Is this truck and trailer combo safe??
So I've been lurking here for awhile, and now DH and I are getting ready to purchase our first travel trailer. His truck is rated to tow 6,200 pounds, and the payload is 1,688 pounds. The trail...
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Mike Up wrote:Campfire Time wrote:
I disagree with the need for LT tires. Not with that size of trailer anyway. The P rated truck/SUV tires on today's trucks are not the same as the one on your dad's '72 Buick, nor like those that Suburbans came with 20 years ago. They have stiffer sidewalls than car tires, are built for loads, and properly inflated (many take up to 51 psi) will work fine for a trailer this size. I have no trouble with the P rated tires on my Sierra or my previous SUV.
I disagree, p-rated tires have no place on ANY truck!
I had P rated tires on my current F150. The truck would wallow back and forth after wind would push it. The rig would move as one so I'm not talking sway, I'm talking soft sided tires that flex and give.
You have to be careful not to over compensate for the wallowing from the tires, because if you do, you'll start swaying from trying to correct that wallowing with the steering wheel.
People who tow generally know this but newbies do not.
After going to a LT tire, I get no wallowing anymore and more secure and stable ride. The tires are firmer and take corners better and generally have a less bouncy ride.
After having LT tires, it's BS that makers even put P series car tires, on a truck.
I have BFGoodrich All Terrain T/A KO2 tires.
I've seen and been in grocery getters hauling boats with p rated bombs flex and wallow at low and high speeds.
I'm in 3/4 ton to 1 ton crowd for any type of hauling, towing, and snowplow. I chuckle when I see half ton with snow plow setups, 5 foot beds, and cc
The definitive grocery getter setup.
