tracemyirishroots
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We are still fairly new to our Winnebago. Only took it out 2 times last year and just took it out for the first time this year. Any other Sightseers here that can share their knowledge.
Generally speaking, the Load Range has little effect on ride quality in a modern tire. Back in the day, the side walls got a lot stiffer as the LR went up, but modern belted radials use materials that are strong without being really stiff. If the tire is inflated at the optimal value for the actual load, a tire with a one-letter higher load rating will ride very much the same as the lower one at the same load & psi. However, tire shops rarely put in the optimal psi, which would require a scaled weight, or at least a calculated max load estimate. Instead, they use some arbitrary and high psi that will be sufficient for a worse-case scenario and that psi value is often based on the max load rating. Thus, you get excessive tire pressure when you have a higher load range installed. Unless you specify otherwise, that is.One mistake I made when it came time for tires I went up one load range and that was a mistake. Changed the ride and was too harsh over bumps.
Is there any specific info you are looking for?tracemyirishroots said:We are still fairly new to our Winnebago. Only took it out 2 times last year and just took it out for the first time this year. Any other Sightseers here that can share their knowledge.