Tire choice
I'm shopping for new tires for my trailer and a couple of questions have come up. I see the ST tires generally are speed rated at 65 mph. I have a light unit and often cruise at 70 if traffic is lig...
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steveB
when the trailer in your pic was made there was no ST tires. Our trailers came with P (passenger) tires.
As campers became longer/heavier the larger passenger tires only carried 32 psi which lead to tire bead unseating as the trailer tires side scrubbed around corners. The trailer industry moved up to the the LT (truck tire) tire for those trailers.
Camping trailer owners didn't like the high cost of the truck tires sitting for months/years so the tire industry gave us a compromise special trailer tire (ST).
For years we had 14"/15" large 78 series P tires and LT tires to choose from. Today our 14" LT are gone with a couple of 15" LT sizes left. Even our 78 series P tires have dwindled to just a few sizes as most P tires have moved into the 60/55/50 series tires and larger diameters.
The 14" all position tires such as the Kumho or the U-168 Maxxis commercial grade LT tire IMO would be your best bet for traveling at speeds above 60-65 mph.
when the trailer in your pic was made there was no ST tires. Our trailers came with P (passenger) tires.
As campers became longer/heavier the larger passenger tires only carried 32 psi which lead to tire bead unseating as the trailer tires side scrubbed around corners. The trailer industry moved up to the the LT (truck tire) tire for those trailers.
Camping trailer owners didn't like the high cost of the truck tires sitting for months/years so the tire industry gave us a compromise special trailer tire (ST).
For years we had 14"/15" large 78 series P tires and LT tires to choose from. Today our 14" LT are gone with a couple of 15" LT sizes left. Even our 78 series P tires have dwindled to just a few sizes as most P tires have moved into the 60/55/50 series tires and larger diameters.
The 14" all position tires such as the Kumho or the U-168 Maxxis commercial grade LT tire IMO would be your best bet for traveling at speeds above 60-65 mph.
