TLDR - Blew a tire, need new ones, Rec's?
Blew an outside dual tire today so will be looking for new ones all round.
Main question - need new tires all 'round for MH. What is the go to Brand/Make/Model, load range, etc. these days for MH tires?
Also I have read other info where folks have gone up a size to something like 215/85R16 LRE to get a little extra ground clearance. This is very appealing to me as our rigs plumbing etc. hangs very low and my driveway is very steep and I have to use wood ramps to back it in. Is going up a size a good idea? What would be the downside - I am thinking tire availability? It might be an issue as the 225/75 R16's are standard on the E450 chassis and readily available, where the next size up 215/85R16 LRE might not be?
Rig: 2017 Leprechaun 317SA Class C 32' - original tires are LT 225/75 R16 Load Range "E". . We haul a rock crawling Jeep on a trailer so run loaded heavy - Legal and within specs, but right at the limit.
Outcome - Come to find out the inside tire was flat, had 2 splits in the sidewall . So the outside tire was carrying all the weight and probably just got hot and blew. Ended up having to put on the spare and buy 1 tire. Good news is the sidewall blew so tread didn't separate and beat the MH causing more damage.
Lesson - I don't have TPMS (maybe I need to make that investment) but I am very diligent about checking cold tire pressure every morning and keep tires at max rating. Every time we stop I visually check all of the tires and feel the temperature on each one, but I have not been bumping the inside duels. Blow out happen at 10 AM so I know the tires were good when we pulled out at 6 AM. MH is a 2017 so I assumed the tires were a couple years old. Come to find out the manufacture date on all of the tires was February of 2015. Tires were 4 1/2 years old. Also the rig is a former rental so no telling how the tires were maintained and was probably stored outside.
Any help and advice appreciated!
Blew an outside dual tire today so will be looking for new ones all round.
Main question - need new tires all 'round for MH. What is the go to Brand/Make/Model, load range, etc. these days for MH tires?
Also I have read other info where folks have gone up a size to something like 215/85R16 LRE to get a little extra ground clearance. This is very appealing to me as our rigs plumbing etc. hangs very low and my driveway is very steep and I have to use wood ramps to back it in. Is going up a size a good idea? What would be the downside - I am thinking tire availability? It might be an issue as the 225/75 R16's are standard on the E450 chassis and readily available, where the next size up 215/85R16 LRE might not be?
Rig: 2017 Leprechaun 317SA Class C 32' - original tires are LT 225/75 R16 Load Range "E". . We haul a rock crawling Jeep on a trailer so run loaded heavy - Legal and within specs, but right at the limit.
Outcome - Come to find out the inside tire was flat, had 2 splits in the sidewall . So the outside tire was carrying all the weight and probably just got hot and blew. Ended up having to put on the spare and buy 1 tire. Good news is the sidewall blew so tread didn't separate and beat the MH causing more damage.
Lesson - I don't have TPMS (maybe I need to make that investment) but I am very diligent about checking cold tire pressure every morning and keep tires at max rating. Every time we stop I visually check all of the tires and feel the temperature on each one, but I have not been bumping the inside duels. Blow out happen at 10 AM so I know the tires were good when we pulled out at 6 AM. MH is a 2017 so I assumed the tires were a couple years old. Come to find out the manufacture date on all of the tires was February of 2015. Tires were 4 1/2 years old. Also the rig is a former rental so no telling how the tires were maintained and was probably stored outside.
Any help and advice appreciated!