RadioDaveAz
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Let me share my experience with tires. I bought my 5th wheel in 2003. It is a 1996 NuWay Hitchhiker II. The tires it had looked good but a year or two later I blew 2 tires on the way home from San Diego to Tucson on I8. The tires were not what came with the 5th wheel and old so I upgraded them to Yokohama Y.. 215/85R16E (2680 pound load) tires. About 4 years later I had three of these blow, one in one trip and two in the next years trip. I replaced these with Michelin LTS tires in front & BGF Goodrich in the back. Within 4 years I blew one of the BF Goodrich tires. The other were cracked on the sidwall. Note: The trailer / tire info sticker was sun faded when I bought the 5th wheel. I researched the archives of NuWay and discovered the tires shipped for 1996 (earliest year I could find) were LT245/75R16E(3042 pound load). I did a lot of reseach and the consensus was 1) ST tires were not as reliable as LT, 2) LT requires a larger tire for the same tire rating and 3) for my trailer Michelin XPS RIB LT235/85R16E was the largest and best tire I could use. I only have a 1 1/4 between tires (33" axile separation). This forum, the Good Sam forum and the tire store manager all concurred on this. Well, I bit the bullet and my "gold plated" tires are on my 5th wheel. It is a 32', 13000 pound (wet) 5th wheel trailer.
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amxpress
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Good luck with your new tires.
Did you have them balanced?
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Chris
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Well you should watch them closely and think about replacing at year 6 to 8, depending how old they were when you installed them. I took mine off after 6.5 years and 40k+ miles. Sold them on CL for 200.00. 3 were 7.5 years old and one 8.5 according to the dot codes (that will not happen again). 8.5 year old one was starting to get small cracks.
Installed Bridgestone Duravis R250's for the next 6 to 8 years. BTW the Ribs hardly ever needed air added!
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RadioDaveAz
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Yes and I got the free replacement policy. I also will have them rotated (front to rear) annually. The tire that goes first given equal time and wear is the right rear. I have a theory for that. Dave
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Old-Biscuit
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Now that you have new 'shoes' take your rig to a scale and at least find out exactly what each axle is carrying (better if you can get each wheel position) along with your TV weights.
Weighing your TV/5'vr combo will give you great info.
We FT 34' HHII and hit the scales once a year. Really good info to have.
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ExRocketScientist
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It appears someone had replaced the tires with LT tires that did not match the GAWR on the trailer (which is most likely 6K). Your replacement tires most likely match the GAWR now.
ERS
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JIMNLIN
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A 13000 lb wet trailer ?? With 12168 lbs of capacity tires !!! Keep them pumped to the max sidewall pressure 24/7.
Its after the fact now but is the 13000 lb a estimate or actual scaled axle weight ??
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Chris
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JIMNLIN wrote:A 13000 lb wet trailer ?? With 12168 lbs of capacity tires !!! Keep them pumped to the max sidewall pressure 24/7.
Its after the fact now but is the 13000 lb a estimate or actual scaled axle weight ??
Maybe he is including pin weight!!! Chris
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ExRocketScientist
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JIMNLIN wrote:A 13000 lb wet trailer ?? With 12168 lbs of capacity tires !!! Keep them pumped to the max sidewall pressure 24/7.
Its after the fact now but is the 13000 lb a estimate or actual scaled axle weight ??
Part of that weight will be on the pin.
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JIMNLIN
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ExRocketScientist wrote:JIMNLIN wrote:A 13000 lb wet trailer ?? With 12168 lbs of capacity tires !!! Keep them pumped to the max sidewall pressure 24/7.
Its after the fact now but is the 13000 lb a estimate or actual scaled axle weight ??
Part of that weight will be on the pin.
Not if the 13000 lb number was gross axle weight.
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