Destination: Gold Coast, Australia.
4.49t with 215/85/16 Sumitomo SL850 (110t rating) or same in Coopers ST9 (115t rating), Undecided yet. These are All terrain tyres as vehicle will be doing equal amounts of bitumen and dirt.
C516 LWB 6 speed 4 cylinder Diesel Euro 5 engine
Any feedback would be great re tyres. Because I still have not received vehicle I can’t check weight loading capacity.
Sprintaus
Consider PM privately for your VIN ,in doing so I can match your V doc specifications to your model varinat.
Congratulations on your purchase in selecting the best of MB engine design the all new 316/4/5 Cdi twin turbo fuel on demand
160 Hp and you will be impressed with fuel efficiency providing you use 10pm fuel Caltex Vortex Supreme 51 CN cetane value, has these fuels as well as BP but not at all stations. you need to be careful with oil type as well. please consult your dealer as to after break in use 0W-40 full synthetic MB 229.51 with a ACEA 7 OR 9 WITH an API C4 RATING.
Some how it appears you have not been advised with tires options from your dealer, as adding new ones after delivery is an expensive way to go sadly.
With duel Cab over chassis and cargo van model variants your problem with tire height and width is limited, not because of tire options but as to width , and flex of the tires potentially touching each other on base road cambers especially off road.
The disadvantage off road is you can not lower tire pressures in soft type sands consistency.
You would have been better off with a SuSi extra rear wide single wheel option providing your van does not exceed 4.9 GVM as to a wider track for adhesion off road and more stability with sway on road as to camber offsets on those Gold coast hinterland roads up through Beerwar towards the glass house mountains ! Scary as all heck when you look right to left on top of the mountain.
If you have a cab over chassis variant, the front tires do not match the rear, as rim size and tire widths are different on Cargo,of which is almost as bad if your a true 5 Metric tonne unit.
Read this link for an idea.
Rear Suspension
I have all the specs for models as to tire and rim widths just need to know cab or Cargo variant.
Copper tires don't appear to match the range for weight distribution for a 5 tonne unit in eight ply rating tires, you can not use 6 ply as to side wall flex on rear tires.. Your Van will come on the drivers seat base with a yellow sticker stating this vehicle is de-weighted for local licensing requirements,BLAH! BLAH! BLAH: But can be up rated with ADR/NZ and local DOT approval.
which entails extra paraboilc rear springs etc.
Richard