Towing New Trailer
We sold our 5th wheel and truck back last September because of health problems wife and I were having along with our Daschund becoming paralyzed. Our health is now better and we decided to buy a trave...
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philh wrote:
when it comes time to replace tires on TV, go with LT "E" tires. Huge improvement on tow experience.
I put E tires after having D rated tires on a SW 3500. I ran the tires no higher in psi than the D's, typically 45-60 unladen vs loaded on the rear. 55-60 on the front due to the deezal engine. I noticed NO difference in handling etc with E rated tires.
My current 1500, input E's vs XL. Reality, worst performance, altho as noted above, taller, heavier, etc. Again, no difference handling with a 6500 lb trailer I've pulled multiple times. I don't need the tires at 80psi, as that's 16,000 lbs of tire gvw when I'm not over 8000 on the truck. 45-50 lbs is ample psi. So ANY lrC or XL rated tire is plenty of tire. OP will not have much, if at all over 4000 lbs. Stock tires are good to 2500 per side.
I had to go with LR E as that was only option with the 285-65-18 tires I wanted. IF an XL would have been offered, I would have bought them vs the LR E tires.
Marty
