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[zing]

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...

Thank you for the detailed response, good info there!

Question not just for you but also for the others that are saying they run on lower pressure for driveability and better tire wear. Doesn't the TPMS system go off? I took a look at some of the forums you linked to and there are ways to do it but it seems like you need to download forscan software, copy it to an ipad/phone, buy a bluetooth BDB connector from amazon, activate a license, then reset the range on the truck computer. Details here (FORScan Spreadsheet - Ford Truck Enthusiasts Forums)While there may be some enthusiasts who think this is normal behavior, that doesn't seem like what the average guy with a truck is doing with his spare time.

Did you guys all do that, or is the TPMS not going off, or do you just ignore the light and the beeping noise?

I like the idea of getting better tire wear, because I only get about 2/3 the life that I used to get on my previous truck that ran at 35 psi. Plus I drive a good bit at about 20,000 miles per year, plus-plus my winter tires don't have TPMS sensors so the truck dings every time I start it all winter. But the TPMS is an issue and I also trailer every week or two, so even though it would be nice to have lower pressure for daily driving, it would be a pain to be pumping it up and down every week or two.

If it was a few buttons on the console it would be one thing, but the stuff at that link seems like quite a process in order to reprogram it.

 

[Jstpssng]

The pressure setting on the monitoring system can be adjusted. Idon't know how, I just know that I've had it done.
I've been told that lowering the pressure would help keep from have flat tires on gravel roads, but I'm not so sure about that. I just buy 10 ply tires so that I don't need to worry so much about it; generally if I start having flats it means the tires are worn and need to be replaced anyways.

 

[PhysAssist]

Thank you for the detailed response, good info there!

Question not just for you but also for the others that are saying they run on lower pressure for driveability and better tire wear. Doesn't the TPMS system go off? I took a look at some of the forums you linked to and there are ways to do it but it seems like you need to download forscan software, copy it to an ipad/phone, buy a bluetooth BDB connector from amazon, activate a license, then reset the range on the truck computer. Details here (FORScan Spreadsheet - Ford Truck Enthusiasts Forums)While there may be some enthusiasts who think this is normal behavior, that doesn't seem like what the average guy with a truck is doing with his spare time.

Did you guys all do that, or is the TPMS not going off, or do you just ignore the light and the beeping noise?

I like the idea of getting better tire wear, because I only get about 2/3 the life that I used to get on my previous truck that ran at 35 psi. Plus I drive a good bit at about 20,000 miles per year, plus-plus my winter tires don't have TPMS sensors so the truck dings every time I start it all winter. But the TPMS is an issue and I also trailer every week or two, so even though it would be nice to have lower pressure for daily driving, it would be a pain to be pumping it up and down every week or two.

If it was a few buttons on the console it would be one thing, but the stuff at that link seems like quite a process in order to reprogram it.

Hi Zing,

You are entirely welcome, I'm just glad it helped someone.

My truck is very old- no TPMS, except me.

My Honda Element has it, and I hate it- the light has now been on for about 2 years, ever since about a week after I had new tires installed, it was fine for that time, then the light came on, even though a quick pressure check showed that the tires were all fine.

On the Honda Element Owners Group forum there are discussions about how to disable [or at least black out the space over it with electrical tape] the idiot light- but I'm too tired and old to be disassembling the dash on an otherwise perfectly-working vehicle for an annoying light.

There were once some rumors that having the sensor tripped could affect traction control or the cruise control, but I haven't had any such problems, so there it sits.

The main reason I didn't get new sensors put in is two-fold:

1) Cost- about 85$ per tire for the sensor and then the labor for taking the tire off the rim, doing the install, and then having to calibrate them, and register them to the on-board module- ask me how I know....

2) It turns out that they are made en mass and then shipped out to local areas- WITH THE BATTERY IN PLACE AND ACTIVE- meaning depending on how long they have been sitting on the shelf, they could run out of charge a day after being installed- especially for a not-very-popular model /size that sat on the shelf for a few years or more before being used...

You should think about installing a portable 12-V compressor [or a 110-V AC compressor with a power inverter] on your truck so you can air up whenever you decide/need/want to haul something...

 

[PhysAssist]

The pressure setting on the monitoring system can be adjusted. Idon't know how, I just know that I've had it done.
I've been told that lowering the pressure would help keep from have flat tires on gravel roads, but I'm not so sure about that. I just buy 10 ply tires so that I don't need to worry so much about it; generally if I start having flats it means the tires are worn and need to be replaced anyways.

My last flat was because of me- while I was climbing into the bed using the tire as a step-ladder, I slipped and my foot popped the valve stem off, so I had to take it to get a new one put on.

 

[3930dave]

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?

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Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

My last flat was because of me- while I was climbing into the bed using the tire as a step-ladder, I slipped and my foot popped the valve stem off, so I had to take it to get a new one put on.

So... you were caught Flat-Footed !

Rgds, D.

 

[DavesTractor]

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?

That thing was not road worthy, but that does not mean it can't be hauled. It had no brakes, etc. Your logic confuses me. Bad axles and poor tires and no brakes aren't much of a liability while being hauled.

 

[3 Horse Ranch]

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?

Tow trailer has brakes..

 

[TMGT]

And moat likely had the boat and "trailer" strapped down to the deck of the flatbed.

 

[spitter]

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