LT vs ST's - Canadian Tires cries "Illegal!".
I replaced all 4 tires on my 35' horse trailer in the last 2 weeks - Canadian Tire had some excellent LT tires that were on 50% off "end of line liquidation" discount and the price was too hard to res...
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sue.t wrote:
There are, indeed, laws and regulations in Canada regarding tires and the motor vehicles to which they are mounted. In addition to the federal law, there are laws applicable within each province.
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulation - Canada
Motor Vehicles Tire Safety Regulations
Motor Vehicle Tire Safety Regulation - PRESCRIBED CLASSES OF EQUIPMENT
In B.C., you can be ticketed for not having appropriately rated tires on a trailer or vehicle. If there's an accident, then possibly insurance could be void too.
I'm not quite sure how MOTOR Vehicle regulations got into a conversation on tires on a TRAILER, but nonetheless, if you read those regs it seems it's legal to run ST tires on a motor vehicle, so then why would it be illegal to do the opposite?
