It's a Shame!
It's a shame RV manufactures (Keystone, specifically) resort to putting marginal tires, on their "luxury" fifth wheels. I realize it's a cost factor, but they are shooting themselves in the foot as fa...
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rbowen1063 wrote:I am just curious but you quoted the "Gross of the 5er is 15500#". Was that a scale weight or a brochure weight?Terryallan wrote:
Were your new tires not rated to carry the weight of the 5er??? Seems that would be a law suit waiting to happen.
Remember. they don't carry the full load of the 5er. The pin weight is carried by the truck
The tires that failed were the Powerking Towmax "E" rated (that came with the "new" 5er), 80 psi tires. If you do the math, the Gross of the 5er is 15500#, minus the 20% pin weight, leaving 12400# to be support by 4 tires (3100# per tire). The max load marked on the Towmax is 3520# (single). You would think this would be OK? But, with 3 blowouts, I have my doubts? The tire were made 38th week 2012 and had about 4000 miles. I think the Towmax is an inferior tire for that weight.
