Thread: G-614 Unraveled
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Old 05-20-2012, 03:20 PM   #19
Bigboomer
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quote:Originally posted by DQDick

One thing you have to be careful about on the Escapee forum is that many of the posters are Heavy Duty Truck folks with trailers that actually demand that type of TV. 614's are too small a tire for a 26,000 pound rig and if you buy one of the custom made rigs from the plant in Junction City, Kansas you have one whale of a great rig and it is truly a whale on the scales. Those things need H rated tires or above.
DQD, you are certainly on the mark. One thing that swayed us to our Monty is that we could get a lot of the semi-custom look and options that the built to spec rigs have but the Monty is a good 2 to 3,000 lbs lighter overall making a big difference on the tires. Although our MDT can handle the heavier trailers we have a lot more comfort knowing we are well under Bigboomers capacity.

One thing with tires as they get older that we all need to pay attention to is that when tires start approaching 5 to 6 years old they can be more subject to dry rotting from the inside (no matter who the manufacturer or type of tire). Even though the tire looks great on the outside the tire could have unseen damage waiting to take it's toll.

Les
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