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Originally Posted by Varn
I always figured that the size of the tire has nothing to do with tire patch size. It in my mind is a function of tire pressure. You have 500 pounds on a tire and there is 50 psi in the tire. you will have 10 sq inches of contact patch. a wide tire will have a wider patch and a narrow tire will have a longer patch but both have 10 sq inches.
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Urban legend- it's not so. Yes contact patch area will vary with psi but not with that math.