Had a bad blow out .And tired of reading 1000 post on tires

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NC Hauler wrote:


Don't see what you own in your sig or your profile, but looked at some of your post..Appears it's a GD....don't know any information on it, but if it came with G rated tires or has 6,000 or 7,000# weight rated axles, then you should be fine...I have GY G614's on my 5er, which has a GVW of 16,950# and the tires work great...no problems....

Agree 100%. Have them on ours and never even think about tires. Well, except when I go on the forums...

:B."Never think about tires, except when on the forums"...yep, pretty much it:)

NC Hauler wrote:


Don't see what you own in your sig or your profile, but looked at some of your post..Appears it's a GD....don't know any information on it, but if it came with G rated tires or has 6,000 or 7,000# weight rated axles, then you should be fine...I have GY G614's on my 5er, which has a GVW of 16,950# and the tires work great...no problems....

Agree 100%. Have them on ours and never even think about tires. Well, except when I go on the forums...

Gsport wrote:
I just replaced my tires today with G614 Goodyears.. I sure hope I get the peace of mind I'm looking for.

Don't see what you own in your sig or your profile, but looked at some of your post..Appears it's a GD....don't know any information on it, but if it came with G rated tires or has 6,000 or 7,000# weight rated axles, then you should be fine...I have GY G614's on my 5er, which has a GVW of 16,950# and the tires work great...no problems....


ON EDIT: Looked up specs and see a GVW of 16,000# and axles rated at 7,000#...you should be fine with the GY G614's...What is recommended air pressure? I air mine to 110 psi per HR manufacturer as well as GY...Works great:)

I just replaced my tires today with G614 Goodyears.. I sure hope I get the peace of mind I'm looking for.

I lost a tire last fall and after a lot of research I put on four Goodyear 614 RST (235/85 R16)tires and I'm very happy with them so far, as far as Michelin is concerned I was a loyal customer for much of my adult life but last year after one and a half years and 18.000KLM's all six of my LT235-80R17 started to rot and after a solid week of fighting with them they finally settled on giving me only 70% off on replacements I'll never deal with that company again!

Me Again wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
The Michelin XPS ribs are not a true 235/85-16 and are about an inch shorter than other LT 235/35-16 tires.

That is wrong! You are confused with the Goodyear G614 that is shorter!

XPS RIB 32 inches
LTX M&S2 31.7 incles
Transforce HT 31.73
Commercial TA All Season 2 31.7 inches
R250 31.7 inches
GY G614 30.7

Chris

The original Commercial TA seems to be gone in this size, this All Season 2 is 40.7 pounds where the old TA was 44.1 lbs.

Sorry, my mistake. I was indeed thinking of the G614.

That make your day?

Get the Bridgestone R250's in a 245-75R- E and move on. These tires weigh over 50 lbs. and are built like a tractor trailer tire.

fj12ryder wrote:
The Michelin XPS ribs are not a true 235/85-16 and are about an inch shorter than other LT 235/35-16 tires.

That is wrong! You are confused with the Goodyear G614 that is shorter!

XPS RIB 32 inches
LTX M&S2 31.7 incles
Transforce HT 31.73
Commercial TA All Season 2 31.7 inches
R250 31.7 inches
GY G614 30.7

Chris

The original Commercial TA seems to be gone in this size, this All Season 2 is 40.7 pounds where the old TA was 44.1 lbs.

The Michelin XPS ribs are not a true 235/85-16 and are about an inch shorter than other LT 235/35-16 tires.

We have a 14400 GVWR and 6K axles. Now we aren't near that heavy but with the Duravis R250's I don't worry about the tires. The Bridgestone’s were $75 a tire less than the Michelins. Yes they are expensive, but still less than half what the damage cost you.