At 02:21 PM 5/17/99 -0400, dg50@daimlerchrysler.com wrote:
>
>Today we are buying 5 new "LT" tires to replace the mystery-age tires on the
>truck, but I wonder if that's enough. Was I a victim of an old tire, or of my
>own mis-configuration of the truck?
>
>What pressures should we be starting at? What hot pressures are too high?
What
>temperature is too hot? Was I just being paranoid on the way home? Is a
helper
>leaf a better way to lift the sagging rear end of the truck, (it's a
little low
>even with the truck empty) instead of trying to jack more weight into the
truck
>with the hitch?
>
>I _really_ don't want to go through that again, especially not at night,
in the
>rain, alone, on a road with no shoulder. I need to fix this now the RIGHT
way.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
As I recall, you tow with a Suburban. Tires probably too old, pressure too
low, load rating too low . . .
You need input from Rob Pickrell!!!!!!
Dick Rasmussen
CM 85
85 Van Diemen RF-85 Formula Ford
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