Montana Owners Club - Keystone Montana 5th Wheel Forum - View Single Post - up-grading Montna tires

dsprik · 03-31-2006, 01:42 PM

If they are too bad, I think I'd be nervous. At 15,000 # (fully loaded with gear), that would be 7 1/2 tons on those four tires. Truck is about 1/3 (or so) of that. Just my thoughts. I could be off on my thinking though, has happened before...

*On Edit~ OK, before someone says something about my flawed thinking (again), I will mention that I do understand that even though the truck is lighter, the "steering" wheels and the "drive" wheels do wear more rapidly, and undergo more stress, than tires that are relatively "static" (on an RV). Also, more miles on the tv tires as the Monty is parked much more...

*On 2nd Edit~ Wow! That's amazing. No one else needs to even post... just watch and I'll debate myself here for a few pages...

03-31-2006, 01:42 PM	#66
dsprik Montana Master Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Fort Myers Posts: 5,933 M.O.C. #4282	If they are too bad, I think I'd be nervous. At 15,000 # (fully loaded with gear), that would be 7 1/2 tons on those four tires. Truck is about 1/3 (or so) of that. Just my thoughts. I could be off on my thinking though, has happened before... On Edit~ OK, before someone says something about my flawed thinking (again), I will mention that I do understand that even though the truck is lighter, the "steering" wheels and the "drive" wheels do wear more rapidly, and undergo more stress, than tires that are relatively "static" (on an RV). Also, more miles on the tv tires as the Monty is parked much more... On 2nd Edit~ Wow! That's amazing. No one else needs to even post... just watch and I'll debate myself here for a few pages...