LT tires
A question for you folks who have, or are going to, switch to LT tires on your fiver. Are there certain characteristics that make one tire more desirable than another or will any LT tire be fine? My f...
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Me Again wrote:justme wrote:
I see a lot of discussion no tires and disk brake conversions. But what about dual tires like trailers use to have. Why not convert to dual tires, if one is paranoid about tire blow outs?
The frames would have to be designed differently to run dual wheels.
There are much cheaper solutions for 5200-6K axles in LT235/85R16E(3042) tires and for 7K axles LT235/85R16G(3750) tires. There is also 215/75R17.5H(4805) rated tire for really heavy rigs.
In my book anyone that tries to run a poly carcass tire on a heavy/tall 5th wheel is just asking for problems, if they are going to see America with their rig and tow for hours on end day after day.
If one is going to go to the lake 10 miles away, then have at it with cheap tires.
Of course this issue repeats it's self year after year. Some manufacturers start installing LRG tires OEM, and then revert back to LRE ST's. That was what was on Montana's and we recently looked at! LRE ST tires.
Chris
This is assuming that the mfr actually installs 16" wheels, which almost all do =not= do for FWs < 12-13k.
How many dealers might be swapping out good tires for junk on the lot? I've often wondered about that when I read stuff like this.
Lyle
