15" tires

by 2+2inacamper on 3/25/2010, 2:54 pm

Ok What tires do you have on your Wildcat? E or D

by schrowang on 3/25/2010, 3:07 pm

Towmaster ST225-75R-15, D-rated on my 29RLBS. Same tires and valves that the Cat came equipped with. Gonna change them out this season for E rated. Still looking at whether to go with 15" or 16" rims and radials. But definitely going to go with metal valves.

BTW, these tires have almost 40K miles on them. Can't complain at all about the service I've gotten out of them.

by Mopar_Earl on 3/25/2010, 7:17 pm

I don't believe they make a load range E with 15" sizing. I think you'll find E and higher with 16" or larger tires. 16" load range E should be about 3420 lbs depending on the brand.

Earl

by keithbennett on 3/26/2010, 4:04 am

I'm running Maxxis E rated 15 inch tires - had to get new wheels to handle 80psi but I was planning on itsince the white spoke was not what I wanted. VERY VERY pleased w Maxxis E rated tires

Keith

by Stanford on 3/26/2010, 4:28 am

Keith
Where did you get your new wheels that where rated at 80PSI.

Thanks Jim

by oldelmer1 on 3/26/2010, 4:39 am

Maxxis makes both 15 & 16 in LRE

http://www.maxxis.com/Repository/Files/m8008load.pdf

by keithbennett on 3/26/2010, 9:10 am

Jim:

I got the tires and wheels thru Discount Tire. I'll see if I can get you a part number from my receipt. A pic of the wheels can be seen here.
Edit - sorry folks, something wrong with the link,'ll try to fix.

by 2+2inacamper on 3/26/2010, 12:19 pm

Just found out that I can't change to 16" rims. Bolt pattern on the older Wildcats was 4 3/4 not 5 or 5.5. They don't make 16" rims in any thing under a 5" pattern. So I am not a happy Camper. Just ordered the only 15" tires that have a load rating E Carlise. We will soon find out how trust worthy they are. *&)&*^&^%$$&&) and all that. Have thought about it, well there are enough dealers between here and where ever should be able to run the crap out of these. Looked at Master Trac have one as a spare, not well constructed. Well now that I have Vented Hope to see everybody down the road. Enjoy the new and up coming season. Many miles to go.

by Mopar_Earl on 3/26/2010, 5:22 pm

I stand corrected! I checked out the Maxxis tire spec and there's only a 290 lb increase from D to E in the 15" wheel. Going from a 15" D tire to a 16" E tire will give you 880 more lbs. If you have room for 16" wheels and tires, I'd go for them. Upgrading 15" from D to E and needing new wheels for the higher pressure/weight would probalby cost about the same. But if you don't have room for 16's than the 290 lb increase per tire is still better than the factory D's.

Earl

by Mopar_Earl on 3/26/2010, 5:25 pm

2+2inacamper wrote:Just found out that I can't change to 16" rims. Bolt pattern on the older Wildcats was 4 3/4 not 5 or 5.5. They don't make 16" rims in any thing under a 5" pattern. So I am not a happy Camper. Just ordered the only 15" tires that have a load rating E Carlise. We will soon find out how trust worthy they are. *&)&*^&^%$$&&) and all that. Have thought about it, well there are enough dealers between here and where ever should be able to run the crap out of these. Looked at Master Trac have one as a spare, not well constructed. Well now that I have Vented Hope to see everybody down the road. Enjoy the new and up coming season. Many miles to go.

A more expensive option would be install new brake drums with the bolt pattern you need.

Earl

by Mopar_Earl on 3/26/2010, 5:30 pm

[quote="keithbennett"]Jim:

I got the tires and wheels thru Discount Tire. I'll see if I can get you a part number from my receipt. A pic of the wheels can be seen here.
http://www.keithbennett.org/Other/Wildcat-for-Sale/11493987_k2tpj[/quote]

Jim,
Did you install new center caps on those wheels? If so, where'd you get them? My factory caps are chrome and they're rusting already. Mine are like yours but mine have a plastic cap on the end for the grease gun hole.

Earl

by KHUBER on 3/27/2010, 3:57 am

Earl,
When we purchased our Cat it was slightly used and one year old. The chrome center caps and lug nuts were pretty rusty so the first thing I did was purchase new stainless steel center caps and lug nuts. I have the easy lube bearings so mine have the plastic plug on the end. It really cleaned things up. I purchased at www.lowcosttrailersupplies.com. I have the HiSpec Type 5 wheels which may be different then yours. You'll just need to know your center cap OD.

KH

by scottz on 3/27/2010, 6:00 am

I installed LT215/85R16 E. Tires & wheels from Discount Tire.

by oldelmer1 on 3/27/2010, 6:42 am

scottz wrote:I installed LT215/85R16 E. Tires & wheels from Discount Tire.

Scott, what brand tire did you get?

by shooter on 3/29/2010, 1:13 am

I bought the HiSpec #3 wheels, Greenball Transmaster 15" LRE tires, center caps and lug nuts from here:
http://www.trailertiresandwheels.com/site/1284278/page/45029

by scottz on 3/29/2010, 8:36 am

oldelmer1 wrote:
scottz wrote:I installed LT215/85R16 E. Tires & wheels from Discount Tire.

Scott, what brand tire did you get?

Yokohama Geolanders; just what they had; no problems so far.

by Mopar_Earl on 4/3/2010, 3:17 pm

KHUBER wrote:Earl,
When we purchased our Cat it was slightly used and one year old. The chrome center caps and lug nuts were pretty rusty so the first thing I did was purchase new stainless steel center caps and lug nuts. I have the easy lube bearings so mine have the plastic plug on the end. It really cleaned things up. I purchased at www.lowcosttrailersupplies.com. I have the HiSpec Type 5 wheels which may be different then yours. You'll just need to know your center cap OD.

KH

KH,
Thanks for the info! I checked the site out and will measure my center caps.

Earl

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