dcb -
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Originally Posted by dcb
yes, but it isn't "normal" to be driving around a passenger car that weighs 8000 lbs, even in the U.S. That footprint looks underinflated/overloaded, perhaps considering that ~1/2 of cars on the road are 6psi or more below placard, it is "normal".
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So we also need a set of contact-patch-pix of both tires with typical "real world" load weights. My car is ~2400 lbs. My tires are rated at 1356 lbs per tire at 51 max PSI. That's 5424 lbs max. I would say that with all my crap + my wife equals up to 2800 lbs, or 700 lbs per tire. That's a little over 50% of max lbs per tire.
If we do other calculations, I wonder if we'll get a similar 50% "real world" load per tire, at least for passenger cars that aren't hauling heavy stuff around.
CarloSW2