Spridle wrote:I did exactly that on my last TT. I then sold the tires and wheels on Craigs list. Within 20 minutes I had 150.00 fot them. That helped defray most of the cost of the new wheels. Later I made the jump to 16" wheels and LT tires. That required 6 lug drums, which were a straight swap (did it at bearing repacking time so it was easy). The drums were really suprisingly affordable. Sold the old tires and wheels again really fast and easy. When there is a will, there is a way.
I have a single axle travel trailer that came with Goodyear ST205/75R14 Load range C. When I looked carefully into the weight of my trailer loaded for camping I realized I was close to capacity. I changed to M8008 ST225/75R15 load range D and also changed to the correct 15” alloy wheels for the higher psi of the D rating. The 15” wheels were hard to find in my bolt pattern. I have had my fair share of tire problems on the road and I want a decent margin of capacity. It really isn’t that much more money for the higher D rating tire and the alloy wheels look nice compared to the old white spoke wheels. My opinion is that C rated pricing is so close to D rating the margin of safety is worth it a few extra bucks.
