memtb
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Those are the exact tires that I put on our 5er about 5 years ago! memtb
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ford truck guy wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:ford truck guy wrote:Funny you posted this.... I have been researching the Continental Tires as my tires will need to be replaced after next season. At that point they will have 5 seasons on them.. I was looking at the 215/75 R17.5
It will be interesting to hear your reports...
Have you had issues with your GY’s?
Not the 17.5’s.. yes with the G614’s.. but I’ve heard several people I trust have issues with The GY.. not a lot, just a few… always like to have my options
Not to mention my buddy just purchased a 2022 Solitude and it had upgraded Continental 17.5's on it.. We researched them at the time and found no bad remarks...other than the $$$$$ but what is not EXPENSIVE anymore !
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ford truck guy wrote:ford truck guy wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:ford truck guy wrote:Funny you posted this.... I have been researching the Continental Tires as my tires will need to be replaced after next season. At that point they will have 5 seasons on them.. I was looking at the 215/75 R17.5
It will be interesting to hear your reports...
Have you had issues with your GY’s?
Not the 17.5’s.. yes with the G614’s.. but I’ve heard several people I trust have issues with The GY.. not a lot, just a few… always like to have my options
Not to mention my buddy just purchased a 2022 Solitude and it had upgraded Continental 17.5's on it.. We researched them at the time and found no bad remarks...other than the $$$$$ but what is not EXPENSIVE anymore !
I can't imagine any Solitude coming with the HTL2 ECO Plus "J" tire. Is it a "H" tire from Continental?
The Alcoa wheels weigh 30# each and tires are 65# so 95# total. Guess it will require a "ManlyMan" to RnR these babies!!!
Going to paint the portion of the hub that shows with Rustolium Hammered silver paint. I want to find these trim rings. Does anyone know the spec for the ring, lug nut caps and lugs nuts?
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Ron,
my mistake, they are Cooper 17.5 tires, NOT Continental... Took some research to jog my crappy memory
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hornet28
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Cummins, you said trim rings but I'm wondering if you misspoke and meant caps like these. If so the standard 8 lug is 6.5" ![[image]](https://i.imgur.com/Pk66uo2l.jpg)
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hornet28 wrote:Cummins, you said trim rings but I'm wondering if you misspoke and meant caps like these. If so the standard 8 lug is 6.5"
Look at the pic. The cap/ring has a hole in it in the pic. The lug nut covers snap on.
I don’t know what it’s called I just called it a ring.
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Wow, those look super heavy duty; I'm sure they'll serve you well!
I'm wondering if your trailer would have been better as a triple axle to reduce the load on individual tires.
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blofgren wrote:Wow, those look super heavy duty; I'm sure they'll serve you well!
I'm wondering if your trailer would have been better as a triple axle to reduce the load on individual tires.
For sure a triple axle would have been better but the entry door location would not allow it.
From everything I have heard the heavy DRV/MobileSuites crowd has had good luck with these tires.
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memtb
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Cummins12V98,
I didn’t realize that your Mobile Suites is only a two axle unit. With the weight that you have I can certainly understand going with the best.....and I think these may be the best.
We went with those on our triple axle, which may have been overkill as we don’t put a lot of miles on our unit. The tires will “age out” long before they wear out. As much as I love them, will be replacing with a lesser tire! memtb
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Had a message from the guy that posted the pic above. He said there is NO cap/ring. Upon looking closer it's the reflection of the lug nut caps on the wheel that makes it LOOK like that.
I painted my hubs with Rust-Oleum Hammered paint and installed the tires and wheels yesterday. Now I need some fancy lug nut caps!
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