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What PSI for 26" Goodyears?

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What PSI for 26" Goodyears?

I'm still flying off my 40 hours of Phase 1 flight testing in my experimental, so I am on asphalt runways and some grass airstrips right now and I'm not sure what the best psi would be?? Empty weight is 1100 lbs...gross weight 1700 lbs.

I got the tires very slightly used, at a great price from a member on this list and just mounted them, tubeless, on my 6" Matco rims with Matco's tubeless conversion kit, which worked very well.

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Re: What PSI for 26" Goodyears?

I used to run mine between 8 and 12psi on my SuperCub and never had any trouble spinning then on the rim, just make sure you clean the beads real good before you mount the tires.
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What PSI for 26" Goodyears?

Don, you are tubeless as I ran them, so a little movement probably won't matter. I would start at 8 and experiment from there. I ran them at 4-5 but I was only 730lb empty.
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Re: What PSI for 26" Goodyears?

Emmet, nothing like getting the straight scoop from the guy who sold them to me :lol:

I love the tires, they are everything you said they were...they'll be going on next Sunday and I'll follow your directions. Thanks.
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