Goodyear Marathon Tires
I know this has been beat before, but I purchased a 2011 40 foot Jayco Pinnacle. It came with 235-80-16 load range E Goodtear Marathon tires (dated 2010). I recently took a cross county trip from Sy...
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lawtonglenn wrote:hmknightnc wrote:
...your tires are only rated at 3200# apiece meaning 12.8k# on the axles. I think a 40' Pinnacle loaded would wiegh considerable more than that. Just guessing but I think your tires are likely overloaded. ...
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If you look at this link, those exact tires have a weight rating of 3420lbs at 80psi ... so all 4 would be 13,680
Goodyear Marathon ST235/80R16 Load E specs
If you look at this link, it shows the current 40' pinnacle at a GVWR of 15,950 !!!!! your tires are overloaded by 17% !!!
Pinnacle 40' specs
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About 20% of the gross weight is pin weight on the truck and is not carried on the tires. Are the Marathon's or any other LRE tire the right choice for a trailer that size and weight? Only on paper, in real use those and similar offerings from other vendors just do not appear to be up to the task, as OP's story is repeated way to often. Chris
