Tire pressure at 55 lbs?

[Long & Winding road]

I should have previewed before I hit enter. That didnt turn out the way I thought.

My first reply is in the middle of his quote, then the 2nd reply is below his "add 5 # over if runing 65 MPH". Sorry... Im still learning the tricks of these sites.

[cannelle]

my Four Winds 24 F the door sticker indicates 75 lbs for the front tires and 65lbs for the rear. This is what I use.

[jabrabu]

My Chateau 31E says 75f/80r on the door sticker (cold pressure). I haven't weighed mine, but I've seen weights posted for similar units and they tend to be heavy in the back and light in the front. Based on this, I drop my front tire pressures down to 70, which is still higher than the tire charts show for the weight, but I figure I'll split the difference. I keep the rears at 80 psi.


When I first checked my pressures after driving it home from the dealer, the pressures were around 55 psi. This low pressure didn't seem to cause any problems, and it gave a smoother ride.


I've seen the argument on whether you should set pressure per the door sticker or based on actual corner weights again and again on various boards. I'm not sure there is a definitive answer.

[16ACE27]

Originally Posted by jabrabu

My Chateau 31E says 75f/80r on the door sticker (cold pressure). I haven't weighed mine, but I've seen weights posted for similar units and they tend to be heavy in the back and light in the front. Based on this, I drop my front tire pressures down to 70, which is still higher than the tire charts show for the weight, but I figure I'll split the difference. I keep the rears at 80 psi.


When I first checked my pressures after driving it home from the dealer, the pressures were around 55 psi. This low pressure didn't seem to cause any problems, and it gave a smoother ride.


I've seen the argument on whether you should set pressure per the door sticker or based on actual corner weights again and again on various boards. I'm not sure there is a definitive answer.

Sure there is:

Set by door sticker until you get the coach weighed; then set by weights.

[blw2]

I'd go with the load chart + a bit for a safety factor, maybe 5% or so to cover variations in load, measurement error, gauge error, temperature correction, etc...

The number does strike me as low, but 55 for the drive axle by the chart works, then I'd go + 5% = 58 psi...call it 60 psi

also seems odd to me that your spec for front is higher than the rear. I'd want to double check those specs/tire chart if I were you. You didn't say your tire size so I can't double check things...
but then your C is much smaller than mine and probably not overloaded like the over 30 footers.
For reference...my E-450 drive axle is at or slightly over max so it's a full 80 psi there for me
My steer axle is a bit lighter so I run 70 psi there

My drive handling increased dramatically once I started setting the steer pressure to where it is supposed to be.