Tires for 5th wheels
I have had my second blowout in three months. I was informed that the Carlisle is often referred to as a China Bomb. Okay now I am in the market for four new tires. I believe my rig fully loaded is ...
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skelsey74 wrote:
04 Hitchhiker LS 32.5 double axle. The original tires were Goodyear 235 85 16. There is very little space between the first and second axles about two inches!
Sheryl, so are those 235/85R16 Goodyear G614's? On Edit NO! Is your GAWR above 6000 pounds, if so you are pretty much limited to the same tire. On Edit NO!
Carrying on: HHII are heavy for their size. If those are Goodyear Wranglers LRE, then a tire like the Michelin XPS RIB or Bridgestone Duravis R250 are very good choices. Both of these are steel ply carcass commercial grade tires.
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OK, NuWa has archive data available the 2004 32.5 HH II LS with two slides which came in two models. Split bath or side bath. Both had 6000 axles and LT235/85R16E tires OEM. Either of the two tires I noted above will work great. The R250's cost around 50 dollars per tire less. I used the XPS RIBs for 6.5 years and 40K+ miles, and now have been on R250's for two years.
I would not use a poly ply carcass LT tire on a trailer like this that ate OEM Uniroyal Laredo HD/H for lunch. That Uniroyal is a twin to the BFG Commercial TA. You could use the Goodyear G614 LRG's I noted above, however I doubt that your wheels are rated for the 110 pound inflation and they are VERY expensive.
http://www.nuwa.com/archives/
Chris
