Tire Recommendation?

[Mike and Carol]

34 minutes ago, jd1923 said:

Lastly, I'm wondering why Mike @Mike and Carol and Bill @rideandfly are both choosing to move to ST tires? What criteria makes you prefer ST tires? 

I haven’t made a decision, yet.  I just said I’m thinking about it.  No specific reason, just thought I’d be exploring all possibilities next time.  I think I still have a couple years on my current Coopers.  Mike

[rideandfly]

37 minutes ago, jd1923 said:

Lastly, I'm wondering why Mike @Mike and Carol and Bill @rideandfly are both choosing to move to ST tires? What criteria makes you prefer ST tires? 

John,

I keep our Ollie on pavement most of the time except when a campground has dirt roads. To be honest I was thinking about refinishing the original 16" ION trailer wheels or replacing them with new 15" Sendel trailer wheels. I already have one 15" Sendel trailer wheel with a Goodyear Endurance ST225/75R/15 for the spare tire since the full size 16" LT225/75R/16 tire/wheel will not fit in the original spare tire housing, believe the Oliver spare tire housing was made larger during 2016 or 2017. I would lose about 1/2" trailer ground clearance by moving to the 15" tire/wheel using the same 15" Goodyear ST tires Oliver currently uses.

Just a thought for now. I have another Ollie project in front of wheels/tires for next year.

Here's the original spare with 16" wheel and passenger tire (not LT) that would fit in the spare tire housing on the left. The new 15" Goodyear ST tire and Sendel wheel is on the right that fits the original spare tire housing.

[jd1923]

35 minutes ago, rideandfly said:

The new 15" Goodyear ST tire and Sendel wheel is on the right that fits the original spare tire housing.

The new wheel looks great! It actually has a simple, cleaner look.

If quality and weight rating is equal, buying 4 is likely lower cost and longer life vs. refinishing.

Having 5 like wheels is a certain advantage vs. a temp spare that we must change twice. The 1/2” drop matters not on paved roads. Lower center of gravity another benefit. Thanks 

[rideandfly]

23 minutes ago, jd1923 said:

The new wheel looks great! It actually has a simple, cleaner look.

If quality and weight rating is equal, buying 4 is likely lower cost and longer life vs. refinishing.

Having 5 like wheels is a certain advantage vs. a temp spare that we must change twice. The 1/2” drop matters not on paved roads. Lower center of gravity another benefit. Thanks 

Agree, guessing the new 15" wheels may be about the same cost as refinishing and I like the idea of having  a spare tire/wheel that matches the tire/wheels mounted on Ollie.

[jd1923]

48 minutes ago, rideandfly said:

Agree, guessing the new 15" wheels may be about the same cost as refinishing and I like the idea of having  a spare tire/wheel that matches the tire/wheels mounted on Ollie.

And you can likely get $100 used on the old set locally, or maybe an Oliver owner needs one?

[rideandfly]

54 minutes ago, jd1923 said:

And you can likely get $100 used on the old set locally, or maybe an Oliver owner needs one?

Good thought, I could the sell the old set.

I only run 40PSI @ 5100lb ready to camp weight with the ION wheels that came on our Ollie. Another piece of interesting information is it looks like the maximum pressure for these particular wheels, 60PSI. 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by rideandfly

[jd1923]

1 hour ago, rideandfly said:

Another piece of interesting information is it looks like the maximum pressure for these particular wheels, 60PSI.

Do they also print a weight rating? The OEM wheels are rated for 80 PSI, but 60 is all you need with margin. The OEM wheels are weight rated, don’t remember exactly, but the 4 added to 11K+, so with D52, Alcan springs on Load E tires and OEM wheels, it’s only Oliver frame capacity keeping these from being actual (not legal) 10K GTWR! I would hope the frame is also over-engineered!

If it were me (not me, since our wheels living in the dry SW are very nice after 10 years), I’d buy these on Tire Rack, choose tires, have them mounted and Hunter Road Force balanced, shipped as a unit, 2-year hazard protection and shipping included!

Then nothing easier than changing a ready-mounted wheel on an Oliver!

https://www.tirerack.com/wheels/brands/sendel-towable

Edited 2 hours ago by jd1923

[Mike and Carol]

5 hours ago, rideandfly said:

…believe the Oliver spare tire housing was made larger during 2016 or 2017.

It wasn’t changed in 2016, we have the smaller spare.

[rideandfly]

2 hours ago, jd1923 said:

Do they also print a weight rating? The OEM wheels are rated for 80 PSI, but 60 is all you need with margin. The OEM wheels are weight rated, don’t remember exactly

Only thing I can find on the wheel is maximum pressure, not capacity. It’s probably in the operators manual.

We have put many miles on these wheels, but for full disclosure, if we replace them and someone wants them, I have to post the maximum pressure.
 

It’s going to be next year before I start on the wheel/tire project. Actually have two more Ollie projects before the wheel/tire project, I know it's easy to replace wheels/tires, but it's also according to $ available for AFE (authority for expenditure) projects, that's what we called them on the Railroad. 🙂

 

 

Edited 39 minutes ago by rideandfly

[John Dorrer]

On 6/9/2024 at 12:16 PM, csevel said:

The time is long overdue to replace my '17 ILOVHER tires.   I haven't traveled more than 2500 miles in the last year and have put this off long enough.  I have the original discontinued Michelins LTX MS2s in the 225/75/16 size.  I will not be buying new wheels so what are my options?  I know I put Goodyear Endurance STs on my Casita but I don' think they come in a 16s.  Thank you in advance for any help and recommendations!

They come in 16's