Ag Tire Talk: Tires Run at Slower Speeds Can Carry Same Load at Lower PSI

Oct 10, 2024

James Tuschner has spent 30+ years in the Tire Industry, and 10+ years in the Track Industry, focused on the Agricultural & Specialty Markets. His experience includes time spent at Alliance Tire Americas Inc. (first as Marketing Director, then as Director of Business Development) and Denman Tire Corp. He started AG Tire Talk in 2016 www.agtiretalk.com and AG Track Talk in 2020. www.agtracktalk.com

SLOWER SPEED PSI IMPACT

AG TIRE TALK KEY TAKEAWAYS

QUESTION: Why is a tire, when run at slower speed, able to carry same load at lower air pressure?

MICHELIN: “The structural integrity of the tire is being compromised, more often as speed increases, and more significantly as air pressure decreases.”

ASCENSO: “The central subject for this question has to do with the law of coefficient of friction- the faster an object moves against another object the more heat is built up, and all tire folks know that heat is the worst enemy of a tire.”

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