TIme to replace tires... Radial or Bias?

full_mosey wrote:

Francesca Knowles wrote:

Who said anything about foreign markets? I doubt that U.S. tire nomenclature (LT/ST/P/etc.) is even used in any of those countries-?

The 857 is suitable for trailer use, and any position use, around the world.

It exceeds my TT mfgrs specs in every way. I have been to the scales and both wheels weigh under 1100lbs. Each 857 tire is rated 1874lbs.

Are you advising that, due to a U.S. nomenclature term, I don't want to use this tire?

HTH;
John

John,
As a bit of follow on to all this, one "might" be able to argue that a "commercial truck" tire is a step above a "LT" designated tire from a strength standpoint. However, I would throw this further comment into the hat regarding that idea......from a recent trade publication:

"Industry-wide, consumer LT tires represent more than 80% of the light truck tires shipped at the replacement level. In general, consumer LT tires are typically a polyester-steel tire with a heavier ply rating.

LT tires for the commercial segment are often steel-steel (steel-ply/steel-belted) tires."

So, if we take that at face value, since the Kumho 857 is not a steel-steel tire ( it is in fact a steel-polyester tire ), it probably has more in common with a LT than a commercial class tire. However, Kumho does lump it in to the commercial class, likely ( possibly ? ) due to it's euro sizing category.

Either way, it's a truck tire, and is suitable for trailer use. And that, as the saying goes, comes straight from the horses mouth ( I love it when it get to say that ).

Hey, I will admit I am just a simple old man, who is more comfortable with, as the man said, boots and chaps, cowboy hats, spurs and latigo. So take what I say about tires with a grain of salt.

But I do like talking about trailers and pulling them, whether they be campers or horse trailers.

And I do like seeing new folks who come onto this site looking for info, to get "accurate info" that is backed up by real world use, and solid research.

Francesca, y'all come back and visit with us again real soon.... I will admit I am one who finds some of your posts truly entertaining.

EDIT: I found this also while reading about tires on an industry pub:

"LT (light truck) tires are designed around the same basic rules as commercial tires. They have sufficient reserve capacity factored into the formulas used to designate their max load capacity."

....and it went on regarding the reduced load factor needed if using a "P" tire in a light truck application.