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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time2roll wrote:
I recommend tires the cover the full trailer GVWR.
They do. 4 x 2,830 = 11,320 which is more than the GVWR of 10,995.
The two axles are actually less than the tires at 10,400, but the axle weight at GVWR is 8,950 so that's ok. Lots of margin there.
It is a 5er. The pin carries a bunch of the weight--in this case 18.6% of it.
If you ever loaded the 5er to its axle rating of 10,400 your trailer would weigh 12,776, well above its GVWR. It would be worse if the tires got maxed. Now you are over the axle rating of 10,400 plus the trailer weight is even more above its GVWR.
IMO that trailer is designed just right. The numbers all work and have margin left over. Also those Reflections are kind of nice. :)
