dclark1946 wrote: I switched to high quality (Michelin) passenger 14 inch car tires after carefully comparing load capacity and determining I can use the same tire size in a load range B. I have had no issues towing so far. If you use larger sizes you can switch to LT truck tires if needed to have adequate laod capacity.
Trailer tires do not have to meet any DOT standards and in many cases are poorly constucted and have a maximum life of 10K miles (according to Discount Tire).
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while Michelin makes a good tire, no P rated tire should be used on a trailer, and I am surprised the tire dealer would install them. obviously another tire dealer that should be in the fast food business.
trailer tires have to meet DOT certification to be used on the highway. trailer tires not meeting DOT are for farm wagons not RVs.
Love my mass produced, entry level, built by Lazy American Workers, Hornet
We're quickly getting to the point that we don't even have the choice of buying American made goods....and we're just putting our fellow Americans out of work.
In actuality, American workers have (and are) put themselves out of work. Union wages scales/benefits have made it almost impossible to make domestic products that are affordable for the average worker. It is frightening that more and more of our major manufacturers are moving outside the US, and putting more Americans out of work, but it is also understandable. Profit is still necessary for a business to survive.
so the answer is to turn the USA into a third world country where a few have it all. if it were left up to industry that is what you would get.
while it is easy to blame the small fish, the real problem is industry exploiting slave labor to enrich themselves, just as they are doing with the undocumented right here in this country.
and dealing with countries that allow the exploitation of their people.
The size is ST 205-75R-15 Load range C, GVWR 7,000 lbs. Thanks for all your responses. The camper came with General tires, had good luck with them, now 5 years old, had a blowout coming north this past spring. Need a new set before heading south this fall.
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I have a few things to do but I will PM you later on this subject.
much of the confusion you have comes from right here on the forum.
and it comes from information of little value to most TTs.
We're quickly getting to the point that we don't even have the choice of buying American made goods....and we're just putting our fellow Americans out of work.
In actuality, American workers have (and are) put themselves out of work. Union wages scales/benefits have made it almost impossible to make domestic products that are affordable for the average worker. It is frightening that more and more of our major manufacturers are moving outside the US, and putting more Americans out of work, but it is also understandable. Profit is still necessary for a business to survive.
I'll agree with you to a certain extent, but removing tariffs and allowing NAFTA to happen has done a lot of damage. If tariffs were in place, Americans would have to pay more for many goods, but there isn't any way that American made goods can compete with foreign made goods from countries with such low wages. In the long run, we are going to pay dearly for allowing this dependence on foreign made goods.
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while you give no information, LRC tires should have never been on a 10,000# 31' trailer to begin with, and a LRD LT tire would be undersized as well, unless other changes were made as well like wheel size.
the LRD tire should be run at 65PSI not 80 PSI and is dangerous at 80 PSI even on steel wheels.
Good catch! I was depending on my memory (and at my age!). I sold the trailer in April to go to a Class C motorhome. But I checked my records and I replaced 15" aluminum wheels with 16” Chrome Steel Wheels and replaced the 'D' rated Chinese tires with ‘E’ Rated Michelin Tires, Michelin LT265 - 75R16 E LTX M/S.
2006 figures - Ford Motor Co with union workers - $12.7 billion loss
2006 figures - Toyota (American made) non-union workers - $12.32 billion profit
Just one example. It costs Ford approximately $80.00 per hour per worker to provide wages, health benefits, perks for it's union workers. Toyota's cost is approximately $45.00 per hour. You do the math.
I am as disgusted as the next person when every item I pick up in almost any retail business says "made in China", "made in Korea", etc. However, I do understand why this is happening. Go back and look at the figures above once again. The reason is obvious. Were the US to impose huge tariffs on foreign made goods, in order to level the playing field for American manufacturers, the average American could not afford either imported or American goods. Every time another American industry/plant closes it's doors and lays off 15,000 union workers, thank the unions. They have far outlived the purpose for which they were formed in the first place.
Whoops....sorry to get political in a RV forum.
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