LT tires for 5th
who is running LT tires on their 5th wheel and what kind are you running? I want to replace all my tires this year and was looking at the sailun but that would require new rims to use properly so I a...
Forum Discussion
MNRon wrote:I've heard that tons of times that ST tires have stiffer sidewalls, none of which I've ever seen in the real world. ST tires have wimpy sidewalls compared to good LT tires. The old ST dealer's story keeps coming up and refuses to go away, even though it's wrong. Repeating wrong data doesn't make it right.
StirCrazy - good comments here about LT vs ST specs and testing. What hasn’t been mentioned yet is that ST have stiffer sidewalls for the tire scrubbing that will happen on tandem and triple axle trailers. LT are designed with more margin and to higher standards, but they are designed for a different application than ST. I would recommend sticking to ST, and specifically recommend looking at Sailuns (that I have good experiences with - besides, much cheaper than a good LT tire).
