Kenda Loadstar K550 Review

Trailer tires are specifically made for trailers. Such models should not be mounted on light trucks as their structure will not be able to handle the pressure affecting them. However, when trailer tires are correctly mounted, they improve the towing vehicles performance significantly.

Priority Tire offers various trailer tires for sale. One such model is the Kenda Loadstar K550 which guarantees great all weather traction. Furthermore, this model increases the load durability, the trailers controllability and the towing vehicle’s fuel efficiency as well. It also manages to promote a longer lasting tread life and usability.

All Weather Performance

Most trailer tires are manufactured to have excellent all weather traction. These models use their tread pattern and all season compound to boost the dry, wet and winter weather grip to ensure a safer driving experience.

The Loadstar K550 combines its tread design and all season compound to increase the all weather grip. The tread design’s close and constant road contact improves the grip the tire has on the dry, wet and winter weather road surface conditions, optimizing its performing capability in all weather conditions. On the other hand, the durable all weather compound improves the rubber flexibility in various temperatures and prevents heat build-up during the drive. As a result, the tire guarantees a safer year round drive.

The tread design’s circumferential grooves manage to avoid hydroplaning. The circumferential grooves disperse water and slush from below the footprint, maintaining the tire’s surface contact at all times. This prevents water and slush from cutting off the tire’s surface contact, which helps avoid hydroplaning in the process, further enhancing the wet and winter weather traction.

Durability and Handling

Trailer tires must offer great controllability and excellent durability throughout their lifetime. The towing vehicle needs to be able to control the trailer, while the tires also need to handle heavy loads during their performance. Without these, they will not perform in the desired manner.

The Loadstar K550 features a flat tread profile which closely follows the road surface at all times. This enables the tire to increase the steering responsiveness and the driving stability. In other words, the steering becomes faster and more precise in its response to the towing vehicle’s commands, while the structure is stabilized against the driving pressure affecting the model. This combination increases the driving safely levels as it ensures the trailers responsiveness to the towing vehicle throughout the drive.

The tire also sports a reinforced bias ply structure. This construction increases the load and driving durability by maintaining the ideal tire shape. The tire does not deform under the pressure affecting the tire, which enables the model to boost the load carrying and withstanding ability and power. As a result, the tire is able to carry heavy loads with ease, without the shape’s deformation during the drive.

Fuel-Efficient Performance

A tire’s fuel efficiency depends on the pressure affecting it during its performance. Different manufacturing technologies are used to lower this pressure affecting the tires while they are in motion. The Loadstar K550 combines the tread design and the all season compound to improve the fuel consumption levels.

The tread design closely follows the road surface and maintains the optimal traction needed throughout the tire’s performance, while the compound actively prevents heat build-up with the heat-resistant rubber materials. In this manner, the tire significantly lowers its rolling resistance. The rolling resistance is the pressure affecting the tire which determines the towing vehicle’s needed fuel consumption to keep the tires in motion. By minimizing the rolling resistance, the tire manages to lessen the towing vehicle’s fuel intake and CO2 emission levels, offering a comfortable driving experience.

Longer-Lasting Tread Life

Trailer tires are not really known for their extreme tread life, but there are still models out there that offer an extended usability by utilizing a few basic tire manufacturing methods. Among these tires is Kenda’s Loadstar K550 which uses a stronger tire compound to combat premature wear.

The reinforced rubber materials and the optimal rolling resistance work together to lower the tread wear rate. The compound’s rubber materials are wear-resistant, while the reduced rolling resistance eases the driving pressure off the tire and prevents heat build-up in the process. This combination enables the model to significantly decrease the tread wear rate throughout its performance, resulting in a lengthened usability and service life.

If you’re interested in the Kenda Loadstar K550 tires you can find our current stock here.