Tandem tires on the Cedar Creek Silverback

flrp wrote:
I am thinking about buying a 2014 Cedar Creek Silverback 5er but I am concerned about the space between the tandem tires on the unit. I have owned 4 fifth wheels so far in my life and none of them had the tandem tires so close together. The space on the Silverback appear to be about 4 inches (my estimate)apart. I have looked at other new 5th wheels and they appear to be about 10 inches space between the tandem tires. Plus the units I have owned were in the 10 inch range. My concern with the tires being so close together that a tire blow out could impact both tires on the same side of the unit. In addition I have had a leaf spring break on a Montana and the axle twisted which in my opinion would have cause the two tires on the opposite side to have rubbed together compounding the problem when the leaf spring broke. The question is, does anyone understand my concerns and have similar ones with the Silverback unit? In addition with the two tandem tires being so close together I would believe the 5th wheel unit would be more unstable acting like a play ground teeter tot when traveling down the road. Anyone have thoughts about the tandem tires being so close together on this unit.

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How close is ...."close"?..:@

The clearance between the OEM 235/80 R16 ST tires that came on my Jayco was 2 1/2 inches.
When I went to LT Ribs, the 1" larger diameter of each 235/85 would have resulted in a decrease of 1" clearance - down to 1 1/2" between the tires.

Others have done that - but made me a bit nervous..:(

Easy solution: Went with 245/75 - (same load rating as the 235/85), same diameter, but one inch wider - resulting in an increase of 1/2 inch per side.

IMO - the trlr you are considering shouldn't have any clearance probs.

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