Heavier Tires on Travel Trailer
I have been riding on the original China made Westlake tires on my 2015 Flagstaff 26FKWS travel trailer. The original tires were load range C on 14 inch rims. I have since ordered new Goodyear Endur...
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tewitt1949 wrote:
I had to replace my tires on out TT and it came with 12 ply tires. I wanted something heaver. I ended up going to a 14 ply tire that is used on trailers that are used to haul bull dozers etc. (construction equipment) They were only $20 more per tire than the 12 ply.
Seems you might be confused since AFAIK no TT has ever been supplied with 12-ply (that's F load range 95psi inflation) tires. 14-ply is a G load range with 110psi inflation and that would be silly to be putting that heavy of a tire on a TT with a GVWR in the 10 to 12K range.
There might be a couple of HUGE 5ers like the 40'+ Mobile Suites tri-axle that have this load range tires, but those are a very, very small number percentage wise of RV trailers.
Larry
