Switching from 15 to 16 inch tires
I am considering switching my 15 inch ST225/75R15 LRE to a 16 inch LRE tire. I want to determine if this is feasible and affordable. I Currently have the above mentioned tires on my 5th wheel. Ther...
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Got to expensive for me for a new set up with new alum rims, balanced, mounted, out the door. At the time (early spring maybe April) the tire guy said that Goodyear was coming out with a new 15 inch tire they call "Endurance". Goodyear had lots of problems with their Marathons IMO. My Discount tire shop is in same parking lot as grocery store, last week as wife was shopping I wondered in to tire store and asked how those Endurance tires were working out. That store mounted 22 and zero bring backs for any reason. Still not much of a track record for a tire but that's 100 percent. So far...
Have you looked into them?
My second choice of i5 inch is Maxxis, but they are hard to get on the road IMO.
If you go to 16 inch make sure you have room at the top of tire well. I lucked out as one day at RV dealer a guy was picking up his trailer, same year and model as mine and he had 16 inch mounted on his, so I know 16's will fit on mine. (Scary thing was is he just had roof replaced, hope my model doesn't have weak roofs)
The wheels I was going to get, forget which model was going to be from these folks.
http://www.badgercomponents.com/products/trailer-wheels/
Have you looked into them?
My second choice of i5 inch is Maxxis, but they are hard to get on the road IMO.
If you go to 16 inch make sure you have room at the top of tire well. I lucked out as one day at RV dealer a guy was picking up his trailer, same year and model as mine and he had 16 inch mounted on his, so I know 16's will fit on mine. (Scary thing was is he just had roof replaced, hope my model doesn't have weak roofs)
The wheels I was going to get, forget which model was going to be from these folks.
http://www.badgercomponents.com/products/trailer-wheels/
