Video Transcript for Feature Breakdown: Provider ST205/75R15 Radial Tire w 15" Viking Aluminum Wheel

Hello, everybody, this is Jeff at etrailer.com. Today, we're gonna take a look at this Provider ST205/75R15 Radial Trailer Tire in a Load Range C, mounted on this 15 inch Silver Viking Aluminum Wheel with the 5 on 4 1/2 inch bolt pattern. Now, this tire wheel assembly is ideal for RVs, campers, and trailers. Now, what's unique on this assembly is the tire is match mounted and balanced to the wheel for ride comfort and durability. And match mounting of tires and wheels, that's a process in which the tire's installation position on the wheel is specifically selected to minimize the final force of imbalance. The method to match mounting is what they do is align the tire's lightest spot with the wheel's heaviest spot, and eliminates most of the radial force that can cause tire and suspension wear.

Then they do the final balancing by applying weights to specific spots on the inner and outer rear of the wheel to eliminate any chance of uneven wear or vibration. Just to show you where the weights are, there's on the inner portion of the weight, and then right over here you can see is on the outer portion, so this tire and wheel assembly will be fully balanced when you receive it. Now, the wheel on this is an aluminum wheel, it's very durable, lightweight, and rustproof. It is a Viking Series Vor design, which is a VOR design. And what that means, it's a five spoke design with a silver painted finish.

The front and the back of the wheel has a nice glossy clear coating on it, protects the wheel from these scuffs and scratches, and if you noticed, the center cap is included. It's a nice chrome metal center cap, and when you install it, you can see it goes in through the rear, and once you put your wheel on your trailer, it'll hold the cap in place. Now, a few dimensions on the wheel itself, the diameter is 15 inches, the width on just the wheel by itself is five inches wide. Now, this wheel does have a bolt pattern of 5 on 4 1/2 inches, and if you wanna measure that on a wheel that's an odd number of lugs, like in this case, five, what you'll wanna do is pick any one of the holes, let's say this one, and then you're gonna measure across to either one of these holes, but when you measure it, it's from the center of the starting lug to the furthest edge of whatever lug you measure or whatever hole you measure to. So on this one, it'll measure 4 1/2 inches, so that means it's a 5 on 4 1/2 inch bolt pattern.

Now, the wheel lug size, this uses as a 1/2 inch by 20. Weight capacity on just the wheel by itself is 2,150 pounds, and the pilot hole diameter, which is this large hole where your center cap goes through, when you install this, this will go over the hub on your trailer, diameter of that pilot hole is 3.19 inches. Now, these lug nut wells right here where your lug nuts go, they use steel inserts in it, and this help keeps the wheel securely in place on your trailer hub when you're tightening down your lug nuts. This prevents the holes from elongating and wearing down and eliminates the need for constant re-tightening of the lug nuts. The tire that's on this is a radial tire, it is constructed with double steel belts, double polyester cords.

It's great for highway use, they do use a nylon tread firming belt overlay around it to prevent tread separation, and the tire itself is baked tested to ensure that the rubber will hold up over time. Few dimensions on this, the tire size, which will be stamped on the sidewall, ST for special trailer, 205/75R15, R means it's a radial tire. Section width, eight inches, overall diameter from the bottom to the top when it's inflated is 27.1. This is a Load Range C, which means it's a six-ply rated tire, has a maximum load capacity of 1,820 pounds at 50 psi. And this tire does come with a speed rating, and the speed rating will be stamped on the sidewall also. Right after the tire size, you'll see two numbers for the load index, and then the letter M. Speed rating is always listed in a letter designation, speed rating M will mean that this has an 81 mile per hour speed rating. Now, on the tire itself, they do use nice automotive grade tread that has siping, which is the cuts you can see on the tread blocks. These sipes will help channel water away from underneath the tire, improves traction during wet, snowy, or icy conditions. And the ST, like we told you on the size of the tire, that stands for special trailer tire. This will couple the strength of a bias tire with the durability and stability of a radial tire, and it is created specifically for trailers, it's not intended for use on other vehicles. This assembly does come with a two-year platinum plus warranty, which will include emergency tire change service and other benefits, and the assembly does meet the DOT, Department of Transportation specifications, and the SAE standards. But that should do it for the review on this Provider ST205/75R15 Radial Trailer Tire in a Load Range C, mounted on this 15 inch Silver Viking Aluminum Wheel with the 5 on 4 1/2 inch bolt pattern.