Tire advice needed,long trip planned
Looking for some good advice if i should buy new tires now or can wait until next year. Just bought a 2016 Montana it came with the trailer king tires we have taken 5 trips, the tires have about 1300...
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What are the odds your current OEM tires will shred/explode/fail on the side of the highway? No one can tell you that. With everything said and done, only you can dial in your own personal aversion to risk.
We're gettin' ready to make a 2-3 month, 6,000 mile cross-country trip next month. To be on the safe side, we upgraded our new 2016 5th wheel toy hauler's OEM E-rated tires to G-rated at a net cost of $461 (sold our nearly new E-rated tires on Craigslist). Loaded (with toys) our axle weight is only 10,100 lbs. (CAT scaled). We never drive faster than 65 MPH. The 4 new G-rated tires we installed have a total load rating of 16,320 lbs. and are speed rated to 87 MPH. A little overkill? Yes, but I think our chances of a tire failure are dramatically reduced vs. using the OEM E-rated tires. That's a lot of peace of mind while driving in the middle of the night, in the middle of nowhere.
Carl n Susan mentioned your rig weighs around 16k. I'm guessing that's about 13k of axle weight. Assuming 3,500 lb. E-rated tires, that only leaves 250 lbs. of load capacity remaining on each tire. That's right on the edge.
The money spent on new, upgraded tires pales in comparison to the cost of repairing the damage a failed tire can inflict on your rig's wheel well---not to mention the drama of dealing with it on the side of the road. Once a person has experienced a tire/bearing failure (especially in the middle of nowhere) they tend to look at tires/bearings in a totally different light.
In my opinion, if new, upgraded tires are in your budget, I'd go for 'em---especially with a heavier rig like yours. It's good insurance and peace of mind.
We're gettin' ready to make a 2-3 month, 6,000 mile cross-country trip next month. To be on the safe side, we upgraded our new 2016 5th wheel toy hauler's OEM E-rated tires to G-rated at a net cost of $461 (sold our nearly new E-rated tires on Craigslist). Loaded (with toys) our axle weight is only 10,100 lbs. (CAT scaled). We never drive faster than 65 MPH. The 4 new G-rated tires we installed have a total load rating of 16,320 lbs. and are speed rated to 87 MPH. A little overkill? Yes, but I think our chances of a tire failure are dramatically reduced vs. using the OEM E-rated tires. That's a lot of peace of mind while driving in the middle of the night, in the middle of nowhere.
Carl n Susan mentioned your rig weighs around 16k. I'm guessing that's about 13k of axle weight. Assuming 3,500 lb. E-rated tires, that only leaves 250 lbs. of load capacity remaining on each tire. That's right on the edge.
The money spent on new, upgraded tires pales in comparison to the cost of repairing the damage a failed tire can inflict on your rig's wheel well---not to mention the drama of dealing with it on the side of the road. Once a person has experienced a tire/bearing failure (especially in the middle of nowhere) they tend to look at tires/bearings in a totally different light.
In my opinion, if new, upgraded tires are in your budget, I'd go for 'em---especially with a heavier rig like yours. It's good insurance and peace of mind.
