Heavy Class C Tire thoughts
Hey All! I've had some tire issues in the past so ready to try something different. I have been running toyo's forever out of convenience. I was planning on going with the Michelin LTX A/T2 ti...
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RambleOnNW wrote:whemme wrote:RambleOnNW wrote:But the Michelin 225/75-R16C is not an E rated tire. You are trying to compare apples to oranges.whemme wrote:
Sorry to say but all E rated tires of a certain size by any brand have the exact same max load carrying capacity when inflated to 80 psi.
Actually not. You can see from the Michelin load tables that the dual application of the C-Metric 225/75-R16C has 1000 lbs. more per pair or 2000 lbs. more per 4 rear tires at 80 psi. 5950 vs. 4940 lbs. per pair.
https://www.rvsafety.com/images/pdf/michelinloadandinflationrvtruck.pdf
So what Load Range do you think it is? It says right in the table it is an LRE.
Perhaps I can explain this.
First, whemme is mostly right, but he could have worded it better.
But RambleOnNW is sort of right, too - and he also could have worded it better.
What is going on here is the difference between tire standardizing organizations. Whemme is referring to LT tires (US based standard) and what RambleonNW is referring to are C type tires (European based standard). They use the same number for the tire dimensions, but they use different formulae to figure out the load carrying capacity.
Technically, LT tries (US standard) come in Load Ranges, while C type tires (Euro standard) come in Load Indices (not load ranges). But tire retailers aren't quite this savvy, so they fall back on what is familiar - Load Ranges - and label these C type tires with Load Ranges (incorrectly!)
I hope that explains things.
