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Old 06-22-2012, 05:19 PM
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Which Tires For Travel Trailer

I've seen a lot of threads regarding tires but none that nail this down. I have a 2006 27 ft travel trailer. It weighs 3300 pounds unloaded. Factory tires are Goodyear trailer only tires 205/75/14, load range B, 4 ply. Would I be OK installing LT tires on this camper? Money is a little tight and the LT's are cheaper. Thanks
 
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LT D or E rated would be just fine.
 
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Thanks for the input.
 
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Just be sure you pay attention to the sidewall of the LT tires. Ensure they will have the capacity of your max trailer wt.
 
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^^^^ What Scott said..
 
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Just be careful in that the LT tires are also not made in China. Some of the smaller rim sizes of LT's are china bombs also. You also say that the tires are load range B reccommended, I would go C for just a little insurance. Most stock trailer tires are barely meeting the max load of the trailer. I have been there, done that and got my T-shirt with trailer tires.
 
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I think LT's START with a D rating.
 
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and read the sidewall for week-year manufactured

I just pulled my new st's off to put goodyears and mine have 2412 on the sidewall ...

Is it even the 24th week of 2012 yet ?!? pleasantly pleased !

yep - http://www.epochconverter.com/date-a...rs-by-year.php
 
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Those are REALLY fresh tires! Where they still hot when they were put on????
 
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Old 07-05-2012, 06:41 AM
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I use Michelin XPS RIB tires....work great
 
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