Tires (the weakest link)
Like every other truck camper owner, I am looking to increase the safe load carrying capacity of my truck (2012 Chevy 3500HD SRW). I get that you can't increase the payload, but I also know that 90% o...
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Slymer wrote:
I went with the Visions for our F350 SRW. That was to allow me to go to commercial tires as I felt the rubber would be the weakest link. I went with Michelin XDS2's. 16 ply with load range H. Camper on, I run them at 120 PSI. Camper off I run them at 80. Supposed to be good for 100,000 kms. and so far it looks like they just may. I got drive treads for the rear but steer treads for the front (quieter up front). I also upgraded the TPMS valves at $35 each but they have never worked. The truck won't recognize them. Every time I ramp up to 120 psi I get a dashboard message,..."low tire pressure". Go figure. I just feel much safer with these tires.
That seems like a great setup. Sadly, the smallest tire that will fit on Visions won’t fit in my wheel well without rubbing (with the Vision offset). I gave up on TPMS on my trucks long ago. I just check the pressure often. I wonder if one could mitigate the risk of a blowout by temping the tire with an IR therm every so often. Speaking of which, you’d think they could add a thermocouple to the TPMS to warn the driver of overheating tires. They’d cost double and probably break twice as frequently though, so maybe not a great idea.
