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laknox
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What happened to the Bridgstone Duravis for 16" wheels and "medium" weight FWs? They were all the rage a few years ago for those wanting to go to LTs.
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JIMNLIN
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I see Bridgestone still has the 16" Duravis lines on their websites.
For years the LT 16" R-250 was used but a upgrade brought out the 16" LT R-238 designation as its replacement.
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StirCrazy
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so when looking to switch if my tires I have now are 235/80R16.. what size of LT tire should I be looking for since that size is exclusive to st tires.
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StirCrazy - good comments here about LT vs ST specs and testing. What hasn’t been mentioned yet is that ST have stiffer sidewalls for the tire scrubbing that will happen on tandem and triple axle trailers. LT are designed with more margin and to higher standards, but they are designed for a different application than ST. I would recommend sticking to ST, and specifically recommend looking at Sailuns (that I have good experiences with - besides, much cheaper than a good LT tire).
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That is a good comment and why the dealers tell you to use an ST tire for trailers. But, in real world testing, I had a them take off a Hercules ST tire I had purchased to get me through my trip and to the tire dealer to replace all 4. When not mounted with my hands I could flex the ST tire, and couldn't with the LT. I'm sure all tires are different. Also considered Sailun tires, but found them to be more expensive than the LT tires I went with and didn't want to go to Walmart for service. Felt more comfortable working with a tire shop vs a chain store.
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StirCrazy
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MNRon wrote:StirCrazy - good comments here about LT vs ST specs and testing. What hasn’t been mentioned yet is that ST have stiffer sidewalls for the tire scrubbing that will happen on tandem and triple axle trailers. LT are designed with more margin and to higher standards, but they are designed for a different application than ST. I would recommend sticking to ST, and specifically recommend looking at Sailuns (that I have good experiences with - besides, much cheaper than a good LT tire).
yup and that's what I have always said myself, but I was looking into it as a few new rv's are coming out with LT tires, so it muddies up the water. I was going to go with sailun but after talking with them, they should be run at 110psi not at 80, so that would mean I would need new rims also. more to think about.
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StirCrazy
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Thermoguy wrote:MNRon wrote:StirCrazy - good comments here about LT vs ST specs and testing. What hasn’t been mentioned yet is that ST have stiffer sidewalls for the tire scrubbing that will happen on tandem and triple axle trailers. LT are designed with more margin and to higher standards, but they are designed for a different application than ST. I would recommend sticking to ST, and specifically recommend looking at Sailuns (that I have good experiences with - besides, much cheaper than a good LT tire).
That is a good comment and why the dealers tell you to use an ST tire for trailers. But, in real world testing, I had a them take off a Hercules ST tire I had purchased to get me through my trip and to the tire dealer to replace all 4. When not mounted with my hands I could flex the ST tire, and couldn't with the LT. I'm sure all tires are different. Also considered Sailun tires, but found them to be more expensive than the LT tires I went with and didn't want to go to Walmart for service. Felt more comfortable working with a tire shop vs a chain store.
ya the sailun here would cost me about 1200 dollars installed, the cheapest LT tires are coming in at 1300 all the way up to 2000.00
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You should drive a little south the get a better deal. Just check Goodyear and the Goodyear Wrangler HT with USEF discount is $883 installed at my local dealer. $215 per tire before discount. I have a trailer that needs tires this year due to age. Not a bad price.
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MNRon wrote:StirCrazy - good comments here about LT vs ST specs and testing. What hasn’t been mentioned yet is that ST have stiffer sidewalls for the tire scrubbing that will happen on tandem and triple axle trailers. LT are designed with more margin and to higher standards, but they are designed for a different application than ST. I would recommend sticking to ST, and specifically recommend looking at Sailuns (that I have good experiences with - besides, much cheaper than a good LT tire). I've heard that tons of times that ST tires have stiffer sidewalls, none of which I've ever seen in the real world. ST tires have wimpy sidewalls compared to good LT tires. The old ST dealer's story keeps coming up and refuses to go away, even though it's wrong. Repeating wrong data doesn't make it right.
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fj12ryder
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StirCrazy wrote:MNRon wrote:StirCrazy - good comments here about LT vs ST specs and testing. What hasn’t been mentioned yet is that ST have stiffer sidewalls for the tire scrubbing that will happen on tandem and triple axle trailers. LT are designed with more margin and to higher standards, but they are designed for a different application than ST. I would recommend sticking to ST, and specifically recommend looking at Sailuns (that I have good experiences with - besides, much cheaper than a good LT tire).
yup and that's what I have always said myself, but I was looking into it as a few new rv's are coming out with LT tires, so it muddies up the water. I was going to go with sailun but after talking with them, they should be run at 110psi not at 80, so that would mean I would need new rims also. more to think about. I've run Sailun's at less than 110 psi, but not as low as 80 psi. I ran mine down at 90-95 psi, with no issues and they lasted 6+ years and still looked good. I had a triple axle at the time and my load was about 5,000 lbs. per axle, so they were way over tired.
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