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CapriRacer
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Feb 07, 2012

Revived Trailer Tire Thread (formerly on the 5th Wheel Forum

OK, I'll try this again but with a different tack. I am of the opinion that ST tires should have a 15% reserve capacity (85% of the load at a given pressure) in order to be reasonably sure they wo...
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CapriRacer
Explorer II
Feb 17, 2012
CapriRacer wrote:
FastEagle wrote:
........Can you substantiate that?

FE
.......I'll get back to you on this......


I have found the tire size in ETRTO (European Tyre and Rim Technical Organization) - more or less the European equivalent to the US Tire and Rim Association.

The tire (or is it tyre?) is labeled as a "C" type tire (Commercial in Euro-speak) - and here is where it gets a bit tricky - they are roughly analogous to LT, regular truck, and ST tires.

And, indeed, there is a table that adjusts the max load for the speed.

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