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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After reading a zillion tire threads and reflecting on 25 years of towing boats and 10 years of towing travel trailers I went from 205/75/14 tow max at 1760lbs per tire to
215/75/15 carlilse RH's at 1874 lbs per tire. My reasoning:
1. My personal gy marathon st blowouts were both on tires that were over 6 years old with zero maintenance (I'm smarter now).
2. Towing at over 65mph doesn't feel comfy anyway so no worries there.
3. Discount Tire stocks them so if I do have to replace one I don't have to wait 3 days.
4. Capacity went up 440 lbs and is now 496 lbs over the gvwr of the trailer and 2096 lbs over the "loaded for camping" weight tongue weight and all.
5. No clearance issues and no need to purchase 5 new 15" wheels to go the lt route.
Trailer is a Heartland 23rb stick and tin with no slides and TV is a 1/2 ton Suburban with the tow package. Equalizer hitch.
Time will tell if I've made a good decision....
215/75/15 carlilse RH's at 1874 lbs per tire. My reasoning:
1. My personal gy marathon st blowouts were both on tires that were over 6 years old with zero maintenance (I'm smarter now).
2. Towing at over 65mph doesn't feel comfy anyway so no worries there.
3. Discount Tire stocks them so if I do have to replace one I don't have to wait 3 days.
4. Capacity went up 440 lbs and is now 496 lbs over the gvwr of the trailer and 2096 lbs over the "loaded for camping" weight tongue weight and all.
5. No clearance issues and no need to purchase 5 new 15" wheels to go the lt route.
Trailer is a Heartland 23rb stick and tin with no slides and TV is a 1/2 ton Suburban with the tow package. Equalizer hitch.
Time will tell if I've made a good decision....
