RV Tire Info needed please....

[vegasvintagedru]

I have a 26ft Travel Travel. The original tires from the factor were Goodyear tires, load C, with a max psi of 50 (the spare tire is original). The plate on the side of the TT itself says 50 psi. The tires were replaced by the previous owner with Cornell 1000 with a max psi of 35. TT is dual axel, the tires are new, and the TT is hardly loaded and I don't plan on traveling with the water tank full. Are the 35 psi tires appropriate for my RV? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[Fire_Instructor]

Do a search on "tires" on this forum, and you'll have MONTHS of reading! talk about information overload!! That said, there's lots of great info on the various tires out there. We all seem to have our preferences... some prefer Light Truck tires (I couldn;'t find anyone that made an LT tire in a 14" size), some prefer Marathon's, some Maxxi's, I purchased a Korean tire - Kuhmo 857's, and I'm very happy with them...

It's like the Ford, Chevy, Dodge, Toyoto, debate that goes on in perpetuity... NO one has the SINGLE right answer!!!

[skipnchar]

It is NEVER a good idea to run passenger tires on a duel axle trailer. FAR to much laterial stress placed on side walls when making turns since neither axle is a steering axle. This means that the trailer has to pivot in order to turn and it can't pivot on two points at once. Result is the axles kind of "drag" themselves through a turn and this is the cause of high side wall forces on the tires. If you like the Goodyear then install Marathon ST rated tires but I'd recommend you move up to Maxxis ST rated tires for trailer use. Load range C is probably perfect for your trailer as it was OEM equipment and would be required by law to handle the maximum weights the trailer can legally be. At ALL costs, if you ever actually USE the tires for travel (more than back and forth to the local campground) you should avoid any of the hundred or so Chinese Branded tires (they almost ALL sound like they're American made). Lots of tings the Chinese do well but tires aren't one of them. Note that even Goodyear Marathon are OFTEN made i China (they can't seem to make up their mind) 🙂
Good luck / Skip

[azdryheat]

If you can find an LT truck tire that would be your best bet. You can find many posts comparing ST to LT tires. The general consensus seems to be that if the ST tire is from China then it should be avoided as it has a very high propensity to explode.

[dbbls]

No. These are passenger car tires. You need trailer tires. A popular tire on this forum is Maxxis trailer tires.