Mar 17, 2022 · Look at the sidewall rating for weight and air pressure on a 14 ply and compare it to a 16 ply. As far as air pressure of 85 psi, he is somewhat correct as far as drive or trailer tires. There are charts that will tell you the minimum amount of air required to haul a certain weight.

Apr 1, 2023 · I always ran 16 ply steers on everything. I figured because they're steer tires they carry more weight and take more abuse than the other 16 tires so why not. Up front cost wise not that much difference between them and 14's. Hard to imagine much difference in ride quality these are semi truck tires after all.

May 31, 2008 · Load Range G tires are rated to 6,175lbs (single) and that adds up to 12,350lbs. This seems to be just fine for those 12,500lb axles on most trucks. Load Range H tires are rated to 6,610lbs (single) and adds up to 13,220lbs - and that matches the 13,200lb steer axle max I …

Jul 14, 2019 · Nov 16, 2013 Baltimore, Maryland 0 ... I recommend 16 ply. ... He said they hold up better then regular ol ...

Mar 17, 2022 · The difference between 14 ply and 16 ply is load rating. The 16 ply is made to handle more weight. And if you read the recommended air pressure on the 16 ply side wall it states 120lbs. 16ply are a good tire for steer tires and spread axles. 85lbs in a tire will cause the tire to run hotter, and effect wear. I run all my tires at 100 to 105.

Dec 21, 2008 · When designers needed to add air pressure capability to increase the load a specific size tire could carry, they would simply add more plies of cotton cord. Therefore, a 16-ply tire had 16 actual plies of cotton cord, while a 14-ply tire only had 12 plies of cord. This enabled the 16-ply tire to be run at a higher PSI and thus carry more weight.

Oct 3, 2018 · So I just put on new tires all the way around my truck. I kept the truck tires at 10 ply but jumped from 10 to 12 on the trailer. From this point on, my MPG has suffered. When empty I was getting about 14-15ish MPG around 70 mph. Now I'm getting around 12ish MPG. Loaded, it drops a lot more.

Oct 29, 2021 · Can’t get any life out of these trailer tires, what are others running them at for pressure? Speed is 105km/hr max. Loaded weight is usually 90% of legal axle group weights, and empty 50% of the time. Been buying the Chinese tires because I am replacing one a week, but maybe I should be buying the brand name tires at 3 times the cost.

Apr 13, 2014 · My trailer come with a meritor auto inflate system too, that I've learned how to set. So now I'm all in on buying the remaining 10 tires that will have my truck/trailer out of recaps for good. So I started researching the best psi configuration for the tires and it seems the original 100 psi is "overinflation". I have 18 295/75/22.5 tires.

Jun 14, 2017 · I was shopping around for some ST244 tires in 11r22.5 and found these for dirt cheap: $176.93 - BFGoodrich ST244 - tires | Buy BFGoodrich ST244 tires at SimpleTire Only problem is they're 14 ply. I always run light on the steers, usually about 10k, no more than 11k because I can't move my trailer more forward.