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General Boards => Technical Support => Topic started by: Dick Simonis on September 29, 2014, 08:54:04 PM
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OK guys, hope you can help me out here.
Following are the axle wts:
Front axle--- 12,950
Tag Axle---- 9250
Drive Axle--- 15000
I have Toyo 12R22.5 tires and have attached the Toyo infoation chart. Then I look the chart it appears the rear axle and tag is very lightly loaded and would take pressures down around 60 to 70 psi. Firsit, am I doing this correctly and, if so should I decrease wt on the tag am move some wt back. This tag thing is very new to me so please bear with me.
Thanks,
Dick
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Dick, first congrats on the new rig. Very nice. What are the axle weight limits on this one? I would probably reduce the tag pressure a little which would unload both the tag and the front axle, unless you are close on the drive axle limits. On my Contessa, I tried to keep the weight on the tag around 7500#. I would give you the exact weights but the rig is in Wildwood and is under contract for sale.
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Dick, first congrats on the new rig. Very nice. What are the axle weight limits on this one? I would probably reduce the tag pressure a little which would unload both the tag and the front axle, unless you are close on the drive axle limits. On my Contessa, I tried to keep the weight on the tag around 7500#. I would give you the exact weights but the rig is in Wildwood and is under contract for sale.
Axle ratings are:
Front 14,000
Rear 23000
Tag 10,800
The tag air pressure set to 40 psi.
I suspect I need to be careful not to unload the front too much or it might affect handling but I'm just guessing here.
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Looks like you are well within limitations. I ran about 25-30 lbs of air in my tag, and tried to. Keep the front end a little light. I normally ran with a full fuel tank and about 1/3 H2O, but wanted enough capacity up front to fill the water tank, have passengers and extra gear without overloading the front. I also ran. My tires a little over the inflation chart as a safety buffer. Normally 80 in the tag, 85 drive and 110 steer tires. That gave me a good ride, but still had enough air pressure to avoid too much sidewall flex which builds heat.