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RE: Tires- LT or ST
As a tire engineer, I find these discussions very interesting. It's hard to sort out the experiences some had recently against someone who remembers the way it used to be long ago.
There was a time where LT tires didn't perform very well - which is why the government tests were changed. What we don't have is reliable information about current tires. This is partially because things have improved to the point where actual failures are fairly rare.I am on a few forums. One thing has not changed over my 30+ years of towing RVs.
Tire problems were, and still are easily the most common topic
That's because 95+% of folks on forums know as much about towing and trailer tires as they do when it comes to determining what end is the business end of a screwdriver.
My tire BLEW OUT LOL. That happened sometime after Joe Blowout took a long trip and stopped to pee every 60 miles by pulling off and riding down debris filled road shoulders to make the pee stop, maybe clipping a curb a few times too.
How many times since RV forums have been in existence have you seen someone admit they had a tire failure of some sort and it was their fault. I don't think I've ever seen one.
We’ve had travel trailers and 5th wheels since 1994. I maintain proper pressures in my truck and trailer tires. The trucks go down the same highways at the same speeds the trailers go behind us. Usually 65~mph. I’ve never lost a truck tire even at up to seven years old and one set over 70k miles. While I’ve never had a blowout on a trailer tire, I’ve had several ST tires with tread starting to separate and I felt the vibration. One our last 340 mile trip, I had two 18 month old ST tires begin to separate causing bloated tires. They had just over 700 miles on them. These were Tire Kingdom National brand 225/75 R15E ST’s. I’ve had the best luck with Goodyear ST’s even during the Marathon years. I got seven years out of a set of Carlisle radial E’s way back when they were called junk. I might try a set of Goodyear Endurance ST’s on my 8500~lb TT. For $500~ more, I can upgrade to a set of 5 Goodyear Wrangler Workhorse LT225/75 r16’s on new 16” rims and forget about trailer tire worries. If it were negligence as you say, the tow vehicles of these negligent owners would be suffering the same tire troubles.
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Hannibal
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07/10/23 04:41pm |
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