Tire pressure in winter months

[richbat]

Now before you go dang this guy knows nothing about tire pressure? I'm well aware of it but one thing that I tend to do in the winter months has me asking myself if it's the right thing to do? So this is what I do in the colder months,I check my pressure when tires are in the cold temp. not after driving but what I do is put 2 extra pounds in them to negotiate for air loss during cold season,does this sound right or should I just leave them at the recommended specs on the door jam?

[kgrumbach]

As the season gets colder your tires will drop their tire pressure some. I usually bump them up little by little as the average daily temps start

 

getting colder. I adjust them when their cold and just look at my tpm every now and then.

[scott19677]

Not me! I'm leaving mine on 30psi so they will wear out by Spring and I will have no trouble in talking the lady into letting me buy new safer "wink,wink" tires. Remember to practice your poker face for when you say, "WOW I WONDER WHY OEM TIRES WEAR OUT SO QUICK?' You're welcome.

[99silveradoz71]

I just did the same the other night after noticing mine had dropped psi a bit with the weather change.

[waumo1]

I check the pressure in the garage where it stays 60F in the winter and add 1 PSI for every 12 degree F the 60 is from the average outside temp. So for instance in Jan/Feb I set the pressure about 3-4 PSI higher.

[richbat]

So I guess it's ok to run them a little higher in the cold season.Thanks for the replies

[00Silverado4x4]

It's not really running any "extra" in the tires in winter, you are just correcting the pressure to account for the temperature change.

[dard6555]

I check the pressure in the garage where it stays 60F in the winter and add 1 PSI for every 12 degree F the 60 is from the average outside temp. So for instance in Jan/Feb I set the pressure about 3-4 PSI higher.

 

60 degrees in the garage in the winter. That's funny.

[waumo1]

 

60 degrees in the garage in the winter. That's funny.

How so? 60F is what I have the furnace set to. It is also my workshop.

[dard6555]

In Montana, my garage does not go above 60 unless it is summer. Heating it seems cost prohibitive when it is 2 degrees outside. I did enjoy replacing the wifes brakes on her Honda the other day when the garage was 20 degrees.

 

But up here, as far as the tire pressue stuff goes, just add a little to keep them at the recommended pressure is all I do.

[barry G]

So I guess it's ok to run them a little higher in the cold season.Thanks for the replies

 

you could get out of all that with LT rated.

set it once, and pressure is high enough to not notice.

 

Just for november in my locale it has been a 7f low to a brain snapping 55...it only gets worse.

 

I have concluded, if those pressures need to be played with, they are a 707 from the 1950s, or p-rated tread on the chevy.

 

To this day, I have no clue how those p-rated are even allowed, even on the wimpiest half ton...

no need of them.