Tire/Wheel Thread

Well, fill your tires with NITROGEN. Nitrogen is INERT and therefore heat will not increase the pressure in the tires and cold won't lower the pressure.

That's why race cars and airplanes use NITROGEN. Heck, if you buy new tires at Costco, they're filled with Nitrogen, or new Chryslers, Fords, etc.

Nitrogen will save you 8 to 15 percent on your tire costs depending on the applications.

 

Be careful, maybe your Michelins or Bridgestines are made in Canada at Bridgewater, Nova Scotia.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2006/08/29/michelin-bridgewater.html

 

Read here about Nitrogen.

I used it in all my equipment. Pulling my lowbed I would get a permit to scale out 24,000 KGS. (52,800 LBS.) on the drives and other tandem groupings on my 9 axle.

http://www.nitrogendirect.com/N2Info.htm

 

What I love is seeing SS tires on a truck & trailer setup or doubles. Bottom dumps around here have had them, though few. Even worse...fuel trucks. If that tire goes on the front axle of that trailer....I dont see how it or anyone around stands a chance.

 

HI FD. I've always wondered how they would stand up.

 

Yep.....with SS you are calling the tire man. I've run as much as 100 miles with one trailer tire flat and an empty trailer.

 

Does anyone know a good alignment shop? A shop put some shims on my axle and now the truck front end is shaking, pulls to the left and just feels like its floating.

 

And how does running 6 miles @126mph/70 degrees/12,000 lbs. on salt relate to running over 200 miles @75 mph /110 degrees/80,000 lbs.?????