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fj12ryder
May 20, 2020Explorer III
azdryheat wrote:That 3,266 lbs. assumes that all axles/wheels carry the same weight. After weighing individual wheels on my triple axle toyhauler, I discovered considerable discrepancies between wheels, to the tune of around 500 lbs. difference.
10% over axle rating doesn't take into account the pin weight on a 5th wheel, which on my trailer is 3,500 pounds (scaled). My trailer has 3x7,000 pound axles and increasing 21,000 by 10% comes to 23,100 pounds to satisfy RVIA.
However, subtracting the pin weight, my three axles only need to carry 19,600 pounds. 19,600 equates to 3,266 pounds per tire - well within the load range of any E rated tire. BTW my GVWR is 19,000.
And I don't think all E-rated tires are rated to carry 3,266 lbs. E-rated LT tires, which are very popular trailer tire options, are only rated to 3,042 lbs. I believe.
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