Maintain safe tire pressure.Just like maintaining a safe blood pressure contributes to good health, maintaining safe tire pressure on your up-armored HMMWV HMMWV High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV is a trademark of AM General LLC; aka HUMVEE, also a trademark of AM General LLC) will do the same for you. Correct tire pressure is critical for vehicle mobility in snow, ice, sand, or mud. It also results in better vehicle braking and stability. Tires with low pressure may lead to tire failure, uneven wear of the tread tread injury to the coronet of the horse's hoof by treading on it by the opposite hoof, or by another horse when they are being worked in a team. If the coronary matrix is injured there may be a subsequent crack or deformity. , shortened tire life, and undetectable damage to the structural steel cords. Ply cords weakened by underinflation may break and cause an explosive rupture rupture, in medicine: see hernia. . This could result in serious injury or death. Don't let negligence hinder hin·der 1 v. hin·dered, hin·der·ing, hin·ders v.tr. 1. To be or get in the way of. 2. To obstruct or delay the progress of. v.intr. the mission. Keep tabs on tire pressure using the guidance shown in this chart. And remember that "unloaded" means no sandbags sandbags small sacks containing sand used to support an anesthetized animal in dorsal recumbency and prevent it from rolling sideways during anesthesia or surgery. or other added items for protection, but does include a driver and a passenger. Vehicle Front PSI Rear PSI Unloaded M1113, M1151, M1152 20 20 M1114, M1151P1 35 45 Loaded (gross vehicle weight) 40 50 M1113, M1151, M1152 40 50 M1114, M1151P1 Mud, sand and snow 20 30 (30 mph max speed) |
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