winkyb wrote:
elkhorn98/quote wrote:
winkyb
Is that vanco really a lt tire? Not all the sizes have lt in the size on the contintential website for the vanco.
They are not stamped as such. The side wall is stamped as 225/70R15C.I wonder about the same thing but it is sold as a load range D tire with a little lower load rating than a D ST.2540 verse 2470 for this tire.But with a speed rating of 105 MPH I will take my chances with the Continental.
Most of the reviews I have seen are on class B RV`s and a few P/U`s.One was on aSprinterr and they are not light and had 60,000 miles on them and still had good tread.I can say the trailer tires that came on it were showing wear way before them mileage that these have on them and still look new not using a tread Gage.
LT designation is for tires that conform to US Tire & Rim Association standards book. European manufacturers follow ETRTO which is similar but not exactly the same. The "C" suffix is not the same as our Load Range-C but stands for "Commercial.
Do not use TRA load & Inflation tables or dimensions for this tire.
You need to run the inflation molded on the tire sidewall. You still need to get the actual loads on each tire to ensure you are not overloading any tire. You cannot count on calculating the average of the axles or even assuming 50/50 side to side as few RV manufacturers bother to worry about load limits.
I would use the "dual" load rating of 2337lbs for confirming no overload for the tire because you have tandem axle application. It has been documented that multi-axle trailers can
significantly overload the belt area when cornering.
