Just took a trip to Aklaska on Bridgestones Ribs 12000 miles with no trouble and they look real good as for wear. About 100.00 cheaper than Michlins.
Geno
Gene"n"Betty 2003 G.M.C. 3500 S.L.T.ext cab dually duramax/allison
2009 33ft Crossroads Seville 3 slides. Just the Wife, me and Dusty a loud mouth Parrot.
Firestone Transforce H/T LT E or BFG Commercial LT E or Uniroyal Laredo HD-H LT E or Bridgestone that has a all steel carcass ply 16" Duravis R-250 E that is a commercial grade tire as the XPS Rib tire but both are pricey. All are recommended for trailer tire use from their manufactor.
Jim
'03 2500 Dodge/Cummins HO 3.73 6 speed manual Jacobs
'97 Park Avanue 28' with two slides
My 07.5 Sierra 2500 has the standard wheel/tire package which is a Bridgestone V-Steel 245/75-16 E load range, which would fit my trailer perfectly and give me an excuse to upgrade the wheels and tire on the TV. I cant imagine that the Bridgestone's wouldnt be at least as good as the "Power King" TOW MAX off-brand rubber that Carriage chose as OEM equipment. Input appreciated
08 Carriage Cameo F34CK3
07 GMC Sierra 2500 HD 6.6 Duramax
00 Chevrolet Tahoe (retired T/V)
55 Beautiful, brunette RV loving Wife
06 Cavalier King Charles Spaniel "Roxy"
I think there are two reasons some people have tire problems.
One is that most of the ST tires are speed rated at 62 MPH and the other is that some people will not weigh their set ups and wind up overloading the tires.
Most people want to keep up with traffic when towing and will drive between 65 and 70 or even faster, and do so for hours at a time. Most ST tires are only speed rated for 62 MPH max. and could blow from excessive heat when driving at 65-75.
Others will load their trailers with all the "stuff" they want to take and because they don't weigh their set ups, wind up overloading the tires, this could also happen if you are using LT tires.
I also think you should switch from the ST tire to the LT tire IF you can find one in your size.
If you want to find out the who, what, when & where about your tires, go to this site and follow the directions, you can find out where your tires were made.
The last four numbers in the DOT code (only on one side of the tire) is the week and year the tires were made, (2207 would be the 22nd week of 2007) If you have a three digit code the tires were made before 2000.
1990 6500 Chevy Kodiak, 8.3L Cummins 450 HP
6sp Allison 3060, 3.70 R/A Home Made Air Ride
2006 Newmar Cypress
Picture of '93 Mountain Aire Story of it's death by fire and explosion
jwcgc29 wrote: My 07.5 Sierra 2500 has the standard wheel/tire package which is a Bridgestone V-Steel 245/75-16 E load range, which would fit my trailer perfectly and give me an excuse to upgrade the wheels and tire on the TV. I cant imagine that the Bridgestone's wouldnt be at least as good as the "Power King" TOW MAX off-brand rubber that Carriage chose as OEM equipment. Input appreciated
agree. I would think any good LT make a better tire for a heavy trailer tire use but if those V-steels are a all terrain or a mud terrain tread design they may contribute to trailer sway from too much tread squirm. Bridgestone makes several lines of LT tires but may only recommend a certain line of LT E tires for a heavy trailer. I would give them a email or a 1-800 call for their recommendation.
MI Director wrote: Cooper makes an outstanding tire, HQ out of Dayton, OH.
The are no longer making trailer tires. I was looking for new Cooper ST tires in the fall of '06 for our '07 camping season and could not find any. When I contacted Cooper directly they said they stopped producing ST series trailer tires. The only ones around had older manufacture dates.
Eric
2009 Holiday Rambler Admiral 33SFS
Good Sam's - FQCC/Camping Quebec My Photos
NC Hauler wrote: Ken, the Goodyear G614's are a very good tire. They'll do fine for you. When it comes time to replace mine, if Michelin doesn't make a G rated rib, I'll have no problem whatsoever buying 4 more G614's by Goodyear....with ONE stipulation, they HAVE to STILL be made in the good ole USA.
My feelings also.
I have nearly 20K on G614's and no problems. I am paranoid about keeping them at 110 lbs. and have changed wheels to accomodate that rating.
They don't look as beefy as XPS's or other LT tires but Goodyear touts their low tread pattern as a plus.....causes less squirm and wander.
Happy shopping
2001 F550,PSD,Crew Cab,4.88 gears,Royal Sport Bed,GearVendor,Cyclone Fan,Banks Power Elbow,110 gal.fuel,TireSentry, Pulling 35SRV toyhauler with a HD RoadKing or a Polaris RZR in the "garage".
2001 Triple E Regal class C with a 1990 Daihatsu Rocky toad.
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