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Old Sep 13, 2012 | 07:46 PM
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Got another Q... I'm potentially looking at these : http://www.mytyres.co.uk/cgi-bin/rsh...110&sowigan=Wi

Yes there's gonna be MUCH better tyres out there, but my budget just doesn't stretch to them, and since the retread ones are the same price, might as well buy new I guess

But my question is the load rating. I understand tyre sizing, and speed rating (H=130mph), but I don't understand load rating. These tyres have a load rating of 89, which after some googling tells me an 89H tyre is rated to carry 1300lbs at 130mph

However my car is 3000lb (according to Wikipedia)

So, what might be a stupid question, but is EACH tyre rated to carry 1300lbs, or is is a maximum load of 1300lbs across all 4 tyres? Because if it's each, then I would think that a set of 89H tyres can carry a car that weighs a little over 5000lbs, or am I completely wrong a set of 4 89H tyres can only carry a car that weighs no more than 1300lbs?
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