I recently trailered my 318, 3 hours to northern Michigan. I bought a trailer for it from another forum member last winter. Not wanting to have any bad tire experiences, I decided to replace the existing ST245-75R16 Load Range D Carlisle's. Not to mention they were 6 years old.
I ended up buying from Belle Tire, and had a lengthy discussion with the guys behind the counter on the problems with ST tires, delamination ect. They told me alot of the 5th wheel guys are using LT truck tires.
Well I decided to try that instead of having a bad trailering experience with such a big load. I ended up with Firestone LT 24575R16 Load Range E. I went up one load range just for the sidewall stiffness issue that is always the argument as to not use LT on a trailer.
They performed flawlessly, and I took a tip form some of you guys and did the IR thermometer and kept track of sidewall and bearing temps. I had no noticeable swaying or any other issues.
OK everyone, be nice!
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Jeff
'14 Cruisers 380 Express "Simon Sez"
Merc 8.2 Mag MPI 380
DTS B3X, (x2) Axius Premier
(SOLD)
'08 V318
Merc 350 Mag MPI 300
DTS Seacore, B3 (x2)