Trailer Tires
Good afternoon fellow 5'ers. I am in the process of buying a used 5'er and would like to put new tires on it before I move it to it's new home since it has been sitting parked in the same spot for th...
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DBTex wrote:
I would like to thank everyone for their input on the topic of tires. Due to my tire size (225/75R/15) I discovered that availability was fairly limited. I did check on Michelins & Bridgestones but they are not available in this size.
I ended up ordering the Maxxis tires from Discount Tire. Due to the empty weight of the new 5th wheel that I will be buying, I wanted something that had a better weight load rating. The Maxxis ST's are a 10 ply tire which should be more than adequate to carry my rig which has an empty weight of approx. 7600 lbs. In order to get into larger tires that would mean new rims and I'm not prepared to tackle that extra expense at this time. That will be a project that goes on my "to do" list of future enhancements to this (new to me) 5'er. Happy trails to everyone.
Maxxis will work fine...As long as you are putting the same weight rating tire on that came off, shouldn't be an issue, even if you load the unit.
