[Rhodes22-list] Trailer Tires Again

[Rik Sandberg]

Bob,

Dump the F-78's, walk away, and don't look back. uh...wait...14s are you 
sure they're 14s????? never seen an R22 trailer with 14s on it. What kind 
of trailer do you have????

I don't have a table but have many trailers and so have bought many trailer 
tires. You want to go down to the local tire store and get ST 225/70R x 15 
radial TRAILER tires. You will probably have to go to a regular (read real) 
tire store not a walmart kmart type to find someone who will know what the 
heck these are. You will be able to get these in a more suitable capacity 
for the load you are trying to carry. They should be load range D I believe 
probably in the 22- 23 hundred pound range. Trailer tires (ST in the size) 
are made specially for use on trailers. Don't let them sell you passenger 
car tires (P in the size). Sounds like you may need to buy wheels too. No 
doubt if you really have 14s and not 15s. I suppose it might be possible to 
get enough capacity in a 14 in tire, but I have never seen one. Doesn't 
mean they don't exist though. Check your fenders to see how much clearance 
you have with the tires that are on there now.

At any rate get load range D or even better E (these are hard to find) and 
whether they are 14 or 15 you want an ST tire. Generally, the bigger the 
tire, the higher the capacity it will have. You will be able to see this if 
you compare two different sizes of the same style tires from the same 
manufacturer.

Rik

At 07:20 PM 10/16/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>All,
>    Okay, I am trying to locate the load rating in pounds for the various 
> tires I may want to put on my trailer.  I know that my F-78x14s are load 
> range C, 6 ply tires and are rated ar 1710 pounds each.  I think that is 
> cutting it pretty close for a fully loaded R22.  I want more, but how 
> much more would be easier to tell if I could find a table which rates 
> tires by load (in pounds).  Anybody have access to this info?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Fair Winds,
>
>Bob Hendrickson
>S/V Getaway
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