One tire looks overloaded??
2010 Jayco Eagle 318RLS. 2015 Chevy 3500 Crew. 6900 pds 8000 loaded. Hit the road for full timing. Feeling like I way overloaded and kind of knew that anyway. Wasn't pulling or let's just say didn't "...
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I am pretty sure I can't go 225. 215 I THINK I can. 225 are a little over an inch higher and I only have a couple inches now from top tire to fender wall. I am ASSUMING there needs to be a couple inches room for the suspension play up and down. 215 are 1/2 inch higher and close enough.
Question of the day is how many inches gap do you actually need from the top of the tire to under the fender wall? I could not find anything on that after researching for the last couple hours???
It's always easy to say go weigh your trailer. But in reality, it's a very hard thing to do. I am in the middle of nowhere in a small town and heading out to the mountains. I don't have a lot of choices here as scales go. And then let's just say I do find a cat scales somewhere, what am I to do if over? Then what? I'm supposed to dump gear on the side of the road?
To put tires that can handle 7200 pounds from the FACTORY, on a trailer rated at 8000 pds leaves me baffled. So I can already tell you that this rig with maximum load is more than the tires are rated for. And my opinion that is a safety hazard. Upgrading to load the D or E tires is a no-brainer, regardless of the weight on my rig. I can't ever see how stiffer more load Tires could ever possibly be a negative :))
Question of the day is how many inches gap do you actually need from the top of the tire to under the fender wall? I could not find anything on that after researching for the last couple hours???
It's always easy to say go weigh your trailer. But in reality, it's a very hard thing to do. I am in the middle of nowhere in a small town and heading out to the mountains. I don't have a lot of choices here as scales go. And then let's just say I do find a cat scales somewhere, what am I to do if over? Then what? I'm supposed to dump gear on the side of the road?
To put tires that can handle 7200 pounds from the FACTORY, on a trailer rated at 8000 pds leaves me baffled. So I can already tell you that this rig with maximum load is more than the tires are rated for. And my opinion that is a safety hazard. Upgrading to load the D or E tires is a no-brainer, regardless of the weight on my rig. I can't ever see how stiffer more load Tires could ever possibly be a negative :))
