Specific trailer tire question
We have a 2013 Surveyor Sport 220 that came with Power King 205/75R14 tires on alloy wheels. These tires are load range C and made in China (with all the pursuant paranoia). Before we head out on some...
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Nvr2loud wrote:
What is the loaded weight of your trailer? I would keep the C rated tire if it is rated high enough. My 30 foot, 6000 lb trailer came with B rated tires. I recently replaced with C rated for two reasons....
1) No B rated tires available here
2) Even if B rated tires were available, the maximum of all four tires was reached at 5800 lbs, so the trailer is using the tongue to offload some of that weight... and I don't like the idea of being that close to the maximum all the time. C rated put me at 7000 lbs of maximum tire loading and some load is still off-loaded to the tongue, therefore a nice safety margin.
I've had it on the scales but don't have the info with me at the moment. The specs say 7,753 combining empty weight and NCC, but we weren't anywhere near that coming back from a trip (well below 6,000 if I recall - with 500+ going on the tongue). The current tires are rated at 1,745 each "single" and 1,570 "dual" - whatever that means (I don't know if they mean two axles or dual wheels). Anyway, the lower of those two ratings would total 6,280 for four (6,980 for the higher rating).
