LT Tire Replacements - All season

jaycocamprs wrote:
We have the R250's in the LT235/85R16. They have most definitely been run below 45 degrees, even a few times approaching 20 degrees. I never knew to worry about it, and haven’t seen any ill effect. We have about 9000# on 2 6000# axles with about 2800# on the pin, just under 12000# total. So the load is on average just under 75% of max.
The prior set of tires were BFG Commercial TA's. They were bought in August of 09 when I upgraded our last trailer from 15” ST tires to 16” LT tires. 2 Years later we bought the Mountaineer and I had the tires switched. In early 2013 I saw a bulge in 1 tire and replaced all 4 with the Bridgestone R250's.
Did you remount the tires on the same side of the trailer, so the direction of rotation was the same?

Hi jaycocampers,

Thanks for the response. Seems your upgrade from 15" ST's to 16" LT's is similar to mine along with the BFG's. I had 3 failed Denman ST failures for the start of tread separation which then drove me to the BFG LT's. Now the BFG's had the same issue just it took longer to get to this place.

Good to hear your R250's and low temps have worked out well. This is good to hear. I also wondered about hydroplaning regardless of temp. I'm assuming the deep grooves lets the water fly out the back as there is no sips on the outer ribs. And I have not heard of this being an issue but did not ask all the XPS ribs folks or the R250 folks.

I have now bought 5 new R2328's and just finished mounting them. Still have to put them on the camper, have to repair the body damage from the flying threads on the 2 blowouts first. I'm looking forward to feeling the difference of the R238's. That tire is in a different league altogether then the BFG's and I'm sure the cost shows it too...

I will post some info soon on what I received from calls to Bridgestone tech service on the R238's as they are now the replacement for the already discontinued R250's. Since the R238's are all season and I can't get the R250's other then in leftover dealer stock, it sort of removed the cold weather issue.

Thanks

John