{"id":31,"date":"2014-10-10T14:12:18","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T19:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/?p=31"},"modified":"2024-02-21T12:01:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T18:01:22","slug":"maintaining-correct-tire-air-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/maintaining-correct-tire-air-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"Maintaining Correct Tire Air Pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Benefits of proper tire air pressure<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Gives the best traction, performance, and handling<\/li>\n<li>Better\u00a0long-term\u00a0fuel\u00a0economy<\/li>\n<li>Prolongs tread life<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Disadvantages of low tire air pressure<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Shortens\u00a0tread life (more wear on the edges of the tread)<\/li>\n<li>Higher risk of tire blowouts<\/li>\n<li>Worse\u00a0long-term fuel economy<\/li>\n<li>Worse performance and handling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Disadvantages of high tire air pressure<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Rougher ride<\/li>\n<li>Higher risk of tire\u00a0blowouts<\/li>\n<li>Shortens tread life (more wear in the middle of the tread)<\/li>\n<li>Worse traction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <a title=\"Tire Pressure Gauge Guide\" href=\"\/blog\/tire-pressure-gauge-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recommended tire air pressure<\/a> for your vehicle is listed in the owner\u2019s manual or on the sticker inside the driver side door frame. Do not use the number that is stamped on your tires. That number is actually the maximum load and minimum inflation pressure for that load. It is the highest air pressure the tire can hold without the risk of bursting.<\/p>\n<p>The recommended tire pressure listed is the vehicle&#8217;s proper\u00a0cold tire inflation pressure. This means that you will want to <a title=\"Tire Pressure: How To Check It - Blain's Farm &amp; Fleet Blog\" href=\"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/tire-pressure-check\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">check your tire pressure in<\/a> the morning before you drive your car or truck. Please keep in mind that fluctuations in temperature will change your tire pressure. Air expands when heated and contracts when cooled. Therefore, it&#8217;s important to frequently check the air pressure in your tires. Try making a habit of checking ever other time when you fill up your gas tank. At the very least, check your tire air pressure once per month and adjust it to the right amount.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any problems\u00a0checking the air pressure in your <a title=\"Tires\" href=\"\/tires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tires<\/a>, please have your <a title=\"Blain's Farm &amp; Fleet Automotive Service \" href=\"\/automotive-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trusted automotive technician<\/a> show you how\u00a0to keep your tires\u00a0properly inflated to make sure your vehicle performs its best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maintain correct tire air pressure in your car at all time for safety. Learn the pros and cons of high tire pressure and low tire pressure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":32,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1467],"content_type":[1373],"class_list":["post-31","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-automotive","tag-tires","content_type-article"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Maintaining Correct Tire Air Pressure | Blain&#039;s Farm &amp; Fleet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Maintain correct tire air pressure in your car at all time for safety. Learn the pros and cons of high tire pressure and low tire pressure.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/maintaining-correct-tire-air-pressure\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Maintaining Correct Tire Air Pressure | Blain&#039;s Farm &amp; Fleet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Maintain correct tire air pressure in your car at all time for safety. Learn the pros and cons of high tire pressure and low tire pressure.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/maintaining-correct-tire-air-pressure\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blain&#039;s Farm &amp; Fleet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BlainsFarmandFleet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-10-10T19:12:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-21T18:01:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/tire-pressure.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"361\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"240\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Blain&#039;s Farm &amp; Fleet\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@farmandfleet\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@farmandfleet\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Blain&#039;s Farm &amp; Fleet\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Maintaining Correct Tire Air Pressure | Blain&#039;s Farm &amp; Fleet","description":"Maintain correct tire air pressure in your car at all time for safety. Learn the pros and cons of high tire pressure and low tire pressure.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/maintaining-correct-tire-air-pressure\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Maintaining Correct Tire Air Pressure | Blain&#039;s Farm &amp; Fleet","og_description":"Maintain correct tire air pressure in your car at all time for safety. Learn the pros and cons of high tire pressure and low tire pressure.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/maintaining-correct-tire-air-pressure\/","og_site_name":"Blain&#039;s Farm &amp; Fleet","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BlainsFarmandFleet","article_published_time":"2014-10-10T19:12:18+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-02-21T18:01:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":361,"height":240,"url":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/tire-pressure.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Blain's Farm &amp; Fleet","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@farmandfleet","twitter_site":"@farmandfleet","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Blain's Farm &amp; Fleet","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/maintaining-correct-tire-air-pressure\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/maintaining-correct-tire-air-pressure\/"},"author":{"name":"Blain's Farm &amp; Fleet","@id":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/fa149777027fd858662da7de11077abb"},"headline":"Maintaining Correct Tire Air Pressure","datePublished":"2014-10-10T19:12:18+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-21T18:01:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/maintaining-correct-tire-air-pressure\/"},"wordCount":285,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/maintaining-correct-tire-air-pressure\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/tire-pressure.jpg","keywords":["Tires"],"articleSection":["Automotive"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/maintaining-correct-tire-air-pressure\/","url":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/maintaining-correct-tire-air-pressure\/","name":"Maintaining Correct Tire Air Pressure | Blain&#039;s Farm &amp; Fleet","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/maintaining-correct-tire-air-pressure\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/maintaining-correct-tire-air-pressure\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/tire-pressure.jpg","datePublished":"2014-10-10T19:12:18+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-21T18:01:22+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/fa149777027fd858662da7de11077abb"},"description":"Maintain correct tire air pressure in your car at all time for safety. Learn the pros and cons of high tire pressure and low tire pressure.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/maintaining-correct-tire-air-pressure\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/maintaining-correct-tire-air-pressure\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/maintaining-correct-tire-air-pressure\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/tire-pressure.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/tire-pressure.jpg","width":361,"height":240,"caption":"Many people take a close look at their tires once or twice a year and then forget about them. However, your tires are one of the most important elements of your vehicle and definitely something you do not want to neglect. Maintaining the correct air pressure in your tires should be a top priority on your vehicle maintenance to-do list!"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/maintaining-correct-tire-air-pressure\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Maintaining Correct Tire Air Pressure"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/","name":"Blain&#039;s Farm &amp; Fleet","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/fa149777027fd858662da7de11077abb","name":"Blain's Farm &amp; Fleet","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/561cc924db7f2cfa20402217b4628608bd9343c6b1059ef55cfebb8d49ef5350?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/561cc924db7f2cfa20402217b4628608bd9343c6b1059ef55cfebb8d49ef5350?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/561cc924db7f2cfa20402217b4628608bd9343c6b1059ef55cfebb8d49ef5350?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Blain's Farm &amp; Fleet"},"url":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/author\/blains\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36798,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions\/36798"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31"},{"taxonomy":"content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content_type?post=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}