UPGRADE from LT225/75R16 D Rating
Good Morning. . .Wanting to go to a quality tire that either has a "G" load rating of that size or a larger tire if it will fit with dual rear wheels on a 2007 Chevy 3500 Express frame. Suggestion...
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JaxDad wrote:
Tire blow-outs are usually caused by old age failure or hitting road debris. A heavier load rating won't do anything to help with either of those things.
I've heard others say the same thing.
However, I find it highly counter-intuitive that a heavier load rated tire isn't built intrisically "in a stronger way" such as to not only hold higher pressure/higher loads if one cared about that ... but also as a not-talked-about bonus be more difficult to blow out from road debris and also maybe last longer before old age failure.
I would feel A LOT more secure by running Load Range G tires at 80 lbs. on the rear dualies of our Class C over running Load Range E tires at 80 lbs. on our rear dualies. I'd like a tire designer to explain to me (if they could?) the physics of why a G tire at 80 lbs. inflation would not be a tougher tire than an E tire at 80 lbs. inflation.
