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RV Tire Safety: DOT tire safety regulations

By Roger Marble Occasionally I will get questions about some specific feature in a tire or am asked why tire engineers didn't design tires to...

RV Tire Safety: RVer thinks 65 psi in TT tires is too much; asks for advice

By Roger Marble "65 psi is too much" was the opinion posted on an RV Tips Facebook page by Tom. He said: "OK, I can’t...

RV Tire Safety: Adjusting tire pressure because it’s cold outside

By Roger Marble I ran across a series of posts on an RV forum on the need to adjust tire pressure because of changes in...

RV Tire Safety: A relevant question (plus much info) on 4-corner weights

By Roger Marble Andy recently wrote to me about 4-corner weights, as follows: Good afternoon, Roger. I wanted to double-check myself regarding tire position weights. In...

RV Tire Safety: Are IR thermometers good for detecting low inflation in tires?

By Roger Marble Here's a comment I read recently about RV tires: "I carry a heat gun with me. When I stop I check all...

RV Tire Safety: Why so much confusion on tire inflation?!

By Roger Marble Why is there so much confusion on tire inflation versus max inflation versus my recommendation of +10%? Here's a question posted on an...

RV Tire Safety: Tire air pressure, not the tire structure, supports the load

By Roger Marble As part of a discussion on tire inflation and cold weather I spotted one special post. I'm publishing it here, with the...

RV Daily Tips. Thursday, October 28, 2021

Issue 1719 Welcome to another edition of RV Travel’s Daily Tips newsletter. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and living tips from the pros, travel advice,...

RV Tire Safety: It’s just a wheel. What can go wrong?

By Roger Marble A wheel is just a wheel, isn’t it? That wasn’t the exact phrase used in a recent post, but it seemed to be...

RV Tire Safety: All about tow vehicle tire wear and TT tire inflation

By Roger Marble Below is a question from the owner of an Airstream. My answer below that would apply to other brands of tow vehicles...

RV Tire Safety: What “size” are your tires? Part 3 – “TBR” (on Class A RVs)

By Roger Marble This is Part 3 of a 3-part series. Finally, we move to Truck-Bus Radials aka “TBR” tires. These are seen on all the...

RV Tire Safety: What size are your tires? Part 2 – ST and LT

By Roger Marble This is Part 2 of a 3-part series. Last week in Part 1, I covered Passenger (P) car type/size tires. This week we...