I put a link to the tires in the description. They are a BEAST of a tire! Crazy the peace of mind they give me. These are US Manufactured tires as well: www.continental-truck.com/truck/company/business-unit/mountvernon Also, Wheels are rated for 6,050lbs as well: www.etrailer.com/Boat-Trailer-Wheels/Lionshead/LI44FR.html?etam=a0001
For jacking up my trailer, I fabricated a "cradle" that fits under the axle tube plus the u-bolts. That cradle sits on the jack pad. The cradle evenly distributes the load among the u-bolts and that part of the tube between the u-bolts. Once elevated, a jackstand goes under the frame.
Balanced tires reduce wear on your wheel bearings, brake components, suspension components, and prevent any possibility of resonance damage at the speed of critical frequency. Always balance your trailer tires.
The tire guys thought I was silly, but I balanced mine. It tows nicer, and things in the RV shift much less on travel days. I'm convinced that less vibration is better for the appliances and the tightness of all the many fasteners holding the thing together.
Every time you change tires on one of your vehicles, it has me going around questioning my tires on my rv and vehicles-do I change them, are they ok, etc...lol
I've been running these tires on an Evergreen Tesla triple axle toyhauler for five years now and they are awesome! They have been worry free for about 28K miles so far. I keep them at 110 psi; the stiff sidewalls definitely help minimize the "scrubbing" worries of short radius turns on pavement. Even though they are a sturdy tire, I still use a TPMS for added peace of mind. I know they are more "spendy" than other tire choices, but I believe you will be happy with your choice!!
@@BigTruckBigRV It is of my opinion that the Saluin H rated tires on 17.5" rims are the best bang for the 75 mph rating, high load capacity, & incredibly stiff side wall $buck$, no? Can you say < 1/2 the price of those Conti's?
Thanks I bought these tires today because of this video ! Had to change my aluminum wheels out for the steel wheel that you show in the video had a heck of a time finding Lug nuts finally found them on line through summit racing , went to every local place I could find nobody stocked these 9/16 Hubb pilot lug nuts for a flat face steel wheel ,
@@UnholySeoul I had Goodyear China bombs. The ride is tremendous..no drag what so ever. These are the best trailer tires out there. You won’t be disappointed.
JB, I so appreciate your video's for several reasons. 1. You're likely one of the most technically knowledgeable people regarding RV's and pickup trucks used for towing RV's on the internet. Period. And 2. You put that knowledge right down on the table in terms where people who are looking for answers can find and understand it. The real shame is, after having a catastrophic blow out on my TT after only 20K miles on the "china bombs" that came from the factory on the RV, I went searching for "the best" tire I could get. American made was important to me as well. Reason being is not only did that blowout endanger my family but it did A LOT of damage to my RV. I couldn't find anybody (here in Virginia) that gave me confidence that they knew what they were talking about when advising me about tires they offered for my RV. In fact, one place, offered me car tires and assured me they would work. I had to research and find answers myself. Having 15" rims on the TT obviously limited my choices and ultimately I went with Good Year Endurance ST's which I hope were the best choice. Having seen this video I wonder if there is a better choice. You're doing a fine job my friend. When we disagree is is always a difference of opinion when you give your opinion and that is not often. Normally you keep opinions to yourself and give the facts. I appreciate that. Please, keep up the good work.
Every axel manufacturer on any rv I have seen STRONGLY advises against jacking up using the axel. You are supposed to place the jack on the frame near the hanger points.
@@HuntMountain06 yea, that’s what I was thinking. Use the camper jacks to take the trailer weight and then use a jack on the axel to just get it off the ground for swap out.
@@kwyer1963 That would certainly take most of the weight and be helpful. Those Leveling Jacks can generally hold 20+ Thousand Pounds. And as long as you aren’t over extending them on their own. Or have some great sturdy blocking. You can Use the Leveling Jacks to Lift one side at a time or all 4 tires right off the ground. The only reason the Leveling Jack Manufacturers say not to do it is to avoid any liability.
@@HuntMountain06 I picked up a screw in a trailer tire on my Solitude somewhere before Vegas in March and stopped in a Walmart parking lot in Vegas to have AAA come and swap it to the spare and that’s what I did. Got the tire almost off the ground and unloaded the springs and axel and then used his floor jack to just lift the tire off the ground to swap it out.
Yes, commercial tire like a semi trailer just shorter. The upsides are numerous a little more cost but way more safety. Only down side will be fixing a flat. You’ll need a place equipped for truck tire repair. Worth it though.
I have a 2020 F350 with a 7.3 godzilla gas engine 10 speed , 7.73 rear end , SRW. pulling 7.500 lbs cougar 5th wheel. truck and trailer loaded around 10.000 lbs. live in a valley in Oregon. anywhere I go its hills or mountains on the way. Truck can keep pace with cars. 10 speed trans has trans brake. 15 mpg best, towing 9mph.Saved 9,000 dollars, no high maintenance costs, no aftertreatment,Love my ford and Agree with Josh.
I try and use those very tires on my 9 axle wind tower trailer. They are great and we haul insane weight even off road. No joke if you want the best these are it.
Great upgrade! I always recommend investing into the best trailer tires you can afford. No question, the continental commercial tire is the ultimate tire upgrade; however, having that much overkill comes at cost. For those of us that can't afford to upgrade wheels to 17.5" and still want the safety and advantage of high ply commercial 75 MPH rated trailer tires, there is another much lower cost option that many 5th wheel owners have experienced great success. I upgraded my Montana 5th wheel to the Sailun commercial trailer tire 235/85R/R16. New Montana's can be ordered from the factory with them. The Sailuns can be ordered from local or online retailers and also come in the standard 235/80R/16 size. Sailun tires are rated at approx. 4100 lbs, 14 ply and have a 75 MPH rating like the continental tires. Doing a search on many RV forums, the Sailun is one of the most highly rated and recommended trailer tires and only cost $150 to $190 each.
Beefy commercial tires made for hauling bulldozers that are indestructible? Will the RV ride harder and beat up everything in the RV going down the road? My RV already falls apart going down the road with softer riding tires.
It will be slightly worse for sure. However with the enhances suspension upgrades as well as the taller side wall profile, it won't be that bad. I'll likely film it at some point. In regards to the ability to haul an excavator, you're talking 8 to 12 tires for those load applications. I have 4 and they are rated at 24k total, which is 6,500 over my GVWR.
I currently have Goodyear Endurance on our RV. If I did have to change a tire I think i would use the leveler jacks. I know Lippert says not to, but If you read comments in the Montana Owners Forum many have done this to just change a tire.
I've been hauling for a long time and I never ever thought to do that is a brilliant idea I've seen many of accidents and torn up RV trailers along with motorhomes having a good robust Tire on an RV is never a bad idea is it Overkill yes will it last way longer than the average Tire yes will you get home safe yes. Worth it to me.
Nice, I even get my boat and PWC trailers tires balanced as well. No reasons not to really, will make the tires wear better and not cup them over time. 👍👍
Should always balance high speed tires. Tires are one of the last mass produced items which are primarily hand made. The material, belts etc, often cause the tire to be heaver at certain points. This can cause premature wear and a poor ride. Should ask about rotating your tires too. I have spoken to a commercial tire engineer (30 + years in the business) who recommends that you actually rotate them regularly. The geometry of "dual" wheels on each side actually causes the fronts to wear differently from the rear tires.
I can't imagine NOT balancing your tires. Just part of the process - new tire, balance it, mount it, and hope the next tire purchase is a long way down the road.
That is a fantastic upgrade. I'd even go so far as to say imperative. The only thing you MIGHT encounter is availability. Continental tires are EU and sometimes very hard to find. It's nice that this guy has plenty, but when you're hundreds of miles down the road you could be stuck for a couple of days. Make sure you got at least two spares. Take a couple of those tires you took off and put them on those steel wheels for spares.
Any chance we could get some more videos on flat/cargo and box/cargo trailers? This video is awesome but I'd love some more info on haul type trailers as I've done a good bit of vehicle recovery/ towing with a flatbed bumper pull lately.
Heck i see a lot of pick ups with 5th wheels go by me so fast it’s unreal. They think just because the speed limit is 70-75 out here they can do that. Had a TT pass me on May31st and then it started fish tailing so I slowed down and gave him room. Glad it didn’t flip over. Hopefully he learned his lesson.
You always take things to the next level! Awesome! However, watch out for those soft shoulders! With the relatively flat surface of the tire and the J rated sidewalls, it will pull your rig off the road! Cheers!
Just installed the new good year endurance tires on my trailer, have a higher speed rating then the continental. Phenomenal tire, reduces sway and tows no problem at 70mph lol.
Near the end of the Video you see after the new tires are installed. The auto Jacks Or the leveling jacks are a few inches for the ground? Is that yhe height you keep them when you are driving on the highway? Or do you adjust them higher from the ground?
I see you have the Lippert 3.0. Have you ever had an external sensor error? I had it this weekend, went to hookup and error came up, turned panel off and everything was fine. Got to campground error kept coming up 3 times until I plugged into shore power then auto level was a success. Went to hook up Sunday and constant error, on shore power, spent 1/2 an hr getting hooked up to truck. Drive home 2 hrs and all is good. Hooked up today to take RV for inspection, all good. Got to inspection station, all good, any advice would b great?? 2020 Grand Design 311BHS with 6 point Lippert 3.0 Ground Control. TIA!! Love your channel!!
FYI the 245 is NOT the width of the tread. It is the section width of the tire. Additionally Coachman did you no favors installing the Goodyear K max tire. That is better suited for metro and short regional use. The tire most top of the line manufacturers use is the Goodyear G114. They are for long haul usage, like the Conti’s you installed. The G114 has more ribs which can do a better job of maintaining contact patch during wet conditions.
@@BigTruckBigRV the reason - there are a lot more G114’s running up and down the road then Conti’s. Not saying that the Conti’s are bad, but they don’t have the wheel positions that Goodyear has. Also, I would love to inspect the “failures” (was in the tire industry for over 35+ yrs). I’m willing to bet the majority of the “failures” were not a result of the tires, but rather a maintenance issue or road hazard situation.
When I went to a ribbed tire like this. I found these tires sling water off differently. Thus in hard rain my slide outs leaked in the corners of my RV.
Why don't they use your trailer jacks to raise the trailer up? I do not like the jack on the axel at all. I don't know if Continental is the same as they used to be but they were a very good German made tire back in the day. My manual says the jacks LCI (auto level) are made to lift the RV.
Are there lift points indicated or designated to lift your rig. If they don't have designated lift points similar to cars/trucks why not. Is it because the frames are sold as a generic RV trailer frame and the frame manufacturer will have no idea of the final deliverable products loading?
You should run nitrogen in the tires, it keeps the tire pressure more constant I notice even running in the desert it keeps the tire pressure down so they dont over heat ,we run them in all the walmart trucks and trailers
The RV industry needs to move to the equivalent for the heaviest rigs of what you would find on dump trucks cement trucks only they wouldn’t have to be quite that robust but they are called super singles capable of a lot of weight very long where characteristics no chance of a blowout and they last for more miles than you could put on them installed on an RV, these continentals in many ways or like super singles. You will never have a blowout with this tire unless it went down and you didn’t notice which is impossible because you have TPMS
I think I would have made the switch to the higher rated tire also. I tend to pull my Micro Lite 25BRDS at 63 MPH, which is 1 MPH over the rating of your Goodyears you replaced. However, when passing a slower vehicle, my speed temporarily increases to approximately 69-70 MPH. Although not a sustained speed, it would be over the rating of your tires. My Goodyear Endurance tires are good to 87 MPH but I never tow over 63 MPH unless passing. I tow at max PSI rating of 65 PSI and noted that while on a long stretch of road on a hot day, my PSI will increase to 75 PSI and the tire temperatures will go up towards 120-125 degrees Fahrenheit. Hope this is normal. I have towed approximately 1200 miles on 3 recent trips with no issues.
I put Goodyear Endurance tires on my dual axle camper , i asked if they were going to balance the tires ?? . Absolutely i was told , a standard procedure where i had the install performed ...sold my Rainier (China bomb) tires for $100.00 CAD .
Yep and its also hard on the frame structure of your trailer, good chance it will cause frame flex also. When you have a heavy duty truck that's stiff and heavy duty tires on your trailer, somethings got to give and it'll be the weakest which is the frame on your trailer especially the ones with the double slide up front on a 5th ( Frame flex)
Very informative. So on my 2022 Vanleigh Beacon, it comes stock with 215/75 R17.5 Westlake H rated tires, rated for 62 mph. I like to pull right at 65mph. Could I use my stock rims and go with a Continental 245/70 R17.5 tire?
I went with the Hercules ST235/80R16 for our 2021 Keystone Carbon 338. I did not know about the Continentals (Made in the USA). I wonder how they will compare over the long haul.
I'm still questioning the amount of grip with those mostly slick tires. They literally look exactly like what we run on our racecar, where we want a slick. On a rainy road, these have me freaked out a bit.
Don’t you want a little give in the tire? I feel like tired that are rated leaps and bounds ahead of the axels might be asking for trouble. Too much tire seems like it would translate to more vibration and jarring while in transit.
They will certainly add some firmness to the ride, but with the Roadarmor Suspension and the fact that tires still flex, they will still support quite a bit of absorption.
I just pulled up the specs on both of these tires and the only difference I can see in the specs of the tires apples to apples is the speed rating of the which you did mention. The Goodyear K max rated at 62mph & the Continental rated at 75mph. Both tires carry the same exact load rating of "J" which is an 18 ply tire. They both are rated at 6005lbs weight single. I wouldn't say that the Continental Tire is, "Better" if anything they are comparable at best. Now in my opinion I really don't care for that tread pattern and here is why there is not enough side sipes to allow for greater traction during wet weather driving. The side sipes allow the water to be squished out from under the tire allowing much better over all tread contact with the pavement for improved stability and traction. The straight rib design just screams hydro plaining especially if worn. I realize most RV's never ever wear out a set of tires they age out or dry rot before wearing out. Just my two cents.
I dont know what your RV weights, but my manual for my Montana says jack by frame only. The RV dealership i go to for repairs will only jack RV's in my weight class by the frame. I would never let anyone jack by the axles.
Good reference. So, I asked them about this. It's a safety thing more than anything. Jacking up by the axles can create an unstable load if it's windy or not on perfectly flat ground. This can lead to the RV tipping or leaning. The frame is a far more stable platform. The problem is, most don't have tall enough jacks if on the side of the road. Of course you should NEVER jack an RV up from the center or near the center of the axle.
ALWAYS balance trailer tires! I have been pulling horse and stock trailers for decades! Unbalanced tires are not only stressful to the animals, they deteriorate the overall life of the trailer.
So, Sailun Tires have a great reputation for being reliable and long lasting. When I first started talking about them, they were one of the few affordably priced G Rated Commercial Trailer tires you could get for an RV. They compared well against brands like Goodyear and Michelin. Fast forward to today, I still believe they are a great tire, but many other companies have stepped up their game and are producing equally great G, H, and even J rated trailer tires that are reasonably priced. Sometimes it comes down to availability as well as taking advantage of what some newer "tire" companies are doing to attract business. For instance, Lionshead distributes the Sterling tire, which is manufactured by Westlake to have a G load rating but a higher overall capacity. Westlake F and below rated tires are junk, but their G and H rated tires are pretty dang good. Even Carlisle is making a 16" G rated tire now that is pretty affordable. So, even though Sailuns are still great tires, they have quite a bit of competition now. I would argue to say, in my opinion, that all the competing tires are likely as good as the Sailun, and possibly better in a few cases. The problem with RU-vid reviews is that the review may reflect an opinion from years ago and not provide perspective into recent changes or product releases. Hope this helps.
@@BigTruckBigRV another question, when you converted over to ALCOA aluminum wheels, how much weight did you loose going to them and will the metal valve stems still have an issue with the ALCOA wheels?
@@mikefitzpatrick5209 Alcoa uses an insulator between the stem and the wheel. They identified and fixed the problem before it became a problem. The 6 Aluminum wheels removed around 90lbs total
@@BigTruckBigRV i was going to ask the same thing. Those jacks are pretty low and look like they could easily hit just going over a speed bump or something minor.
Quick question as I was watching your videos, I could not help but notice that the leveling device hang so low. My question is have you ever had a issue with them binding with something or getting hit with road debris.?
JD What do you think of the Etrailer Provider ST235/80R16 Radial Trailer Tire - Load Range G it has a speed rating at M-81 mph I generally run 60- 65 mph but I also pull a boat behind my toy hauler so sway control and heat is something I’m very concerned with. Tow vehicle is a 2020 F450 toy hauler is a Momentum 354m with disc breaks. I live in Colorado so lots of mountain driving.
I am in the market for a 2nd hand rv. I am presently living in an old Glendale 1999. The roof leaks and everything gets wet. Many things are already ruined. My husband is prepared to by me a non-leaking 5th wheel or other. I really like all the features of my 5th wheel but it has gotten old.
I agree (not that I know anything but it sounds right lol) with getting the tires balanced QQQ - what about using the Donut Wheel Balancers or are they too much overkill for trailer tires?
Great - I like overkill. Now what’s the recommendation for strengthening the wheel well? To protect the various pipes and wires running in close proximity.
JD - does the Lippert trailer TPMS system integrate into your truck dash TPMS system, if your truck has one? Do you know if it will integrate and display on our GMC 3500 system? Thanks.
I have a a 205/75r/15…..Size j for my 2150rb Grand Design Imagine camper. Never thought about upgrading tires. Makes me want to for sure. Still kinda not sure what the upgrade size would be; do most tire dealers carry these sizes for campers?
