Rough Ride
Last fall, I installed a set of Sailun tires on my Montana, upgrading to G rated tires. I’m running only 90-95 pounds in the tires. They are shaking the camper quite a bit. Last week, we cravked th...
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JIMNLIN wrote:
JMO but from my experience I would say way too much tire for the job.
The Sailuns (4080 -4400 lbs capacity) work best for 7k and 8k axles but not the best idea on trailers with light loaded 6k-5.2k axles.
I got into the over tire issues on my tandem axle cargo trailers with 5.2k axles with 15" OEM load C tires.
My other trailers (heavier) with 6k-7k axles had 16" tires so I moved both cargo trailers (our job site tool trailers) to 16" E tires. After that move we found tools scattered all over the trailers floor. At that time we had many 15" LT tires available so went to a 15" C load tire. No more tools shook loose from their hangers/shelves.
I would put those G load Sailuns on CL and use that money to re tire the trailer with a 16" LT E Bridgestone R-238 commercial grade all steel ply carcass like the Sailuns if they fit or a ST E tire like the Provider....Endurance....Carlisle HD in that order. These are a better class ST tire than what we used 6-8 years ago.
Yeah, with 16" wheels, the Duravis would be an excellent choice. I did find it interesting that the Endurance is a 123 load rating (3,417 lbs) with an 80 mph speed rating but the Carlisle HD is a 124 load rating (3,547 lbs) but has a 75 mph speed rating.
I also find it interesting that the Maxxis 8008 is the most expensive in this size at Discount Tire, by $33/tire over the Endurance. Has a 124 load rating, but no speed rating is given by DT, though we all know that they're still only rated to 65 mph.
Which Provider do you like?
Lyle
