Need Wheels help/ no tires, promis
We recently returned from a 4k trip and had a great time. On the way home, we had a flat tire so I stopped to get it repaired. Turned out the wheel had begun to leak. I checked a 2nd tire and it w...
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3iron wrote:
Sorry for not getting back. Yes, the wheels were leaking air. The 5er is a Mobile Suites and definitely not overloaded.
Going back to your original post, you state that you have a Mobile Suites with a 6000 lb axle rating (3000 lbs per tire). That's concerning me since we had a very early Mobile Suites (2004 MS 36RE3 #1291) that came with the 16" chromed steel wheels, but it had a 7000 lb axle rating and came equipped with Goodyear G614 RST tires rated 3750 lbs @ 110 PSIG.
After a couple of failures of the early design G614s, I replaced the tires and wheels with 17.5" Michelin XTAs rated 4805 lbs @ 120 PSIG and never had another problem.
Anyway, back to my point. If you indeed have a Mobile Suites with 6K axles and are upgrading wheels, I would never put anything less than the current upgraded G614s with the 3750 lb rating under it. A 3042 lb rated LT235/85R16E isn't enough tire for these heavy 5th wheels regardless of your sticker info (which, if I were you, I would double-check with DRV).
Now, if you have a Select Suites, then the 6K axles might be a possibility....
Rusty
