Tires

Byork wrote:

memtb wrote:

Byork wrote:

memtb wrote:

twodownzero wrote:
I would only look at tires made in the USA. Hankook tires are often made in Korea. Check before buying.

The Korean Hankooks have a very good reputation in the trucking industry. Now, some Hankooks are outsourced to Chine, and I have no information on their quality. I just make certain where the Hankooks I purchase, where from Korea!

I thought I read that Hankooks were made in Tennessee? I could be wrong.
I put Hankooks on my RV mid summer of 2018 and they were all dated from early 2018, just a few months old. I haven't put many miles on them yet, but I'm happy so far. FWIW

It probably depends upon the tire. We’re running 19.5’s on our truck. The DH07’s, a grip/drive tire are made in Korea, which we use all the way around as we have a 4x4.:The AH11’s (steer tire) were made in China!

Ok, yeah those are a much bigger tire than the 16" on my class C.

You comment in the last sentence depends upon what you mean by a "bigger tire". If you mean tire width, then yea, maybe 19.5 inch rims can fit wider tires

However, if you mean tire diameter (or tire height), then probably much taller tires can be fitted on your 16 inch rims than what came stock on your RV.

Our Ford E450 based Class C motorhome's tire wells can accept way taller tires than what came stock on it. For years I have been running taller tires on our Class C's 16 inch rims to as to get more ground clearance all around. Changing of the rims was not necessary at all.

Additionally, say we for example compare two tires that are 34 inches in diameter - one on a 16 inch rim and one on a 19.5 inch rim. Which one do you think will ride better carrying a given weight, at a given air pressure, and with a given suspension? I'm betting that the tire on the 16 inch rim will ride better because it has a greater sidewall tire material height to expand/compress more on bumps - between the road surface and the solid metal of the rim.

For the life of me, I cannot see why so many trucks nowadays have large rims with skinny sidewall tires on them. They must really ride hard. I see the need on race cars to reduce sway on curves at high speeds with strong side forces (and we all know how stiff race cars ride) ... but for common vehicle use???

(I have three vehicles, and all have tires with smaller rims combined with large air chamber tires for a great ride and good ground clearance.)