jamesla
Anderson Ca.
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Seems it's the thing to do. My 5er came equipped with Mission
ST205/75R15 C rated tires. On a trip in May we were on the road home
but stopped for fule and food. Leaving the resturant I saw that the left rear tire was flat. The tire had began seperating, lucky us.
Any hoo My local Les Schwab ordered some new Maxxis tires, same size as originals but with a D rating and only 15 lbs. more pressure per tire. Could have been a real mess if we had not stopped. Regards, Jim
03 F250 6.0 PSD
04 Komfort 22FS
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Cox89XJ
Tennessee
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For your size tire, you did good with the Maxxis.
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gorjo01
Eastern Ontario
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Good move.
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smkettner
Southern California
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Did you get 225s? I did not know Maxxis had a 65 psi 205-D.
You are very lucky to catch it as you did.
2001 F150 SuperCrew
2006 Keystone Springdale 249FWBHLS
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skipnchar
Topeka Kansas USA
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Chinese tires should be flat when installed. At least there wouldn't be the surprise when they blow up 
2004 F-250 SCREW Long Bed (new)
OR 2004 F-150 HD (85,000 towing miles)
Rockwood 8314SS 34' travel trailer
We have enough YOUTH...how about a fountain of SMART
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Chuck&Gail
In the Colorado Mountains
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Note if wheels are Load Range C, and you are inflating load range D tires to max, you are "only" OVERLOADING WHEELS BY 30%.
IMO check your wheel ratings, SOON.
Glad you caught Chinese junk before it hurt anything.
Chuck
Wonderful Wife
Lovely German Shepherd.
1999 Mercedes ML320 TV
2003 Wanderer 187TB Toybox (3620# UVW, 4800# loaded)
Not yet camped in Hawaii, 2 Canada Provinces, & 2 Territories.
I can't be lost because I don't care where this lovely road is going
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jamesla
Anderson Ca.
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smkettner, 205/75R, Chuck could not find a wheel rating on any of the 4 that
were replaced. Only have the tire guys assurance that all is well, we shall see.
Regards, Jim
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travelman
Denver, NC
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Wish I had been so lucky. Had two tires to blow running 60 down the interstate. Replaced with maxxis.
2006 F250 PSD CC FX4 SB 3.73LS, 16K reese/slider.
2 camping dogs (Lab and Collie)
2005 Forest River Wildcat 29RLBS
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ol Bombero-JC
USA
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Finally . . . . a tire story with a happy ending! 
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Jesse624
Baton Rouge, LA
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I assume this is the first tire change on your '04. Hopefully you got 4 good years of use from those Mission tires. I suspect getting 4 to 5 years of use from any mfr's tire is about all one can expect. Glad you saw the flat when you did. Did you find out what caused the flat tire in the first place?
Skip & Susie
06 Challenger 5er, 32 ft, 29RLS
03 Silverado, 2500HD, Duramax/Allison, lg bed, crew cab, 4x4
Yamaha 2400SEi gen
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