For now, I'll been confining my comments to Sgt. Storton's article - specifically the issue of whether or not his contention that the increase in inflation pressure increases the load carrying capacity and that this increase in inflation pressure does not cause a ballooning effect because the 2 steel belts
prevent it. So I hope you'll excuse me if I ignore any other issues that might have been raised.
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The color distribution across the contact patch seems most uniform at the 45 psi image, to me. You don't have those peaks under the sidewalls.....
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Thank you for proving my point that Sgt. Storton is incorrect. The increase in inflation pressure caused the center of the tread to increase in pressure. This is the basic principle. The only question is what is the starting point for a particular tire. This one happens to be quite good. Some are not so good.
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Originally Posted by orange4boy
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Cold inflation pressures may be increased above those applicable to the tire loads up to the maximum marked on the tire with no increase in load.
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Thank you for proving my point. Sgt Storton had based his recommendation on the increase in load carrying capacity and this says there isn't any.
BTW, I find it terribly ironic to be accused of never having provided ANY "scientific and government studies as well as textbook references", and then to have the accuser pull documentation from my own web site.