I did a ;ot of research on tires, and found a lot of people who did not knw what
they were talking about. Finally, I got the scoop on trailer rates tires.
Trailers have primitive suspensions, and their mission in life is to faithfully
follow the tow vehicle without shimmying or swaying, which would destabilise the
tow vehicle and cause a tragedy. Therefore, the trailer rated tire is a stiff
tire with thick sidewalls, to resist side to side motion. Almost the opposite
of a car tire.
So Goodyear Marathons or equivalent tires just go with the territory.
Toby Folwick wrote:
> I went with the nylon bias-ply myself - being that I'm
> not a full-time traveler, I simply went for the weight
> rating and the stronger sidewall (in addition to the
> fact that they were cheaper than the Goodyear
> Marathons by about $40.)
>
> Toby 2029
>
> --- Jim Dunmyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Christian,
> > I suggest that you take your Caravel to a public
> > scale, you'll be surprised
> > at what it weighs. Our '68 G.T. weighed about 3300#
> > empty, and nearly 4000#
> > when ready to roll. Of course, there was 500# on the
> > tounge at that time, so
> > only 3500# or so on the axle.
> >
> > You're pushing it, but have little choice if that's
> > all that will fit. Don't
> > be afraid to run the pressure to at least the max
> > rating on the sidewall,
> > even a bit more if the tires run at all hot.
> >
> >
> > <<Jim>>
> >
> >
> > <<http://www.oldengine.org/members/jdunmyer>>
> >
> > <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
> > <<lower SE Michigan,
> > USA>>
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> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: C. Petrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: Multiple recipients of VACList
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 10:56 AM
> > Subject: [VAC] Re: Tires
> >
> >
> > >We just replaced the tires on our '66 Caravel.
> > Originally they came with
> > >8-ply nylon. Now the choices included 8 ply bias
> > (nylon) in a 6.70 x 15
> > >size (which I think that RJ has said gives 1/4 inch
> > clearance) and a 205/75
> > >15 (radial) in a 6 ply. The 6 ply has a 1800 lb
> > limit; the 8 ply about
> > >2200. The trailer weighs 2250 lbs empty (according
> > to the manual). The
> > >tire folks said that the 6-ply would acutally be
> > better because of the
> > steel
> > >belts - these would do a better job of keeping
> > gravel from puncturing the
> > >tire (at least on the tread face). The smaller
> > tire gives more wheelwell
> > >clearance, but less ground clearance. So, did I
> > make the right decision -
> > >are the 6-ply tires adequate? In advance, thanks
> > for your comments!
> > >
> > >Christian
> > >'66 Caravel
> > >'65 Globetrotter (with new 7.00x15 8 ply tires,
> > that fit well!)
> > >
> > >
> > >
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