The Goodyear tires ar RST, being primarily ST, or Special Trailer tire. This replaced thwe G159's that were on our Alfa, which were "LT". These LT tires were coming apart on trailers, as they were not designed to do the belt tearing jackknife backing that trailers do. So, Goodyear replaced all the G159's for RST's, prorated. So, it cost us about $250 for 5 tires to replace 5 tires 6 years old. Sweet!
The new tires have perfomed flawlessly, they are about $180-$190 each from a Goodyear commercial truck tire dealer. They are rated at 3750 lbs.

 

One way to tell, is they have rubber valve stems.
Any wheel rated over 80 psi has brass/metal valve stems on them.

Also, the stock 16 in. alloy wheels are only rated for 3000 lbs weight carrying.
And, there are several reports of them cracking at the rim under heavy loads.
The Michelins rated at 3415 can carry more weight than the wheels they mount to!

 

This is the same tire that came on my 03 Teton. 3 years old now and still doing great. I did have a slow leak, but that was a nail I couldn't see. $15 later all is well. These tires have done very nicely on my fiver and wear quite well.

Good choice.

..Preston..

 

The stock wheels come with rubber valve stems because they're cheap and they don't need the metal ones. You can put metal ones on the wheels. There are also different types of alloy wheels. Some are cast. The ones for 2001 I know at least are forged. I'd be curious to find out their exact load rating. I don't think that it is stamped on the wheel (?). Where are you getting 3000# from just out of curiosity?
http://dodgeram.info/2001/color.html

You can get Alcoa's good for 3750# but for the price maybe better off just going for Ricksons.

 

it is stamped on most wheels.

 

you can put brass stems in any wheel however rubber stems are only rated for 60psi if you need to run over 60 psi you need to upgrade to a brass stem.

 

Well the reason I have to ask is because:

A) I've never seen it stamped for 3000# and I've looked. Maybe not hard enough.

B) The rear axle GVW is 6084 @ 80 PSI

therefore...

C) The wheels are NOT rated to only 3000#. They're rated to at least 3042#.

D) The stock rubber stems NOT rated to only 60 PSI. They're rated to at least 80 PSI .

 

I think/thought I read that Haulin in Dixie was running them.

 

My rims are stamped 80 psi max...2500 lbs max.

it's inside the rims.

 

Those tires look just like my BFG Commercial A/S's...

 

Anyone know what the 2001 forged alloy wheels are rated too. I understand the dually wheels are 2500 but you have 4 of them!

Or tell me where I can find the stamp and I will look myself. Do I gotta take the tire off?

 

There are several load range G 16" tires available, both LT and ST.

Contrary to popular belief, LT's are fine for a trailer; but, ST's are not for the truck. LT's are built to much higher standards.

Bridgestone and Hankook are two manufacturers of G rated tires along with several others.

As to the valve stems, I wouldn't trust any stem that isn't bolted in, no pop-in stems for me.

Aluminum wheels are questionable at best.

Late 70's-early80's Ford 8-lug wheels are the heaviest I have seen for single wheel applications; they are much stouter than any trailer wheels I have seen.

For some reason though, Ford lightened up on their wheels the last few years and they are no better than any others.

 

can you provide us with model names/numbers ? they dont make it too easy to find these tires...

 

Yep ran through a couple of sets of them after Goodyear dropped the G159 tires. Ran them on stock steel Dodge wheels with brass stems. Still running the wheels on the trailer. NO big problem in the rain. Tred is a little skimpy though. Got about 60,000 on them at 33,000 gross. Never have had a flat on the truck except for a big chunk of steel inbedded in a tire. They are up to about 220 each though, checked recently. You can get 19.5a tires cheaper and with the same diameter or near it. The Goodyear tires are a small diameter.... 30 inch. 31 inch 19.5 are cheaper and easy to get with a higher rating.

 

I would like to know the rating on the wheels as well on a 2001. I have those "G" style wheels, and my last trip I ran them at 80psi, and IIRC 6500 on the rear axle. Over the axle rating but under the tire rating. I always thought the tires were the weakest link for the weight carrying capacity of these trucks