TIRES?????

RVUSA wrote:

Me Again wrote:
Lets look at RVUSA setup. Montana 2880RL 5th wheel with GVWR of 12340. Lets be conservative and say he has only 2340 pounds of pin weight. That leaves 10,000 pounds of weight on the axles or 2500 per tire. the Carlisle LRE ST235/80R16 is rated to 3520 each, so he has 1020 lbs excess capacity per tire, if that is the tire he is using. I would expect that the RH would do fairly well under those light load conditions, as tires have almost 30 percent excess capacity. Hardly a test that has much meaning to much larger and heavier trailer that have the same tire with 2 or 3 percent excess capacity.

Maybe you could post similar information on your trailer type, model, loading and tire rating for comparison?

Or maybe someone with GAWRings of 6750 or 7K will chime in. Chris

almost. I have 225/75R15's (3850lbs rating)... A excess capacity of 330 pounds for each tire going with your other numbers. A bit under the recommended 10% reserve capacity.

As for the bah humbugs on the bass boats. When have you guys ever seen a boat sold with tires rated with 5000 pounds reserve capacity on each tire? I tell you when never.

All of you guys know they are no different when it comes to cutting corners and the tires on the bass boats are sized to just barely hold the trailer and boat. You can forget a full tank of gas and beer and bait and gear. That isn't figured in.

So the 35K miles is a relevant figure because just like tires on a 38 foot fifth wheel, they are sized for the load they will carry. Barely.

I agree. But there are very few that want to hear Carlisle Tires have actually improved and the Carlisle Radial Trail RHs are doing the job. There are many Carlisle haters, because they used them twenty years ago and there was a problem, or the trailer manufacturer undersized the Carlisle OEM tires without the proper reserve capacity and caused issues.