A Brief Guide to Tyre Load Ratings | What & Why
Shopping for your car tyre is not an easy job. If you’re driving a performance-based vehicle, you must ensure to check the load ratings of the tyre you’ll be driving it with. Purchasing the tyres with the wrong load rating can be hazardous, as too much weight might damage the tyres and cause an accident. With this blog, we hope to explain what load ratings are and why is it essential for you to check the load ratings of your new or old tyres. What is Load Rating? As the name suggests, a tyre load rating represents the maximum load or weight a moving tyre can bear, when inflated properly at the fastest speed allowed. The rating is applicable for individual tyres and not for all four. In most cases, each of the four tyres of the vehicle is expected to have identical load ratings. It’s normally represented in numerical value. The higher the tyre’s load index number, the greater will be its load-carrying capacity. For instance, a load index of 105 will represent a load-carrying capacity o...