365 Tires

[joelselman]

I don't THINK weight was an issue with the blown tag tire, but I'm going to recheck. The 455/55 are rated @11000# each, 2 315's are 18000#. When I originally weighed my coach with 315's on the drive, the axle weight was about 20,500 and the tag was (from memory) about 14,000. The 315's on the tag SHOULD be more than adequate but since my first ever Michelin blowout, I'm going to re-weigh just to insure the rear axle geometry, and therefore weights, haven't changed. Drive axle weight should have decreased by 300 due to the wheel/tire change. Weights were taken without passengers, normal coach interior loading, and full fuel and water.

Incidentally, my big trailer (21000# gross) has a ft steer axle and exerts virtually 0 tongue weight.