5th wheel tires

I haven't noticed any ride difference as of yet. I ran 65 lbs. of air in the Carlisle tires and I really had hopes they would work out. I lost one in the summer coming out of Silver City, New Mexico after getting on I-10. A passerby alerted me to pull over which I did right away. The right rear tandem tire was literally gone to the point there was a 2" band of rubber sidewall on both sides of the rim but no tire in the middle. It was spooky and I was lucky the rim didn't hit the pavement. I changed out tires and they went to Discount.
The ambient heat was probably 100 degrees at the time. Since there was no tire left to look at, I could not do an autopsy of what happened to the rest of the tire.

Curly2001 wrote:
The Endurance tires I purchased from Discount came with the advice from Discount to run them at MAX pressure all the time for the best towing/tire results. The trailer came with China bombs which did blow up, I tried Carlisle which one blew apart, and now have Endurance which so far, have done fine in the Arizona heat. Last year came through Phoenix at 112 degrees with my fingers crossed, checking my tire monitors and did make it to Tucson with no problems.
Curly

Good to know Curly! Do you notice any ride difference, towing your FW, with 80 psi, compared to what likely were D-rated tires originally, with 65 psi??

Jerry

The Endurance tires I purchased from Discount came with the advice from Discount to run them at MAX pressure all the time for the best towing/tire results. The trailer came with China bombs which did blow up, I tried Carlisle which one blew apart, and now have Endurance which so far, have done fine in the Arizona heat. Last year came through Phoenix at 112 degrees with my fingers crossed, checking my tire monitors and did make it to Tucson with no problems.
Curly

azdryheat wrote:
Any tire from China is junk, no other way to describe them.

This kinda brought to mind another saying on this board about silicon. Any mention of either will get you beat with a wet noodle, I don't care what anyone else says. :B

83trekker wrote:
I am replacing mine this year, my axle is slightly off as it burned 2 of the tires off, but i did take 7 years for it to happen. Called our largest axle place here and to re align it its the cost of a new axle. I am not going to bother fixing it. The way it wears the tires down, by the time they are worn down its time to replace the tires anyways.

I spose you have been checking the heat on those tires that are scuffing? The tires on the bent axle i got rid of got pretty darn warm, even smelled a little. :h

Thanks for all the great answers, they are really appreciated

pcm1959 wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:
If you are running full 110 inflation on a rig that only needs 80 it is overkill.

If airing based on weight carry on.

If I recall, GY says to run a tire at max speed rating it must be run at max sidewall pressure. Yes???

Don’t know.

Yeah Goodyear offers this advise for all trailer owners (rv and non rv)....
Goodyear Tire and Rubber .... weighing RVs
Special Considerations

**Unless trying to resolve poor ride quality problems with an RV trailer, it is recommended that trailer tires be inflated to the pressure indicated on the sidewall of the tire. Trailer tires experience significant lateral (side-to-side) loads due to vehicle sway from uneven roads or passing vehicles. Using the inflation pressure engraved on the sidewall will provide optimum load carrying capacity and minimize heat build-up.**

Of course their thinking is most folks don't over tire their trailers such using a ST G at 4080-4400 lbs capacity on trailers with 6k axles and 2800 lbs per tire loads.

Cummins12V98 wrote:
If you are running full 110 inflation on a rig that only needs 80 it is overkill.

If airing based on weight carry on.

If I recall, GY says to run a tire at max speed rating it must be run at max sidewall pressure. Yes???

If you are running full 110 inflation on a rig that only needs 80 it is overkill.

If airing based on weight carry on.