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Old May 30, 2005 | 01:32 AM
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with my tire pressures? just got my Boss 307's with Eagle GTII's (285/50R20) and the tire shop aired em to 44psi all around. how low can I let em down without problems? I am currently running 40psi front and 36psi rears and would like to lower em some more if it won't hurt em. I'm havin a bit of trouble findin a load/inflation table for these particular tires. Does anyone have this or a similar setup and have it figured out? thx
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Old May 31, 2005 | 07:53 PM
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goodyear boys say they can be run as low as 28psi on the rear of an unloaded 1/2ton without any danger of overheating the tire. with mine at 30psi theres very little tire deflection and it rides a bunch better. just have to be sure and air em up when I put somethin back there.

in case anyone wanted to know...
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why are you running such a high air pressure?
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Old Jun 11, 2005 | 04:37 PM
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the tire shop aired em way up when I got it. I get a decent tire patch now at 34psiF/28psiR. rides pretty good too.

I just didnt want to air em down that far without checking. I have mostly had high-flotation type tires in the past and was pretty comfortable with adjusting them. this is my first stab at 20's and low profile stuff on a truck. woulda hated to ruin em for what they cost...
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