Tire Replacement
1. After reading the tire issues with the Goodyear Marathons I decided to check the tires on my 5th wheel Montana. I have the Goodyear Marathons, size ST 235 80 R16E, on my RV. The tires have good ...
Forum Discussion
FastEagle wrote:DougE wrote:
Shouldn't he be inflating the tires to the trailer mfg recommendation rather than the max tire capability? Wouldn't require wheel upgrade then.
That's a correct statement when using identical tire designs. When we look at a load inflation chart for the LT235/85R16G tire we find that 80 psi will be 3042#. To obtain the load capacity of the OE ST tires the recommended tire pressure would be around 100 psi.
FastEagle
Which you should not do on a rim rated to 80lbs inflation.
