Tires for RPod 179
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Topic: Tires for RPod 179
Posted By: Kris B
Subject: Tires for RPod 179
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2018 at 12:17pm
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I have a 2013 RPod 179 with mud tires on it. 235/75R15.
I just want a normal highway tire, what could I replace them with? Size, brand?
Thanks!
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Kris Brown
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Posted By: mjlrpod
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2018 at 12:29pm
I use Carlisle Radial Trail 14 inch Load range D tires. I have 2 seasons, and about 12000 miles without any complaints. A reputable tire for a reasonable price.
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2017.5 Rp-172
2020 R-pod 195
2015 Frontier sv 4.0L 6cyl
I'll be rpodding
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Posted By: crankster78
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2018 at 1:50pm
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I also have the Carlisle radial trail 8 ply load range d on my 179. I just put them on a few weeks back. I had the wheel bearings repacked by a local auto repair shop. The only thing I noticed about them is they seem to have more sidewall flex. So far they look and work well. They run at 65 psi and have a rated load of 2040 and a speed rating of 80 mph if I recall correctly. I had them balanced.
Crankster78 R-179 2015
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Crankster 78 R-179 2015
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Posted By: TheBum
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2018 at 3:01pm
We've had our Carlisle Trail HD D-load-rated tires on our 179 for ever a year and they've been great compared to the factory cheapies.
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Alan
2022 R-Pod 196 "RaptoRPod"
2022 Ram 1500 Lone Star 4x4
Three cats
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Posted By: Keith-N-Dar
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2018 at 4:49pm
Originally posted by TheBum
We've had our Carlisle Trail HD D-load-rated tires on our 179 for ever a year and they've been great compared to the factory cheapies. |
What trouble did you have with the factory tires?
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Keith-N-Dar
Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers)
2011 R-Pod 177
2010 Ford F-150
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Posted By: mcarter
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2018 at 5:12pm
I also replaced factory C rates with Carlisle D rates - significant improvement in my opinion. Happy I did it. The factory tires were weak in the sidewall, had to much flex and wobble, low pressure rating and load capacity.
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Mike Carter
2015 178
" I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability."
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Posted By: john in idaho
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2018 at 5:26pm
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I went one step further and did Load Range E. 80 lbs of air. Eliminated that tiny side to side sway in the mirrors and the squashed out side walls after a bump. I think each tire has a load limit of 2600 lbs. As expected, gas mileage didn't change...... And I had them balance each one.
And we used trailer tires - the factory had used light truck.
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Posted By: Kris B
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2018 at 5:42pm
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Thanks, very helpful!
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Kris Brown
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Posted By: Kris B
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2018 at 5:43pm
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Thanks for the info!
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Kris Brown
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Posted By: Kris B
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2018 at 5:46pm
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Really no trouble with them, they just seem really big and I don't need mud tires. It seems like a little bit smaller tire would ride smoother. That single axle makes it bumpy enough. We live in really hot country and even though we keep them covered, they're 5 years old and just looking for new ones.
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Kris Brown
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Posted By: Keith-N-Dar
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2018 at 5:55pm
I heat lots about "those awful tires" quoting what they read on the internet. We ran over 20,000 trouble free miles on our originals with no problems. We kept ours inglated properly and did replace them when they aged out. Like so many other things internet experts can turn a non-problem scary.
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Keith-N-Dar
Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers)
2011 R-Pod 177
2010 Ford F-150
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Posted By: mcarter
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2018 at 6:07pm
What did you replace them with and why?
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Mike Carter
2015 178
" I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability."
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Posted By: mcarter
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2018 at 6:10pm
BTW Keith the internet had nothing to do with my replacing the tires.
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Mike Carter
2015 178
" I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability."
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Posted By: TheBum
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2018 at 6:22pm
Originally posted by Keith-N-Dar
Originally posted by TheBum
We've had our Carlisle Trail HD D-load-rated tires on our 179 for ever a year and they've been great compared to the factory cheapies. |
What trouble did you have with the factory tires? |
They both blew out, one on each leg of the same trip. They had around 5k miles on them. FWIW, it was during the heat of the summer driving between Texas and Indiana.
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Alan
2022 R-Pod 196 "RaptoRPod"
2022 Ram 1500 Lone Star 4x4
Three cats
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Posted By: Keith-N-Dar
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2018 at 6:12am
Originally posted by TheBum
Originally posted by Keith-N-Dar
Originally posted by TheBum
We've had our Carlisle Trail HD D-load-rated tires on our 179 for ever a year and they've been great compared to the factory cheapies. |
What trouble did you have with the factory tires? |
They both blew out, one on each leg of the same trip. They had around 5k miles on them. FWIW, it was during the heat of the summer driving between Texas and Indiana. |
I would be upset too.
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Keith-N-Dar
Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers)
2011 R-Pod 177
2010 Ford F-150
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Posted By: mjlrpod
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2018 at 7:25am
I replaced my cheapo's at about 100 miles. The amount of miles from the dealer to home, then home to the tire shop. My decision was made when I asked my tire guy what he thought and he chuckled and said, I have never heard of these, and I wouldn't trust them. I've used that guy for many years, and I trusted his opinion. I don't know if he read something bad about them on the internet though. I guess if one person on the internet says they worked out great, they must be good tires, but "I" wouldn't use them.
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2017.5 Rp-172
2020 R-pod 195
2015 Frontier sv 4.0L 6cyl
I'll be rpodding
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Posted By: poston
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2018 at 7:36am
Originally posted by mjlrpod
I guess if one person on the internet says they worked out great, they must be good tires, but "I" wouldn't use them. |
Heh, true that, and if one person on the internet says he had problems, they must be bad tires.
Internet reviews are just more data points in our research into products we're looking to buy.
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Jim
Virginia City, Nevada
2016 R-pod 180
2015 Nissan Xterra Pro-4X
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Posted By: fwunder
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2018 at 7:41am
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Replaced first set (factory tires) at about 10-12k miles. Lot of visible and uneven wear. Replaced them while on a Florida trip with Freestar tires. Those seemed to be wearing evenly and road fine until...I was moving pod around property when I just happen to notice a rather large bulge across the tread of one tire. I know now that it was probably a broken belt just waiting for a blowout. Lucky. Prolly had about 5K miles on them.
I now have Goodyear Endurance "D"s. We'll see, but the first few thousand miles seem to be fine.
fred
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2014 RPod 178 => https://goo.gl/CV446f - MyMods and Buying Habits
2008 4Runner Limited 4.0-liter V6
Yes, those are wild ponies dining on grass while dumping tanks!
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Posted By: poston
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2018 at 7:51am
Originally posted by fwunder
I was moving pod around property when I just happen to notice a rather large bulge across the tread of one tire. |
Pays to be observant. Glad you noticed that before it became a nightmare at highway speed.
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Jim
Virginia City, Nevada
2016 R-pod 180
2015 Nissan Xterra Pro-4X
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Posted By: mjlrpod
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2018 at 9:43am
I guess the true test of the cheapo, crappy, time bomb, one guy on the internet seems to like them tires is........... Has anyone gone out and bought the exact same times when it was time to get new tires?
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2017.5 Rp-172
2020 R-pod 195
2015 Frontier sv 4.0L 6cyl
I'll be rpodding
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Posted By: crankster78
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2018 at 10:30am
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Greetings
The main problem with tires is proper inflation. Get a good tire gauge and make sure your tires are at max psi for both the RV and the TV. Avoid taking corners to sharply and running over or against curbs or obstructions. You have to remind yourself that you are now in a vehicle that's 40 foot long.
Crankster78 R-179
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Crankster 78 R-179 2015
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Posted By: TheBum
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2018 at 10:49am
I was pretty vigilant about tire pressure and they blew out anyway. The 179 puts C-rated tires very near their rated weight, so any number of issues could cause a blow-out. I have a TPMS on them now that reports both pressure and temperature, with alarm thresholds I can set.
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Alan
2022 R-Pod 196 "RaptoRPod"
2022 Ram 1500 Lone Star 4x4
Three cats
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Posted By: GlueGuy
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2018 at 11:19am
Originally posted by TheBum
I was pretty vigilant about tire pressure and they blew out anyway. The 179 puts C-rated tires very near their rated weight, so any number of issues could cause a blow-out. I have a TPMS on them now that reports both pressure and temperature, with alarm thresholds I can set. |
I don't understand this. Our (original) tires on our RP-179 are, indeed, C-rated. However, since it is Hood River, they are 15" tires and are stamped with a load rating of 2250 lbs, which puts them somewhere in the range of 700 lbs over the GVWR of the R-pod. In fact, because we're carrying over 400 lbs on the tongue, that puts the tire load rating more than 1000 lbs over.
There must be a significant difference in load rating, depending on the tire size, etc.
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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River
2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost
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Posted By: TheBum
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2018 at 5:56pm
Originally posted by GlueGuy
There must be a significant difference in load rating, depending on the tire size, etc. |
There is. C-rated 14" tires are spec'ed to around 1750 pounds each.
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Alan
2022 R-Pod 196 "RaptoRPod"
2022 Ram 1500 Lone Star 4x4
Three cats
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Posted By: mcarter
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2018 at 5:57pm
GlueGuy,
I have seen you say this before and in all honesty I can't tell you what the original C rated 14" tires on my non HRE 178 were load rated for. What I can say is I didn't like the lower tire pressure, didn't like the ride and didn't like the handling traits on the open road. So I went with a D rated tire, with a superior side wall and increased tire pressure. AND I'm satisfied. I feel I made an improvement, my money, and I'm satisfied with the decision. I can't talk about my 14" C rates in comparison to your 15" HRE C rates. But does it matter?
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Mike Carter
2015 178
" I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability."
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Posted By: GlueGuy
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2018 at 7:42pm
Originally posted by mcarter
GlueGuy,
I have seen you say this before and in all honesty I can't tell you what the original C rated 14" tires on my non HRE 178 were load rated for. What I can say is I didn't like the lower tire pressure, didn't like the ride and didn't like the handling traits on the open road. So I went with a D rated tire, with a superior side wall and increased tire pressure. AND I'm satisfied. I feel I made an improvement, my money, and I'm satisfied with the decision. I can't talk about my 14" C rates in comparison to your 15" HRE C rates. But does it matter? |
NBD. I agree that there seems to be a fair amount of "bounce" in the tires we have, and to some extent, I feel it is part of the suspension. Probably smooths out the bounces a little bit, but I'm no expert. All I'm really saying is that if you have a HRE with the 15" "off road" tires, their load rating is a lot higher, and you may be able to live with them for the duration. Ours has 2 years and I don't know how many miles, and I think they will make it the whole 5 years.
I do know that those 15" size tires are an off size. There is no direct replacement anywhere, so I expect to go to a heavier tire when the time comes.
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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River
2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost
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Posted By: poston
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2018 at 12:17am
Originally posted by Kris B
even though we keep them covered, they're 5 years old and just looking for new ones |
Hi Kris, please check your Private Messages. 👋
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Jim
Virginia City, Nevada
2016 R-pod 180
2015 Nissan Xterra Pro-4X
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