Need new tires 205/75/14 thoughts?
So I have a 26 ft Aljo TT and it is needing 4 new tires. Discount Tires has Carlislie's ST205/75R14C1 100B, which is the stock tire size,so my questions are , are these tires any good? Can I go to a d...
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gmw photos wrote:JIMNLIN wrote:
Another popular 14" choice is the commercial grade Maxxis U-168 LT. Bigger 15" tires take more room between the tires/sides and on top but will give you a few more options.
Just a general observation here: it's true, if a user can go up to a 15" from a 14", that is a good thing. However, each case needs to be looked at carefully, as some trailers have absolutely NO room for a tire that is larger in diameter. Some, like my FunFinder did not even have room to go one size larger even in a 14". So I had to choose a tire that was the same overall diameter as the tire that was factory fitted.
That is an EXTREMELY IMPORTANT POINT and if you have the Tor-Flex type axles even more critical since IIRC the spec is a minimum distance at max load since the distance between the tires changes as the load changes. I think the min is 1", but most I have seen tend to use 2" basically empty so 15" are generally a no go with those closely spaced axle trailers. I'm one of the few and hopefully more that have gone the KUMHO route and hope others will too so we can get some real world hands on experience if these are infact a good choice and actually better overall than the every popular 14" Maxxis. IMO these finally give us an appropriate safety margin in the load area over the often meager ones from a lot of the manufacturers.
Just remember to get the load you need the 14" load D tires which are 65psi tires so new rims might be needed too.
Larry
