Tire Pressure, a Laymans Guide

bubblehead · Dec 9, 2013

I found this article to be helpful and informative...it also gives good reason to keep up on your pressures and understand how speed effects tire load. This is non-technical with good illustrations.

Hope you find it as useful.

Bridgestone Commercial Truck Tires

BobWolf · Dec 10, 2013

An important thing to remember is a tire with a pressure at 50% of the max pressure stamped on the sidewall is considered a flat tire by DOT regs.

Bob Wolf.

bubblehead · Dec 10, 2013

BobWolf said:
An important thing to remember is a tire with a pressure at 50% of the max pressure stamped on the sidewall is considered a flat tire by DOT regs.

Bob Wolf.

...and DOT will check! I had mine checked at an Indiana scale. They have a chart they use to calculate what the cold pressure would be when checking a tire which has obviously been running.

tknight · Dec 10, 2013

In over 30 years of being the subject of a dot inspection I have never had them check the tires or wash my windshield

tknight · Dec 10, 2013

An speaking of dot inspection what was going on in pa.today they had trucks pulled at rest areas and turnpike entrance/exit which is where I got inspected 476 a little off of 80 standing in the road with his flashlight pulling over trucks ,on a good note he ha a pesky Penske yellow sudo 10 on the side getting a good going over
I was done in less than 15min ,no sticker though!

zorry · Dec 10, 2013

As Bob Dylan sang The Times They Are A Changing.

Once had a driver tell me he got waved around back because of a dirty windshield.
Officer said if you aren't taking time to wash the windows you're probably skipping other things too.