tire question
Newbie question so please be patient. Recently I purchased my first slide in camper, my Mrs wants to give it a go ? [I am a hotel type guy, but what he heck]We got an older (1988) northstar pop up for...
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ah64id wrote:With all due respect, a load capacity of a given tire is what it is, the load capacity. All load range "E" tires do not have the same load capacity, in different sizes.Reddog1 wrote:
My suggestion is to ignore the "E" rating (load rating), and go by the load capacity. You can have an "E" rated tire in different tire sizes, and each will have a different load capacity, as I understand. The load capacity is on the tire, regardless of the tire size, the load capacity is the load capacity.
Wayne
E is the load rating, even if a LRD and LRE are rated for 3195lbs the LRE is a tougher tire and will almost always hold more air. More air means cooler rubber, more stability, and better war.
Load capacity is indeed important, but it's not too common for a LRD to have the same capacity as a LRE of the same size. It does happen, but not the norm.
