The Kumho 851 is a good (and one of the few) option for folks with 14" trailer wheels that want to increase load carrying margins. I've suggested it myself a few times in another forum I frequent in which most of the trailers folks have come with 14" tires. Beats having to change to 15" wheels! It should be noted that users need to verify with rimmakers that their original rims can tolerate the higher air pressure requirements.
Tireman9 wrote:
This Load Range D tire has a stated max load or 2271 at 65 psi (note the odd pound, the result of metric to SI conversion)so it looks like a good option for trailer, and LT users that need a 14" tire.
Per your comment on LT use, Tireman:
What do you make of the fact that this tire is sold for trailer use only here in North America?
Link 1 Link 2Given the peculiarity of its identifying number (205R14C), is it that it falls outside ordinary testing P/LT/ST/? parameters?
I've long been mystified by this. Even Kumho itself, at its NA main site, gives it "zero" ratings in every category at the "light truck" marketing page where it appears
Link. (Hover cursor over the "Radial 857" bar and their rating system for the tire will appear.)
And Kumho doesn't list it there as a "commercial tire" at all-????
