Tire weight

[Eric Hammer]

What is the weight of a tire with the dimensions of 20.5x25r?

[D.J. Satterfield]

See if this helps

http://www.ontariostrongman.ca/Resources/tires/tire_weight.pdf

[RobXCanavan]

Check here:
http://www.ontariostrongman.ca/Resources/tires/tire_weight.pdf

looks like 840 lbs.

[Ryan Brown]

Eric, I wouldn't think that heavy. We have a 23.5 R25 and it is I would guess 650. We have a 26.5 R25 and I'd guess it is more like 930, but it is very thick new tread. We also had a 29.5 R25 and it was very worn out and thin walled and I'd say it was about 1000. I'm guessing a 20.5 would be like 450 or something. That's a pretty small tire typically. Number of plys, tread pattern, brand, etc. all can have an impact though.

[Eric Hammer]

I'm trying to get a small tire for some of our female teams at U of L to train with, and I want somewhere around a 300-400lbs tire. I would also like 500 & 600lbs tire for some of my male throwers to use. If anyone knows the dimensions for those poundages I would appreciate it, my boss is head hunting me this week for the tires.

[D.J. Satterfield]

Don't you have a truck tire shop in that town? call them and tell them what you are looking for.
Remember: with age comes wisdom :FF:

[Ryan Brown]

I'm trying to get a small tire for some of our female teams at U of L to train with, and I want somewhere around a 300-400lbs tire. I would also like 500 & 600lbs tire for some of my male throwers to use. If anyone knows the dimensions for those poundages I would appreciate it, my boss is head hunting me this week for the tires.

the 20.5 R25 will be ok for the women. A better one may be a 23.5 25

"R" means it is a radial and therefore heavier. 23.5 is the width of the tire so a 20.5 will sit low on the ground and will essentially have to be deadlifted.

The 23.5 R25 will be great for your throwers I would think. I've got a 175 guy who can flip it about 30 times in a row, but he is very good at tire for his size. He was actually more like 200 when he did that, but he could probably still do it.

[Eric Hammer]

Thanks Ryan, I'll look into those other tires for my athletes.

DJ - I've called a few dozen tire shops in this town and haven't had any luck. King found a place just outside of town here that I'm going to check out today or tomorrow. I just wanted to sound intellegent when I was asking the questions to the manager.

[Ryan Brown]

Thanks Ryan, I'll look into those other tires for my athletes.

DJ - I've called a few dozen tire shops in this town and haven't had any luck. King found a place just outside of town here that I'm going to check out today or tomorrow. I just wanted to sound intellegent when I was asking the questions to the manager.

dj may have had better luck than I have when talking to these guys at tire places. My experience is they don't really know how much they weigh as this is not a real concern for them. They will often say well 600-900 or something... Given the wide variations in tread wear, etc. it is best to just have a general idea and then go out there and flip it. This will avoid making errors like we did once and taking an 1800 lb tire home thinking we were going to flip it. It was a nightmare to get rid of it.

[Mike Westerling]

Eric, I wouldn't think that heavy. We have a 23.5 R25 and it is I would guess 650. We have a 26.5 R25 and I'd guess it is more like 930, but it is very thick new tread. We also had a 29.5 R25 and it was very worn out and thin walled and I'd say it was about 1000. I'm guessing a 20.5 would be like 450 or something. That's a pretty small tire typically. Number of plys, tread pattern, brand, etc. all can have an impact though.

..they said they had it listed new as 920. It's funny because it is so much smaller than the 26.5-25 that was listed new at 800 I got from the same place. The first time I flipped it I thought "wow this tiny thing can't be 900" then had my rude awakening when it faught back-lol! There's also a place down the street from me that has a 700lb 23.5r25 and it's so much easier than ours it ridiculous. They also said they've had 23.5r25's as high as 1500lbs and as low as 500lbs depending on the company.
-Mike

[Eric Hammer]

Thanks Mike! I'll just plan on going out and flipping it prior to taking it home.

[D.J. Satterfield]

Ryan - I know what you mean with calling them, just a thought for Eric and me giving him a bad time.

[Pete Berg]

Ask the place that your getting it from they should have the shipping weight in the spec. book . Mine is a michelin 23.5r25 and they told me new weight was about 880 and it's bald now and he figure it lost over 100lb's so I would like to weigh it to see what it's real weight is. It feels easy to flip this tire but all tires are different.

[Grant Buhr]

Hey, guys -- please note that the tire chart linked to earlier is for specific models of new Goodyear or Bridgestone/Firestone tires only, and that tire weight will vary by ply rating as well.

While a new Goodyear RL-5K 20.5R25 will weigh 840 lbs, that doesn't necessarily mean that a similarly sized tire from another manufacturer will weigh the same amount.

[Brad Morris]

I have found the most accurate means of finding out how much a tyre (tire) weighs is to take it down to a scrap metal yard and weigh it on an industrial scale! That's why I know for certain that my two tyres are 660 lbs and 430 lbs.

Trying to estimate the weight of an old tyre is a difficult job. So unless they are brand new and you can then of course look up the manufacturers specifications, I would take them down to the scrap metal yard and have them weighed.

[jon hergert]

trying out the tire first can't be overemphasized. did a contest earlier this year where promoter had a brand new tire that was meant for the show. was supposed to weigh about 900 or so. couldn't use it, because of the tread design, there was zero grip and nobody, and there were a lot of people that tried could crack it off the ground.

[Eric Hammer]

I got a general 29.5r29 any clue as to what it weighs?

[Ryan Rhodes]

?

That's a 2000#+ tire.