on 2/3 gravel roads.
Once back in civilization I replaced both those tires.
My question is what pressure allowance, if any, do we make for
rear tires when towing? I am wondering whether I should have been running
the rear tires at higher than the recommended 32 pound pressure when
towing.
2nd Question: if I raise the pressure for the rear tires, do I have to
also raise the pressure for front tires on full-time 4 wheel drive?
Huff