Why ST tires?
Hey All, Total noob, trying to soak all this RV stuff in all at once. The Maxxis ST tires on my recently purchased 2001 TT "look" like new, but I don't know how old they actually are, so don't kno...
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SprinklerMan wrote:JJBIRISH wrote:ktmrfs wrote:gmw photos wrote:ktmrfs wrote:
Huntingdog. I've been looking at 15" tires and only can find LRC LT's. If you know of any 15" LRD or preferablly LRE (2800lbs) I'd be interested in knowing about it. Seems like 16" has lots of LRE, but not in 15". But LRD (2500lb) 15" ST's are very common and 15" LRE (2800lb) is also readily available.
Continental Vanco 2 ?
Goodyear cargo G26 ?
from a previous post and response from Continental, they stated the Vanco 2 is NOT TO BE USED IN TRAVEL TRAILER APPLICATIONS. Don't know the reason but the wording was very strong. Apparently the tire was specifically designed for the mercedes sprinter chassis application.
I'll have to look into the goodyear.
The exact wording in the E-mail response from Continental tire was…
Thank you for contacting Customer Relations at Continental Tire the Americas, LLC.
We no longer manufacture ST tires, and the Vanco line is not a suitable alternative.
We would recommend searching for a dedicated ST tire line.
And this information taken directly from the Continental tire website about the commercial Vanco tire line…
“The growing demand for short-distance transport of passengers and goods
also leads to increased requirements so that the performance of modern day
vans nears that of passenger car.”
“The concept of the VancoTM Camper is to use long well-proven Vanco
technique, optimize its performance for distinguished motorcaravan
requirements and thus cater to the needs of this specific target use.”
“The Continental Vanco Camper tyres are part of Continental’s Vanco tyre
range that comprises tyres exclusively for vans.”
Could you please provide a link to continentals website that specifically states that their lt tires and NOT to be used on a trailer . And can you send links to ANY other tire manufacturers website that specifically forbids the use of LT tires on a trailer .
Could you please provide with anywhere that I said you couldn’t use LT tires on a trailer or where I said that any manufacture website specifically forbids the use of LT tires on a trailer…
The problem with these debates is people only see what they want to see and it often isn’t the correct or recommended way to do it, but it’s their way and is what makes it the right way and more often the only way…
The thing is you won’t find anywhere that I have claimed you couldn’t use a LT on a trailer… only that there are rules for doing it correctly that most ignore… they ignore them because most of the tires they use and/or recommend don’t meet the rules that allow for it… instead they make up their own rules…
Oh and if you could, would you provide me a link with the mfg. that recommends their LT tire for trailer use…
