There have been several different discussions on this forum lately about increasing load capacity, tires and wheels, lifts and such, and as always good to see, IMO.
By coincidence, there is currently and 5" lift Roadtrek 210V for sale on one of the Facebook Chevy Roadtrek forums. It is the now getting more common lifted, aggressive tires, huge brushgaurd front bumper with tow hooks appearance. As with many others, it is not really setup for any actual offroad use as the looks would indicate as it is a two wheel drive, and probably, but not confirmed, non locking drive.
It is shown with a motorcycle or Ebike hanging on the rear.
It is of interest because it lists it as missing one of the side storage covers due to a recent blowout of a tire.
Since it is a 210, which does not have much load carrying capacity, and has the bumper, bike, heavy tires, that probably run hot because of the style it is likely that weight or tire heat had some part in the tire failure. The wheels look to be aftermarket and with the lift would be unknown offset. If it is a Dana 60s semifloating rear axle it could be contributing to tire heat as they run quite hot at the hubs, especially with higher offset wheels or spacers to match the front.
210s seem to get more rear blowouts than other Chevy B vans and also appear to be the ones that most often go over on rear axle loads. The Chevies tend to put 2-300# more weight on the left rear than the right so even if the axle weight is at 6040 max the left rear could be over. Other models don't usually get that high unless they have a big heavy box or motorcycle hanging on the rear.
As always, I would encourage everyone to visit the scales and make sure you are within weight limits to reduce tire potential problems.
Larger tires can increase the safety margin for the tires which can significantly reduce risk, but won't give you more legal load capacity as that is determined by the door sticker and is based on the whole van including suspension, brakes, frame stenght, etc.
By coincidence, there is currently and 5" lift Roadtrek 210V for sale on one of the Facebook Chevy Roadtrek forums. It is the now getting more common lifted, aggressive tires, huge brushgaurd front bumper with tow hooks appearance. As with many others, it is not really setup for any actual offroad use as the looks would indicate as it is a two wheel drive, and probably, but not confirmed, non locking drive.
It is shown with a motorcycle or Ebike hanging on the rear.
It is of interest because it lists it as missing one of the side storage covers due to a recent blowout of a tire.
Since it is a 210, which does not have much load carrying capacity, and has the bumper, bike, heavy tires, that probably run hot because of the style it is likely that weight or tire heat had some part in the tire failure. The wheels look to be aftermarket and with the lift would be unknown offset. If it is a Dana 60s semifloating rear axle it could be contributing to tire heat as they run quite hot at the hubs, especially with higher offset wheels or spacers to match the front.
210s seem to get more rear blowouts than other Chevy B vans and also appear to be the ones that most often go over on rear axle loads. The Chevies tend to put 2-300# more weight on the left rear than the right so even if the axle weight is at 6040 max the left rear could be over. Other models don't usually get that high unless they have a big heavy box or motorcycle hanging on the rear.
As always, I would encourage everyone to visit the scales and make sure you are within weight limits to reduce tire potential problems.
Larger tires can increase the safety margin for the tires which can significantly reduce risk, but won't give you more legal load capacity as that is determined by the door sticker and is based on the whole van including suspension, brakes, frame stenght, etc.
