Tire rateings and trailer bounce?
I purchased a three year old Dutchmen, 25 foot, 5000 lb. dry weight TT. It was close to mint condition and showed little signs of use. I put 18,000 miles on it in 2 years and decided to change out ...
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time2roll wrote:
"lite" or not if it came with 205-15-C it is all about the weight.
The 205-15" C load range @ 1820 lbs times 4 = 7280 lb capacity which is well above his 5000 lb trailer tire needs.
The op added 4 205-15 D 65 psi high pressure tires at 2150 lbs X 4 = 8600 lbs capacity.
Trailers work fine with a quality tire with 10-15 percent reserve capacity above the trailers gawr.
I see a similar issue on another rv website where a member added 17.5" H load range @ 6000 lb at 125 psi to his trailer with 6k axles that came with 16" ST E 80 psi tires.
He was a newby and bit into the bigger is better without doing any research or asking questions of the pros and cons of a H load range tire on a 6k axle.
