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Old 05-27-2008, 04:37 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Red View Post
And the apparent difference between LT and P sized tires when it comes to inflation are? Far as I know an LT normally has a stiffer sidewall along with a load range rating. For example, on the Heep I have 30x9.5x15 BFG AT/KO Load Range C rated for 50 PSI and about ~2000lbs load.
This is why I want to stay in the passenger car tire arena.

LT tires are designed to be inflated up to 50, 65, 80, 95 psi, depending on the load range, where passenger car tires are designed to be inflated up to 35 psi (assuming similar usage)

And - no - the sidewall isn't designed to be stiffer, it just is because of the added reinforcement to allow higher inflation pressures.

And to answer IndyIan - all inflation pressures are cold pressures except when they are specifically are calling out pressure buildup.
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