44dwarf
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Hi gang.
I've searched and searched but want to make sure my info's up to date.
My 07 Work&Play (bought in 2010) is due for tires during my spring get it ready inspection I'd noted some minor tread where and thought your due to tires well 2nd trip to the race track we lost one tire on the way home no problem i always have my spare and trailer aid jack etc.
Next weekend had another tire put on the Original rim and tossed it in the back of the truck with another spare i had kicking around. Thankfully i did as i lost the other tire on the same side. I kind of expected that as I'm sure when the other one let go it loaded the tire hard.
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I don't think i have the clearance needed for a 16 inch upgrade as Even with trimming the inner fender well plywood to the metal theirs only about 1.5 inch's of room it looks like the side wall could on a big bump scuff the side walls, but with out a 16 inch rim to try on it I don't have a way to check. Plus cost or rims too as She like the Alloys over white spoke rusty rims....I do to.
So in a 225/75/15 is the Maxxis still the best out there? Load range E would be nice Trailer came with MISSION tires load range D's but had them change one out for a small slice they put on towmax.
Thanks for any help!
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Sandia Man
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As you stated, a 16" LT tire would be a better choice, but we are happy with the performance of our Maxxis 15" tires on our TH which sometimes is loaded to 10K lbs. Get the E load-rated Maxxis tires if your wheels can handle the 80 psi. Couldn't find them locally so I ordered them online from DiscountTireDirect.com and they were delivered (via UPS) to my front door in a 3 days. Took them to our local Discount Tire shop to have them mounted, balanced, and warrantied.
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44dwarf
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Thanks for the reply DTD is a great place i got my car snow tire package from them.
Thank again
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WKEV9955
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I also need tires and have spent hours reading these posts and researching different tires. I can't get Maxxis locally (can be ordered) so I have decided to go with STR Power King Towmax 225x75x15E. Thats what the local Les Schwab claims is their high end trailer tire and after dealing with them for over 10 years I have no reason to doubt them.
I have had 3 blow outs while putting 16000 miles on our RV over the last 6 years. However, after reading these posts I have to say every blow out was due to my lack of paying attention to details.
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We just replaced all seven tires this week on our Fuzion triple axle. We had been looking for over a year and were not convinced that buying the higher priced USA made brands was worth the expense. We had Mission tires and read all the china bomb information but didn't see any of those problems. Our Missions were at least 5 years old and were ST225/75R15D 8 ply. What finally pushed procrastanation out was the controlled braking traffic event on our way from Texas to Oklahoma caused one tire to shed it's rubber, we changed that but what we failed to realize was the the steel belts on the other side front axle tire had broken and after we pulled another 500 miles that tire shed it's rubber and that caused the weight on that side to be more than the rear tire on that side could carry and it shed it's rubber. So there we are on I35 in Oklahoma, 40 miles from any town and on the shoulder with two blowen tires with a 39' toyhauler. I know you didn't ask for all this dramma but you need to know just how serious your tires are, we were lucky the flying rubber didn't destroy our fender skirting but did rip our brake wiring out on two wheels.
We went with another china tire called AKURET they are ST225/75R15E 10 ply. They cost us $103 each. So I guess we will see how well these china bombs hold up. We do keep our tires covered when we are parked and we usually are parked for 4 to 6 months at a time. Note we moved to and E tire and added 2 more plys when we got these AKURET's.
Good luck, don't procrastanate to long. Stay Proactive.
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River&Sand
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Age old answer.. 15" rim Maxxis 16" rim Michelin Ribs or a good LT
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I'm sure some Chinese tires are better than you hear. Never hear the good stories but with only 2 choices one being Chinese I went with Good Years. Orig ones lasted 8 yrs so why change?
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WKEV9955 wrote:I also need tires and have spent hours reading these posts and researching different tires. I can't get Maxxis locally (can be ordered) so I have decided to go with STR Power King Towmax 225x75x15E. Thats what the local Les Schwab claims is their high end trailer tire and after dealing with them for over 10 years I have no reason to doubt them.
I have had 3 blow outs while putting 16000 miles on our RV over the last 6 years. However, after reading these posts I have to say every blow out was due to my lack of paying attention to details.
When my WW was ready for new tires, we replaced them the D rated Towmax and they kept failing even though the originals were D rated and never had a problem. I ended up replacing the rims with E rated Race Lines and E rated Towmax to finally get my reliability back on long trips.
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JIMNLIN
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The E tires advantage over the OEM D is at the higher 80 psi numbers. Derating the E tire for the 65 psi ?? max wheel rating isn't the wise choice. Now if your 15" wheels are pressure rated to 75 psi, which many are, then the E tire would have enough air pressure to hold its shape while sliding sideways around connors or rolling over obstacles like a curb/etc.
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LITEPHIL
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Not sure why anyone would put Chinese tires on their rig. 16s aren't that much bigger. Same width and 1/2 inch further out from the spindle or an inch over all.
There was no doubt in my mind to go with 16s. Here in Az we have a lot of extreme conditions and the thought of a blow out going down a 6-7% was enough to make up my mind regardless of price. I went with Michelins but would go with BFG comercial next time.
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