Here we GO again! Tires/wheels

JJBIRISH wrote:

Ridgerunner29 wrote:
This is information I posted also on a different thread but seemed appropriate for this thread also. If you doubt this information, send Continental and email and ask the question directly.


I sent an email to Continental tire corporate to get their recommendations for using Vanco2 tires on a travel trailer. Here is their response:

"Thank you for contacting Customer Relations at Continental Tire the Americas, LLC

The Vanco 2 tires are suitable for trailers. Thank you for your interest in our products and we appreciate your business.


Sincerely,

Continental Tire the Americas, LLC."

thank you for the information you have…
I have contacted them directly,
but am still waiting on their reply…
I will be certain to post the reply when I get it…

Though slightly different from yours, this is the E-mail response I got from them.. a canned answer for sure…

Thank you for contacting Customer Relations at Continental Tire the Americas, LLC.

The Vanco product line is very similar to the ST product line. Both tires have reinforcement which allows the tires to handle the weight of the Campers. We can only recommend original equipment fitments. As long as the Vanco tires you are interested in are the same size and share the same speed and load index as what came original equipment on your vehicle then the Vanco tires will work. Thank you for your interest in our products.
Sincerely,
Continental Tire the Americas, LLC.

In a follow up phone call they were adamant and would only repeat the above canned answer… no recommendations were forth coming only if the tire should meet or exceed ALL OF the OE requirements they would work…
I will research this more but it seems like many of the same problems exist with them as there are changing to LT’s, like changing rims to match or better loads, but it opens up some options for som smaller wheels…

And just like switching to LT’s, if it’s not done right it opens up liability issues that can and should be avoided… apparently something they wisely choose to avoid also…

I have received varying and conflicting information from other mfg’s of commercial van tires also and I have used several sets not (not on trailers) and got less than acceptable wear out of them…