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DR650
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Jul 20, 2017

Just purchased a set of Goodyear Endurance tires

I just replaced the tires on my 2005 Rockwood 21FB. The new tires are ST205-75R14 load range D (my old Marathons were load range C). The Endurance line of tires are Made in America, speed rated at 8...
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Lynnmor
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Jul 23, 2017
Ltrip wrote:


Then.....I did some Googling. Load RATING is also known as Load INDEX.
The salesman was wrong on the size of the difference.
The GY has a load index of 123 which carries 3417 lbs
The Maxxis has a load index of 124 which carries 3527 lbs.
110 lb difference, not 500.


Perhaps the speed rating is higher with the Goodyear and the load index takes into account the higher speed. A tire engineer might be along soon to clarify the difference.

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