I ran Michelin LTX's and never looked back. Great investment with no flats or blowouts. A packet of Equal in each also.


Okay, I'll bite. Why Equal?

 

Equal is a tire balancing powder. http://www.chemco.ca/Products/Wheel_...nce_powder.htm

MikeyB

 

Okay, like the ceramic beads (but likely at a lower price)

 

David, please elaborate why that is a problem. Curious due to the fact I never had a DOT officer question me about the tires unless they were getting worn down.

Thanks buddy and no worries. I will look into that tire in a bit. What kind of cargo are you moving if I may ask?

 

I talked to a wholesale tire company where I will purchase my tires most likely. The supervisor of the company told me about TireSmart sealant that you add to the tire to prevent getting a flat right away if you run over a nail etc. Here is the link if you want to research the product.

http://www.ustiretech.com/pages/main.html

Seems like a good product and our electrical company for the city uses the sealant in all their big trucks and has gotten good return on the cheap investment. Well, I am off. Everyone have a good week!

 

Most of the 235/16" tires are rated for 3042 lbs in a single application.

If you are running 7k axles, your tires should be at least 3500 lbs each to equal the 7k axle.

When I had my 16" tires on I had been warned during an inspection that I could receive a ticket because my tires were not rated high enough for the 21k rating of the trailer.

With these tires you are limited to 6084 lbs per axle or 18252 total gross. This is something that is checked often, (seeing if you are over on your tire rating), and is a definite "out of service" until your load is lightened or you get new tires.

To me it is not worth the chance. DOT is just looking for things to write tickets on, especially the little guys.

David

 

I understand what your saying. Just had to see if you knew your stuff. Anyway, I am going to try something different this time and run a lower profile tire on a tandem with 10K axles. My trailer manufacturer found a 9.00x14.5 Biased Nylon platform tire. 12 ply rating with a 2800 load cap on a dual. Yes, it's not a 16" because I am trying to keep my deck height lower at around 30" instead of the 36" standard deck you find. Lower profile trailers get some great paying oversize tall loads which can't be hauled on a 36" deck height. Only thing I am worried about is the tires aren't a radial for longer tread life.

 

You are forgetting to add the tongue weight to the total. 18,252 + 2,750 = 21,000. The trailer manufactuer will push every component to it's limit to stamp the absolute max on the nameplate. Having said that I had the same 7k axles with e rated tires. Need to upgrade to a g rating or even h. H may not be available in the existing rim size.

 

I was gonna say... what about tongue wieght?? Nice snag...

 

Trailers are stamped for what the axles can bare, not including tongue weight from what I under stand. So a 14k trailer can handle really around 16k if you have alot of tongue weigh, you would be pushing the limits of the trucks GVW. But you would be legal as far as I can tell.