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    Posted: 30 Sep 2018 at 10:45am
So my Carlisle 225/75/15 E tires ride great. With the greater pressure (80psi) there is less bouncing and sidewalls are much stiffer.
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We have 14" wheels on our 179.  We installed(and balanced) 215/75/14 Goodyear Endurance with a "D" load rating.  We have used them once so far and they definitely had less bounce and stiffer sidewalls.  Good point about the valve stems-we had all metal stems installed.
time will tell about the long term durability.  I used Maxxis 8008's before and they were good, but I had one blow out due to road debris and one tread separation.  so far I like the new Goodyears better.
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Probably they used whatever they could get the cheapest in either 15 in for the hood river variant or 14 for us east coast folks. 14 inch c range tires like I currently have appear to be rated around 1750 so that is a direct match for the 3500 lb axle rating. I don’t have a issue the 14s per se, but I do want to try to match up with what looks like it is the real axle rating on my trailer, which is 4400, I’m pushing the 3500 lb axle weight now. I haven’t yet found a 14 inch tire with a 2200 lb or higher rating.

Broncoman, your conclusion sees sensible to me, your limiting factor is your tow vehicle anyway, so you’ll need to pack light regardless.
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Posts: 2702 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 Sep 2018 at 11:05am
Originally posted by broncoman_2000

Actually the info posted thus far has helped solidify the BF Goodrich T/A KO2 tire for me.  Since I have the HRE pod, it already comes with 15 " wheels, and this tire in 15" C load has a weight of 1985# @ 50 psi.  Looks like I'll have a soft ride and a load range of 3970#.  This far exceeds the tow capacity of my Wrangler @ 3500#.
The 15" tires on our RP-179 HRE are rated at 2250 lbs, even though they are C rated. Wonder how many different kinds of tires FR uses?
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Actually the info posted thus far has helped solidify the BF Goodrich T/A KO2 tire for me.  Since I have the HRE pod, it already comes with 15 " wheels, and this tire in 15" C load has a weight of 1985# @ 50 psi.  Looks like I'll have a soft ride and a load range of 3970#.  This far exceeds the tow capacity of my Wrangler @ 3500#.
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offgrid, my 189 is a 2019 so came with the 15" d rated tires. I am not a big fan of Chinese made tires from all the miles put on my boat trailers over the years so I changed out to the Goodyear Endurance (E)rated as soon as I got it home from the dealer. Just my personal preference.
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Thanks harrypodder,

Did you start out with 15 inch wheels or convert? if you converted, do you have any wheel recommendations and did you have any clearance issues?

mcarter, yes after found out the other day from Lippert than my axle is apparently good for 4400lbs, I don't think the axle is an issue at least in my case. 

My question now is, should I just change to D rated 14 inch tires which will still limit me to 4080 lbs axle load, or should I change out to 15 inch D's or E's where I could get the full 4400 lb load headroom provided by the axle? 

I'm hoping all this information is also of use to broncoman_2000 as I don't want to hijack his thread. Embarrassed
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Posts: 3419 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 Sep 2018 at 7:37am
Offgrid,

Tracking with you now. I got confused in the posts. I agree, tire change is most cost effective first change. I certainly would do that before axle replacement if I did NOT have an alignment problem. I have tendency to look at the big pic. The number of RVs made, with the same axle, compared to the number that have axle problems. Then subtract the number that were damaged by accident and how big is that number of axle failures? Squeaky wheel gets the grease, if 5 owners claim axle issues, it becomes an issue, people don't post non-issues. Be a boring forum if they did.
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I have run 15" E rated Goodyear Endurance on a 189 for a couple trips now and the ride seems fine. One thing to check when you go to an (E) rated load your valve stem has to handle the 80psi max cold pressure check with your installer there is a difference in stem psi specs.
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mcarter, you ask a great question. Yes, I have 14's, and I haven't found any E rated 14 inch tires either. And I'm probably overthinking this but here's my reasoning for the question. 

My objective is to get a higher overall load rating on the trailer axle. I was getting ready to have to buy a new axle but as you know from StephenH's axle thread, I've learned from Lippert that my axle (and his) is really 4400 lbs derated to 3500. 

Great, so now 4400 lbs is my objective, all I have to do is change tires, which I was going to do no matter what, because I still have the factory C rated tires. Right? Wrong, if I go to the Carlisle D rated 14's I'm still "only" at 2040 lbs, better but the tires are still the load limiter.

So maybe I should change wheels instead of the axle and go to 15's, which with Carlisle gives me a choice of D's at 2540 lbs or E's at 2830 lbs.  But then there's also the viewpoint you mentioned that E's might make for a stiff ride, so I was curious about Billy Bob's experience with them.

Hope that makes sense and if you think I'm on the wrong track let me know.
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