ScottG
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All my lousy Chinese tires died within 40 miles of home.
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lmpres
New Hampshire
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I had Lions Head tires on my 5'r. First trip of our second year, probably less than 2k miles, had 2 blow on our first trip of the year. TPMS system was installed so I can verify pressure was at 80PSI cold. Switched them at the end of that trip to GoodYears….
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Ralph Cramden
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SidecarFlip wrote:I have Chinese tires on my Farm Goose Neck that I overload all the time and I've never had an issue. Keep them inflated properly and abuse them all the time.
Exactly.........we ran overloaded equipment trailers loaded down with concrete finishing equipment for years and probably a million plus miles on whatever tires the local guy had on the shelf when we needed them. Usually hecho in chino. I can not remember one failure over the years that could not be attributed to some type of road hazard, nail or screw, or one of my exemplary employees going airborne over a curb or something etc. Well I do remember one failure we did not know what caused it...just so happened to be a US made Goodyear Marathon.
I challenge anyone to post up NHTSA recalls on Chinese made ST tires that equal out to more than 1/1000th of 1% of total tires imported. I won't be holding my breath.
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Turtle n Peeps
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Judging from the amount of trailers I see being towed down the road on 3 tires with the owner totally oblivious to what's going on behind them I would guess 95% of the tire problems I hear about are owner caused in one way or another.
I've had one tire failure on my trailers in over 40 years of towing (and that was FOD). Most of my tires were China junk according to the people on this forum. Most of my towing is done between 70 to 75 because that is the speed limit in most of the states I travel in.
I broke every rule in the book with tires except one. I always kept my tires at max pressure or max + 10.....ALWAYS. I have never screwed around with load tables and stuff like that.
This is what "I" do and have done.
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ktmrfs
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keep the tires and invest money in a TPMS. Between the neighbor and I we have logged over 250K miles on trailers with no failures. He uses whatever he can find for tires.
TPMS has saved both of us possible blowouts by letting us KNOW IN ADVANCE we had a SLOW LEAK. FAST enough to not catch it between rest stops, but still a slow leak.
One doesn't know of a slow leak till to late when it blows. you won't feel a trailer tire going down till it blows.
Our opinion (and based on experience) is that the majority of blowouts are caused by a small puncture that one doesn't catch till it blows, not by a instant catastrophic failure.
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bakedalaskan1
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Common sense is not common anymore. If 90% of the tires on campers are made in China you should expect 90% of the tire problems to be with Chinese made tires. I had a guy tell me once that Harleys were **** because he was in Daytona during Bike Week and all he saw were broke down Harleys. I asked him how many Hondas he saw and his answer was ; who rides a Honda to Bike Week?
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fj12ryder
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Ralph Cramden wrote:SidecarFlip wrote:I have Chinese tires on my Farm Goose Neck that I overload all the time and I've never had an issue. Keep them inflated properly and abuse them all the time.
Exactly.........we ran overloaded equipment trailers loaded down with concrete finishing equipment for years and probably a million plus miles on whatever tires the local guy had on the shelf when we needed them. Usually hecho in chino. I can not remember one failure over the years that could not be attributed to some type of road hazard, nail or screw, or one of my exemplary employees going airborne over a curb or something etc. Well I do remember one failure we did not know what caused it...just so happened to be a US made Goodyear Marathon.
I challenge anyone to post up NHTSA recalls on Chinese made ST tires that equal out to more than 1/1000th of 1% of total tires imported. I won't be holding my breath.
Because you don't believe doesn't make it not so. It just means you don't believe it even if it's true. Circa 2010 I think China ST tires were not very good for large heavy 5th wheels. There were a rash of reports of tire failures, many more than you hear about now. Some of the skeptical posters were simply not on the forum at that time and don't realize the number of posts having to do with tire failures. The problem has abated as the quality of tires now available has improved very much.
I had two tires fail and at the time talked to other people that had similar experiences. I rarely talk to anyone now that has tire issues like the numbers of 6-8 years ago.
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Cummins12V98
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"My thoughts at this point are to ride them for the 5 years then ditch them for Goodyear Endurance or the like."
Report back in 5 years your experience!
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ray biggs
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I don't necessarily have to personally have a tire failure to change, but what are we talking about $ 50 per tire between an st and an lt or between korean/chinese made and us made? worldwide china is our most serious threat. why send them $? had issues with firestone quit buying had 2 goodyears separate on my lincoln quit buying. had issues with dunlop on motrocycle quit buying.
some trailers come from factory with underrated tire and wheels.
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Hammerboy
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Turtle n Peeps wrote:Judging from the amount of trailers I see being towed down the road on 3 tires with the owner totally oblivious to what's going on behind them I would guess 95% of the tire problems I hear about are owner caused in one way or another.
I've had one tire failure on my trailers in over 40 years of towing (and that was FOD). Most of my tires were China junk according to the people on this forum. Most of my towing is done between 70 to 75 because that is the speed limit in most of the states I travel in.
I broke every rule in the book with tires except one. I always kept my tires at max pressure or max + 10.....ALWAYS. I have never screwed around with load tables and stuff like that.
This is what "
I" do and have done.
I appreciate your honesty and not afraid to say it. It sounds you towed around the block enough times to know what works for you and not have someone tell you different. I'm not there yet lol, I wont tow that fast until I get better tires.
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