RT622 Trailer Tire PSI....?

[canamjhb]

We are getting ready for our annual West Coast tour. I inspected the trailer tires as the trailer has not been used for a few months. The trailer placard says to air up to 35PSI which is where I have been running them. The tires look good but the contact patch is only on the middle 3/5ths of the tread. The tire specs have a load of 205#s at 60PSI. My trailer has a maximum GVW of 400#s so the tires can only carry a total of 10#s more than the maximum and that is with 60#PSI. What the tires are saying doesn't correspond with the trailer and neither seems to reflect reality. These are the OEM (Kenda) tires. Thoughts or recommendations......?

 

[SpyderAnn01]

I run 45

 

[PW2013STL]

I run 45

Same here.

 

[canamjhb]

Thank you very much for the replies. I think I have discovered the reason for (some of) my confusion. For those of us in Spyder Land, Momma Spyder stamped maximum weight of 205#s on our trailer tires. That exact same tire has a weight capacity of 785#s for the rest of the world. Nice to know they are looking out for us by feeding us BS.....

 

[trikermutha]

Think it depends to how much weight you plan on puting into the trailer.

 

[Cruzr Joe]

40 to 45 Lbs should be adequate for any load.

Cruzr Joe