Front tire pressure 3500 4x4

[Hitec.Redneck]

How much air pressure do you run in your front tires (original size) on your 3500 4x4?

 

[gsbrockman]

3500 SRW

3500 DRW

???

 

[lpennock]

Stock Size tires the door tag is close enough. Might be about 5psi high is all.

 

[SnoKing]

How much air pressure do you run in your front tires (original size) on your 3500 4x4?

Dually 80 PSI all the time. SRW 60-65 PSI all the time for the factory 18" or 20" tires. SnoKing

 

[Hoefler]

dually 80 psi

 

[NonFord]

With the new Coopers I put on, I have them aired to 70psi in the front. I like how it feels empty with that amount up front, fully loaded I'm 80 at all 4 corners.

 

[SnoKing]

With the new Coopers I put on, I have them aired to 70psi in the front. I like how it feels empty with that amount up front, fully loaded I'm 80 at all 4 corners.

Have you weighed your axles fully loaded?

BTW the OP does have a dually!

 

[AH64ID]

With the new Coopers I put on, I have them aired to 70psi in the front. I like how it feels empty with that amount up front, fully loaded I'm 80 at all 4 corners.

Which Coopers did you get?

I'm looking at getting the AT3 XLT's next month.

 

[NonFord]

Which Coopers did you get?

I'm looking at getting the AT3 XLT's next month.

I did get the AT3's and I'm truly impressed with them. My first Cooper set, I was a bit hesitant, but am glad I went with them. What swayed me was the price. TireBuyer had a deal of 200 off on a set of 4, and then an additional 75 for my veterans discount. Went to Discount and they matched it, and also only charged me 45 to mount and balance all the tires. I was happy!!

 

[Cummins12V98]

Dually as mentioned 80 front ALL the time, rears 35 unloaded and 65 "IF" running FULL RAWR. Less use the weight/ inflation chart.

Set toe to 1/64" if you want the tires NOT to Step on outside edge. Leave rears where they are and rotate fronts side to side with rotation the SAME!!! this requires separating tire from wheel.

 

[gsbrockman]

and rotate fronts side to side with rotation the SAME!!! this requires separating tire from wheel.

This is 2019, Ron.

It’s OK for modern day radial tires to turn in the opposite direction. Additionally....why would anyone want to increase the chances of wheel damage by needlessly dismounting and remounting when that step is totally unnecessary......similar to gathering multiple buckets and disconnecting transmission lines for a simple, basic transmission service?

 

[SnoKing]

This is 2019, Ron.

It’s OK for modern day radial tires to turn in the opposite direction. Additionally....why would anyone want to increase the chances of wheel damage by needlessly dismounting and remounting when that step is totally unnecessary......similar to gathering multiple buckets and disconnecting transmission lines for a simple, basic transmission service?

Standard rotation of 4 wheel vehicles is to move the rear straight forward and cross the fronts to the rears. So the change of rotations occurs on the rear tires NOT the fronts. Maybe that is in play with Ron's method of keeping the same rotation on the dually front tires?

 

[lpennock]

This is 2019, Ron.

It’s OK for modern day radial tires to turn in the opposite direction.

Unless the tire is labelled as a directional tire it is ok to reverse the rotation.
The days of only rotating radial tires Front<>Back on the same side is long gone.

 

[PBJ2500CTD]

Standard rotation of 4 wheel vehicles is to move the rear straight forward and cross the fronts to the rears. So the change of rotations occurs on the rear tires NOT the fronts. Maybe that is in play with Ron's method of keeping the same rotation on the dually front tires?

Ah, depends on if they have some purrdy, shiny wheels that don't show the shiny side on the hiney.

 

[SnoKing]

Ah, depends on if they have some purrdy, shiny wheels that don't show the shiny side on the hiney.

Your statement makes no sense, we are only talking about the front wheels and tires on a dually!

 

[PBJ2500CTD]

Your statement makes no sense, we are only talking about the front wheels and tires on a dually!

Some sets of pretty and shiny aluminum wheels do not work well to display the pretty shiny sides outward when you move the front wheels to the rear where the corroded, road gunked innards are in full display on the rears. Not all wheels have skins to cover the uglies.

 

[dieselshadow]

My dually wheels are position specific. The front have to stay on the fronts because the concave side isn’t polished. The outer rears are the only aluminum rims and only then the concave side is polished. The inner rears are steel rims. So the wheels have to stay in their relative positions. Outers have to stay outers. Inners have to stay inners. Fronts have to stay fronts.

 

[SnoKing]

Some sets of pretty and shiny aluminum wheels do not work well to display the pretty shiny sides outward when you move the front wheels to the rear where the corroded, road gunked innards are in full display on the rears. Not all wheels have skins to cover the uglies.

Again RAM does not call for moving the fronts to the rears. Fronts move the the other side, inside duals swap side to side stay on the inside, and out side duals swap side to side remaining on the outside. Ron says don't bother with the rears, and believes in dismounting the front when moving side to side and keep the rotation the same.

 

[PBJ2500CTD]

Again RAM does not call for moving the fronts to the rears. Fronts move the the other side, inside duals swap side to side stay on the inside, and out side duals swap side to side remaining on the outside. Ron says don't bother with the rears, and believes in dismounting the front when moving side to side and keep the rotation the same.

LIGHT BULB!!! A little outgassing cloud of neural activity on my part causing a nanosecond of train-of-thought/comprehension derailment with the addition of Ron's "some disassembly required" event. As Johnny Nash sang, "I can see clearly now..." Thanks for the polite, explanatory nose rub.

 

[JR]

Which Coopers did you get?

I'm looking at getting the AT3 XLT's next month.

I put a set of the XLT's on right before we went to the rally in early June. I'd have to look to be sure but I've got at least 2-3 thousand miles on them, easily half of that towing. So far I really like them. Lots of dirt roads and poorly maintained secondary roads. They are quiet and smooth. I've done a small amount of off roading collecting firewood but it has been dry here so no real test in the mud. As long as they do well in the snow I'll be really happy with them.