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[California]

That had to hurt .....

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[Little Tractor]

Brakeless boat trailer made of pallets, duct tape nets B.C. driver $2K in fines | Globalnews.ca


lets see if he can do three in a row. or maybe this belongs in the pallet tread, oh don't go there too.

 

[Travelover]

Brakeless boat trailer made of pallets, duct tape nets B.C. driver $2K in fines | Globalnews.ca


lets see if he can do three in a row. or maybe this belongs in the pallet tread, oh don't go there too.

Geeze, you Canadians are picky. :laughing:

 

[Midniteoyl]

Seriously.. Its strapped down and everything!

 

[zing]

Brakeless boat trailer made of pallets, duct tape nets B.C. driver $2K in fines | Globalnews.ca


lets see if he can do three in a row. or maybe this belongs in the pallet tread, oh don't go there too.

So they gave him $2000 in tickets and then loaded the whole thing onto a flatdeck to tow it? Seems to me that even on the flatdeck the pallets and straps are still holding it together. Seems to me the tow driver deserved the same fines as the original driver. If not, then they didn't really have a reason to fine that original driver did they?

 

[zing]

...And that's also when the recommendation for which tire pressure standards to use/follow was changed to say that the tire pressure placard inside the driver's door should be followed, regardless of the pressures listed on the tire sidewalls.

Which is why my F-350's fronts are at 55#, and the rears are at 80#, and why every @#$%^&*$#@ time I get new tires put on- no matter who/where puts them on, or what instructions I give them- I have to drive the thing home, and increase the tire pressures to spec.

The first time I drove it home from getting new tires, I almost rolled it- it is crazy squirrelly to try to keep on the road when all the tires are at the same 35# or whatever the sidewalls say is correct.

My F-250 door says 75 psi front and 80 rear. I have never had anyone inflate them at 35 when I got new tires, and I have gone through multiple set of summers plus two sets of winters. The people at tire places must be morons where you live.

Are you sure yours is 55# in the front, or is that a typo? 55 psi seems pretty low for the front of an F-350.

 

[LMychajluk]

My F-250 door says 75 psi front and 80 rear. I have never had anyone inflate them at 35 when I got new tires, and I have gone through multiple set of summers plus two sets of winters. The people at tire places must be morons where you live....

Pretty sure 35 is the correct pressure for OEM tires on an F150 (non E-rated tires). Maybe they just can't tell the difference between the trucks?

 

[Midniteoyl]

I normally run at 60psi front and rear unless running a fairly heavy load. More comfortable ride and better tire wear.

 

[PhysAssist]

My F-250 door says 75 psi front and 80 rear. I have never had anyone inflate them at 35 when I got new tires, and I have gone through multiple set of summers plus two sets of winters. The people at tire places must be morons where you live.

Are you sure yours is 55# in the front, or is that a typo? 55 psi seems pretty low for the front of an F-350.

I wondered too at first- but the change in drive-ability sold me- and in addition:

Proper tire pressure for F350 front and back - Diesel Forum - TheDieselStop.com -from 2005

Tire Pressure for everyday driving - Ford Powerstroke Diesel Forum -from 2015

and:

F350 Tire Pressures - Ford Truck Enthusiasts Forums -2017

and finally:

Proper Tire Inflation



Although I have to admit, I never read those back in the early 2000's when I bought it lightly used- instead I asked my [former] mechanic/ [still] fellow high school alumnus, who runs a fleet of them as haulers and plows- and he told me that I could either follow the door plates reccs, or do as MO, and others have stated and lower the pressures for comfort- but I have always felt that when tires are softer, I don't feel the road as well, so I don't feel as in control of the process.

[I had words with his service manager about his [the manager's] policy of wanting to spend my money, instead of learning how to cost-effectively diagnose vehicle problems, so we don't do business there anymore.]

It's probably a hold-over from when all the vehicles I had really ever driven much were of the standard/manual transmission flavor, and I didn't really like or trust AT vehicles as much.

In fact, I almost bought an F350 w/ a MT, but I was already feeling the age of my knees, and knew that it/they would also get old pretty quickly.

BTW, my truck is a 7.3L diesel, and I don't care at all about about ride [and hardly at all about tread-life] because it's registered as a farm truck- so it sits a lot, with occasional intervals of heavy hauling for stone, logs, family moving days, and in the winter snowplowing with approx 600-8000# of scrap iron in the bed.

Sadly, until the rush to raise diesel prices happened just before Hurricane Katrina even hit, it had been my daily driver...

 

[Midniteoyl]

BTW, my truck is a 7.3L diesel, and I don't care at all about about ride [and hardly at all about tread-life] because it's registered as a farm truck- so it sits a lot, with occasional intervals of heavy hauling for stone, logs, family moving days, and in the winter snowplowing with approx 600-8000# of scrap iron in the bed.

Ya, in that case leaving them air up is probably the better bet.