myredracer
No camping in the US now due to covid.
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Treating ST tires properly is more important than where they're made and internal heat buildup is the #1 killer of them. Never tow under-inflated, overloaded and/or over their speed rating. The higher you can make the reserve load capacity, the better too - should have at least 10-15% and by upgrading to LRD, we have about 30%. Some TT manufacturers install tires with very low reserve capacity but unfortunately there are no rules against doing that. Other things help like checking psi regularly, staying off road shoulders, avoiding sharp speed bumps & potholes at speed, don't curb the tires, use covers to reduce UV damage and replace tires at a pre-determined age (recommendations vary at 5+/- years) even if they look new.
People can say their tires exploded in just a few months and claim that they treated them properly and therefore it's because where they were made. But you will never, ever know the true history of how they were treated so can't correlate it with country of origin. If there was a rash of failures with the same brand tire that's be different tho.
When people buy towable RVs, who tells them the importance of treating them correctly? Not a dealer, that's for sure. No sticker near the tires anywhere. Nothing in an owners manual. Ask around a CG and you may find many haven't checked tire pressure since they bought their camper. One of the best places to get RV tire info. is RVtiresafety.net, a blog run be a retired tire engineer.
The new GY Endurance tires sound like a good bet and are what I want to install after the end of this season when our Marathons will be 5 years old. But they look almost new (sniff, sniff). ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/frown.gif "frown")
Then there's the crowd that says LT tires are the only way to go.
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BenK
SF BayArea
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Never liked ST class...started that dislike working part time as a tire monkey I while in college...but...IMHO...trailer tires see a very different road than the TV pulling it
Trailer tires take a different path than the TV...main difference is the inside tire taking a smaller radius...and...strikes stuff the driver doesn’t see/notice
Then, the fact that most all trailer tires are operated at max everything...max PSI...max weight...max MPH...
Plus...they are FORCED to twist, squirm, scrub sideways and a big...ETC...
Also...most all I’ve seen blown up...are the leading tire...which strikes whatever first...and the second trailer tire sees a slightly lesser force...
Few trailer tires are sized with the kinds of margin cars and truck tires...
Finally...folks used to think “Made in Japan” stuff was junk...it was...but the real culprit was the American firms who spec’d it on their purchase orders...the stuff the Japanese made for their other customers were really, really GREAT products...today, their “quality” is considered top notch
Same situation with stuff “Made in China” today...
-Ben Picture of my rig
1996 GMC SLT Suburban 3/4 ton K3500/7.4L/4:1/+150Kmiles orig owner...
1980 Chevy Silverado C10/long bed/"BUILT" 5.7L/3:73/1 ton helper springs/+329Kmiles, bought it from dad...
1998 Mazda B2500 (1/2 ton) pickup, 2nd owner...
Praise Dyno Brake equiped and all have "nose bleed" braking!
Previous trucks/offroaders: 40's Jeep restored in mid 60's / 69 DuneBuggy (approx +1K lb: VW pan/200hpCorvair: eng, cam, dual carb'w velocity stacks'n 18" runners, 4spd transaxle) made myself from ground up / 1970 Toyota FJ40 / 1973 K5 Blazer (2dr Tahoe, 1 ton axles front/rear, +255K miles when sold it)...
Sold the boat (looking for another): Trophy with twin 150's...
51 cylinders in household, what's yours?...
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memtb
Wyoming
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It’s not a big deal.....until you take out part of your RV sidewall. Many folks get lucky with old tires, and many with the imports..... I don’t do well in Vegas, also don’t gamble with cheap, import tires!
Todd & Marianne
Miniature Schnauzer's - Sundai, Nellie & Maggie Mae
2007 Dodge Ram 3500, 6.7 Cummins, 6 speed manual, 3.73 ratio, 4x4
2004 Teton Grand Freedom, 39'
2007 Bigfoot 30MH26Sl
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