Best Tires for Travel Trailer?
It is time to replace our Travel Trailer tires. GoodYear tires came with the TT but we had one blow out on us coming home from our last trip. Any advice on which brand is best for replacement? Curre...
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Michelin XPS RIB tires are speed restricted to 75MPH for RV use, I am not sure about RV trailer specifically …
XPS RIB GY website
If you think it’s a misprint download the brochure and you can read the misprint again…
other than the Marathons the only Good Year LT tire that is actually rated as a trailer tire is the G614 RST trailer in LT235/85R16 G 75 MPH 3,750 any other tire they recommend for trailer use are 17.5 inch and above…
someone mentioned Greenball… I use a set of Greenball either Tow-Master or Tow Max made in Canada and had good service from them… buy they are now made in mainland China, right or wrong I won’t buy China made tires… while now Greenball claims to be a mfg., to the best of my knowledge all their trailer tires are bought under contract… Possibly to their specifications… unfortunately I have read quite a few complains about them since… just some examples,
The contact owns a 2012 forest river wildwood tow trailer equipped with greenball corporation tow master tires, size ft 205/75r15, serial number: xxxxxxxx. The contact stated that the rear driver and passenger side tires went flat due to cracks along the tire tread - with green ball tow master tires, size 205/75/15. The contact stated that while driving approximately 55 mph, the front passenger side tire blew out causing damage to the vehicle. The contact replaced the tire with the spare tire. After inspecting the tires, the contact noticed tread separation on all the tires - rv equipped with greenball tow master tires, line size: st225/75r15. The contact was driving 63 mph when the front passenger tire exploded. The failure mileage was 3,500. –
While speed rating can be an indicator of quality it is only an indicator, much of the speed rating comes from forward traction, braking ability, and cornering ability as well a heat tolerance, but come at a price, both at the counter and in longevity and tread wear…
Load rating alone is an indicator to like speed…you just can’t say all things being equal a tire rated for 2000 pounds is better than one rated for 1900 pounds… and if you think you can make that assumption then you couldn’t also say a LT is better than a ST, because all things being equal the ST of the same size and LR will have the higher load rating…
The thing all things aren’t equal ever in these arguments and you can make all kinds of accusations while using apples to oranges to make comparisons and chances are you will be wrong…
Few if any 5 bolt 15 inch rims that are available will correctly fit a proper LT replacement… load, PSI, rim width…
The thing is the ratings are all interconnected and work off one another… tires are much more complex than those black donut looking thing you put on any rim and call it a day… unfortunately many to many tire dealers will say you can to make a buck…
No time now gotta run…
.
XPS RIB GY website
If you think it’s a misprint download the brochure and you can read the misprint again…
other than the Marathons the only Good Year LT tire that is actually rated as a trailer tire is the G614 RST trailer in LT235/85R16 G 75 MPH 3,750 any other tire they recommend for trailer use are 17.5 inch and above…
someone mentioned Greenball… I use a set of Greenball either Tow-Master or Tow Max made in Canada and had good service from them… buy they are now made in mainland China, right or wrong I won’t buy China made tires… while now Greenball claims to be a mfg., to the best of my knowledge all their trailer tires are bought under contract… Possibly to their specifications… unfortunately I have read quite a few complains about them since… just some examples,
The contact owns a 2012 forest river wildwood tow trailer equipped with greenball corporation tow master tires, size ft 205/75r15, serial number: xxxxxxxx. The contact stated that the rear driver and passenger side tires went flat due to cracks along the tire tread - with green ball tow master tires, size 205/75/15. The contact stated that while driving approximately 55 mph, the front passenger side tire blew out causing damage to the vehicle. The contact replaced the tire with the spare tire. After inspecting the tires, the contact noticed tread separation on all the tires - rv equipped with greenball tow master tires, line size: st225/75r15. The contact was driving 63 mph when the front passenger tire exploded. The failure mileage was 3,500. –
While speed rating can be an indicator of quality it is only an indicator, much of the speed rating comes from forward traction, braking ability, and cornering ability as well a heat tolerance, but come at a price, both at the counter and in longevity and tread wear…
Load rating alone is an indicator to like speed…you just can’t say all things being equal a tire rated for 2000 pounds is better than one rated for 1900 pounds… and if you think you can make that assumption then you couldn’t also say a LT is better than a ST, because all things being equal the ST of the same size and LR will have the higher load rating…
The thing all things aren’t equal ever in these arguments and you can make all kinds of accusations while using apples to oranges to make comparisons and chances are you will be wrong…
Few if any 5 bolt 15 inch rims that are available will correctly fit a proper LT replacement… load, PSI, rim width…
The thing is the ratings are all interconnected and work off one another… tires are much more complex than those black donut looking thing you put on any rim and call it a day… unfortunately many to many tire dealers will say you can to make a buck…
No time now gotta run…
.
