Another Tire Question
Time for new tires. Currently have ST205/75/15C's. They are the originals and up til now have been fine however age is taking it's toll and sidewalls are cracking. Stopped at America's Tire. Seems the...
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Chuck&Gail wrote:
Several points. First, as said, what are your RIMS rated for? Rating usually stamped on rear, or in valley UNDER the tire. Putting LR-D on a LR-C rim is a THIRTY PERCENT OVERLOAD. Not what I call safe. Obviously LR-E is an even worse overload.
Second what is your current rim WIDTH? Most ST205/75R15's I've seen are mounted on 5 or 5.5" rim widths. Most ST225/75R15's seem to require a 6" minimum rim width. Again, be careful what you do.
I looked at going to 225's on my cargo trailer to replace the 205's. Looking stopped when I saw the rim width. Fine for 205's but definitely narrow than the min spec for 225's. So went with LRD 205's and checked the wheels which are rated for 65psi.
towmax's on my outback were fine, no issues,replaced them with Maxxis LRE when they were worn out. The lasted about 5K fewer miles than the Maxxis on my cargo trailer, but part of that could very well be the % of rated load they were run at.
IMHO the best thing you can do to minimize the chance of a blowout on a trailer, regardless of tires is to install a TPMS. From personal experience, you won't notice a tire going down from a slow leak on a trailer, unlike a car. Low pressure=overload=heat=blowout. In my case I caught both of them at a roadside stop, nail in the tire, but much longer and I would likely had a blowout. TPMS will at least give you a warning of slow presssure loss.
