Another tire dilema
Father is supposed to leave this morning for a 5 day trip, about 1k kms round trip. Last night while inspecting the fiver he noticed that 2 of the 4 tires had cracks in the sidewalls near the rim. The...
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JJBIRISH wrote:
The Carlisle has been redesigned and upgraded to include a full cap… it is unknown how well they will hold up because the new version hasn’t been around long enough and they are now built in China that could be offsetting qualities IMHO…
Using lower air pressure will not hurt the tire or cause it to run appreciably hotter providing the air pressure is adequate for the load ( check the load/inflation charts from the mfg. website) the maximum PSI allows for the maximum load… if your trailer requires max PSI of a LR E (80 PSI) tire now, it was grossly and dangerously overloaded with a LR C (50PSI) tire before… the tire is designed for a given amount of deflection… over inflating will reduce the contact patch and braking ability and reduce tread life…
On the Vanco 2 tires what was posted may have been a bit of a understatement (not necessarily wrong, just understated)… I am researching that a little farther myself and Continental…
Did some more research on your TT vs your tire situation. Your TT has a 8k GVWR. JJBIRISH is correct that you could run that E rated tire at 50 psi (2150 lbs) and still have the load capacity you need and the C rated tire would in fact be sufficient for your TT.
As far as the Continental Vanco 2 tire is concerned I found nothing on their webpage indicating that this utility/van tire was acceptable for use on trailers and I would not recommend it for that purpose at this time. Perhaps Continental will approve it for that use in the future and possibly give folks another alternative but there is no evidence that they have done so based on their web site.
