Titan Trailer - TIRE SAFETY INFORMATION

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Tire Safety Information
1. TIRE SAFETY INFORMATION
This portion of the User’s Manual contains tire safety information as
required by 49 CFR 575.6.
Section 2.1 contains “Steps for Determining Correct Load Limit - Trailer”.
Section 2.2 contains “Steps for Determining Correct Load Limit – Tow
Vehicle”.
Section 2.3 contains a Glossary of Tire Terminology, including “cold in-
ation pressure”, “maximum ination pressure”, “recommended ination
pressure”, and other non-technical terms. Section 2.4 contains informa-
tion from the NHTSA brochure entitled “Tire Safety – Everything Rides
On It”. This brochure This brochure, as well as the preceding subsec-
tions, describes the following items;
• Tire labeling, including a description and explanation of each
marking on the tires, and information about the DOT Tire Iden-
tication Number (TIN). Recommended tire ination pressure,
including a description and explanation of:
A. Cold ination pressure.
B. Vehicle Placard and location on the vehicle.
C. Adverse safety consequences of under ination (including
tire failure).
D. Measuring and adjusting air pressure for proper ination.
• Tire Care, including maintenance and safety practices.
• Vehicle load limits, including a description and explanation of the
following items:
A. Locating and understanding the load limit information, total
load capacity, and cargo capacity.
B. Calculating total and cargo capacities with varying seating
congurations including quantitative examples showing /
illustrating how the vehicles cargo and luggage capacity
decreases as combined number and size of occupants’
increases. This item is also discussed in Section 3.
C. Determining compatibility of tire and vehicle load capabilities.
D. Adverse safety consequences of overloading on handling
and stopping on tires.
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