Uncle Fuzzy
October 23rd 08, 10:39 PM
On Oct 23, 2:13*pm, Bob Kuykendall > wrote:
> On Oct 23, 12:34*pm, Papa3 > wrote:
>
> > Hey gang,
>
> > I'm replacing my tires on my Komet "Euro Lite" circa 2000 trailer. *I
> > wrote down the size on the sidewall as 85/65 R14 86T.
> > Unfortunately, my tire guy is telling me there's no such thing as this
> > size and suggested it's 185/65. * However, nobody makes a trailer tire
> > in that size.
>
> That's gotta be 185/65-14. That tire size breaks down so:
>
> 185 = tire width in mm; 185mm = 7.28"
>
> 65 = aspect, the section height in % of width. 185*.65 = section
> height of 120mm or 4.73"
>
> 14 = rim diameter in inches. Rims are measured to the inner diameter
> of the matching tire.
>
> For the tire at hand, the outside diameter would be 2 * (185mm * .65)
> + 14" = 596mm or 23.46".
>
> Thanks, Bob K.
Thanks Bob! That's the clearest explanation of tire number decoding
I've ever read.
> On Oct 23, 12:34*pm, Papa3 > wrote:
>
> > Hey gang,
>
> > I'm replacing my tires on my Komet "Euro Lite" circa 2000 trailer. *I
> > wrote down the size on the sidewall as 85/65 R14 86T.
> > Unfortunately, my tire guy is telling me there's no such thing as this
> > size and suggested it's 185/65. * However, nobody makes a trailer tire
> > in that size.
>
> That's gotta be 185/65-14. That tire size breaks down so:
>
> 185 = tire width in mm; 185mm = 7.28"
>
> 65 = aspect, the section height in % of width. 185*.65 = section
> height of 120mm or 4.73"
>
> 14 = rim diameter in inches. Rims are measured to the inner diameter
> of the matching tire.
>
> For the tire at hand, the outside diameter would be 2 * (185mm * .65)
> + 14" = 596mm or 23.46".
>
> Thanks, Bob K.
Thanks Bob! That's the clearest explanation of tire number decoding
I've ever read.