Tow Rig Tires
Tow rig is Ford Excursion 7.3. Trailer is 35' long about 9,000 lbs. I'm interested in the best tire for towing, for example a stiff sidewall to limit flex. After doing a little research it see...
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Grit dog wrote:
You only have 5000lbs on the rear axle. Not sure how much stiffer you need. Any decent load e tire is fine. Worry less about sidewall stiffness and more about suspension stiffness with that big a trailer sitting on the back of an already heavy suv.
That's what I thought, but the Firestone's seemed to behave better with 80 PSI even thought I should not need to be up that high.
I do have on my "todo" list to get different springs but right now the tires are higher up on the list.
