Samson Tires

"I know nothing about Samson tires but to me you are WAY overtired. My trailer has a GVRW of ~12,500 and uses the ST 16" "E" tires which are rated at 3500lb ea @ 80 PSI. I have 14k of tire capacity sitting on 10.4k of axle capacity (2 x 5200) with about 9k (guessing, new trailer, not weighed yet) of trailer on the axles/tires (rest on the hitch but not loaded to max). I think I have more tire than I need but am comfortable with it. Would I need to go to and "F" or "G" rated tire, not hardly.

Even 4 "E" LT tires @ 3k = 12k of tires on 10.4k of axle.

Look at the BIG picture, not just the tires....""

My big picture is that I need the extra ply's for off road conditions and not the weight. We basically only boondock off road and a lot of the roads are quite rocky. The Mogollon Rim here in AZ just eats tires!!

If you do decide to go the Samson route, make sure your wheels are rated for 110 PSI. Also the best price I got for my Ribs were at a Discount Tire in Henderson, NV. And availability was no factor, of course this was due to the area. This summer I have been pricing Mich MS tires for the truck in Montana so I could skip sales tax in other states. Well my wife went on Discount Tire's web site, picked the Henderson store and their price blew the prices I got in Montana including NV. state sales tax out of the water. So on our way down to Yuma, AZ. for the winter I'll be back at the same shop. And prices are locked in for 30 days.

I see the name got bought by Uniroyal years ago when it was a US company but Samson is a biblical name of a strong man with a weakness when it came to one woman and used over an over.

Samson of today is not the original Samson Tire Company from the Citadel!

http://www.citadeloutlets.com/info/ourHistory

Chris

Charlie D. wrote:

JIMNLIN wrote:
Years ago we had a Samson truck tire that places like grain elevators or feed stores and agriculture stores sold to ranchers and farmers. They were a low cost 40k mile tire. I haven't seen any in years and I don't know if their the same tire. I had a set on a old clunker truck on the place that didn't make long highway trips. Didn't have any issues with them other than they wore out fast. Actually they were the old bias ply truck tire.

Thoughts ??

From what I can tell your super lite Jayco may have a 10700 GVWR. The trailer sure doesn't need a 14 ply tire at 110 psi and 3700-4000 lbs of capacity.
My 11200 lb 5er has 5200 lbs axle and BFG Commercial T/A LT215/85-16 E at 2680 lbs. Ran the first set for 55k miles and now have approx 40k on the second set. Zero issues.

I would go with a LT E at 2680 or 3042 lbs capacity. Several good usa brands out here with proven track record on our trailers.

What Jim said.

I know nothing about Samson tires but to me you are WAY overtired. My trailer has a GVRW of ~12,500 and uses the ST 16" "E" tires which are rated at 3500lb ea @ 80 PSI. I have 14k of tire capacity sitting on 10.4k of axle capacity (2 x 5200) with about 9k (guessing, new trailer, not weighed yet) of trailer on the axles/tires (rest on the hitch but not loaded to max). I think I have more tire than I need but am comfortable with it. Would I need to go to and "F" or "G" rated tire, not hardly.

Even 4 "E" LT tires @ 3k = 12k of tires on 10.4k of axle.

Look at the BIG picture, not just the tires....

i bought 3 Samson for a really good price online. About $75.00 less per tire than dealer wanted.

I am satisfied with them so far but have less than 500 miles on them.
Class A motorhome

JIMNLIN wrote:
Years ago we had a Samson truck tire that places like grain elevators or feed stores and agriculture stores sold to ranchers and farmers. They were a low cost 40k mile tire. I haven't seen any in years and I don't know if their the same tire. I had a set on a old clunker truck on the place that didn't make long highway trips. Didn't have any issues with them other than they wore out fast. Actually they were the old bias ply truck tire.

Thoughts ??

From what I can tell your super lite Jayco may have a 10700 GVWR. The trailer sure doesn't need a 14 ply tire at 110 psi and 3700-4000 lbs of capacity.
My 11200 lb 5er has 5200 lbs axle and BFG Commercial T/A LT215/85-16 E at 2680 lbs. Ran the first set for 55k miles and now have approx 40k on the second set. Zero issues.

I would go with a LT E at 2680 or 3042 lbs capacity. Several good usa brands out here with proven track record on our trailers.

What Jim said.

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FastEagle

Years ago we had a Samson truck tire that places like grain elevators or feed stores and agriculture stores sold to ranchers and farmers. They were a low cost 40k mile tire. I haven't seen any in years and I don't know if their the same tire. I had a set on a old clunker truck on the place that didn't make long highway trips. Didn't have any issues with them other than they wore out fast. Actually they were the old bias ply truck tire.

Thoughts ??

From what I can tell your super lite Jayco may have a 10700 GVWR. The trailer sure doesn't need a 14 ply tire at 110 psi and 3700-4000 lbs of capacity.
My 11200 lb 5er has 5200 lbs axle and BFG Commercial T/A LT215/85-16 E at 2680 lbs. Ran the first set for 55k miles and now have approx 40k on the second set. Zero issues.

I would go with a LT E at 2680 or 3042 lbs capacity. Several good usa brands out here with proven track record on our trailers.