Re: speed rating of tires

From: Arnoldo Silva (silva@rio.bravo.net)
Date: Tue Apr 17 2001 - 23:18:37 EDT


my tires in the front say S and in the back they say T i found a web site
that said that mine are rated to112 and 118 if they are based on a 24 hour
test then is it ok to go up to lets say 130 for a few seconds?
arnold
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Smith" <jon@fast4x4.net>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: DML: speed rating of tires

> Usually right after the size... i.e. on my new skins it says
"31x10.50LTx15
> 109 Q" 31" tall, 10.5" wide, 15" rim, LT denotes a 'light truck' tire,
> 109Q is Q speed rated to 109mph. The rating is based on that speed under
> load for 24hrs straight.
>
>
> On 2001.04.17 22:24 Arnoldo Silva wrote:
> > where on the tire does it say the speed rating? Z, S, T, and what do
> > they
> > mean.
> > arnold
> >
> >
> >
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