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popotla

Active Member

• May 22, 2009

• #1

On my Landrover Defender Td5 County Station Wagon 110 (year 2005) I have just fitted new Michelin LTX A/T 2 tyres (LT 235/85R16 120R). (The treads are different from the earlier LTX A/T.)

What pressures (front and back) and FULLY LOADED and NOT LOADED should these be run at? The LR handbook says “rear @ 48 psi” but this seems wrong.

 

jzcktv

New Member

• May 22, 2009

• #2

The book is right, remember it's not a car, fully loaded is a lot of weight.

 

goonarmy

Beer tester

LZIR Despatch Agent

• May 22, 2009

• #3

popotla said:

The LR handbook says “rear @ 48 psi” but this seems wrong.

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Why?

 

ratty

I'm not special I'm limited edition

• May 22, 2009

• #4

48psi rear is correct.

 

chris_mack

New Member

• May 22, 2009

• #5

sorry to hijack but ive got a 1988 110 csw v8, with 285/75 R16 bfg mud terrains on steel modulars.

what sort of pressures front and rear should i be at? currently got it at 32 psi all round....

 

jzcktv

New Member

• May 22, 2009

• #6

chris_mack said:

sorry to hijack but ive got a 1988 110 csw v8, with 285/75 R16 bfg mud terrains on steel modulars.

what sort of pressures front and rear should i be at? currently got it at 32 psi all round....

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If you contact the manufacturers with the axle weights then they'll give you a definitive answer. The current pressures are too high at the front and too low at the back, especially if loaded up.

The standard figures are 28 psi at the front and 48 psi at the back. The axle weights are 1200 kg front and 1850 kg back, these are the maximum weights, not actual, but the only figures quoted in the handbook.

The bigger than std. tyres fitted spread the weight through a bigger footprint and so should run at a slightly lower pressure in theory to maintain good contact with the road.

 

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onelife

New Member

• May 25, 2009

• #7

unloaded 32F 42R
loaded 38F and 48R on a 96' 110 csw with AT 235/85 16's, also vary 1/4psi with weather