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what truck are the tires on? what is its weight? what is the load range
rating of the tires? what is the GVWR of the trailer[a gooseneck puts 25%
of the trailer weight onto the trucks weight with that info you can get an
idea of what tires you need short of going to a public scale to get
individual axle weights

I tow with Load Range E tires [3415 pounds]. my truck weighs 8000 and my
trailer has a gvwr of 11300 but it rarely weighs over 8000. so for a rough
guess of the load over back wheels take half the truck weight plus 25% of
trailer weight  divided by 2 [4 if you have a dually in the rear] should
give the min tire rating that you want so in my case 4000 + 2800 /2 = 3400
per tire at maximum load

I run the max psi listed on the sidewall loaded and 10psi less empty

--- Eric Drew 
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