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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Gary, read the entire thread. If Canadian Tire has a *policy* against installing LT's in place of ST's that's one thing, but it's a very different thing to make up lies and spread misinformation that it's illegal.
- It is not illegal.
- Many RV manufacturers are now shipping their RV's out of the factory with LT's as factory equipment and placarded as such.
- LT's are approved by manufacturers for trailer usage.
- There is NO law in the USA nor Canada that disallows LT use on trailers.
All of this was discussed at length earlier in this thread...with links and such to backup these facts.
The only legal requirement is that the tires are capable of carrying the weight for the application they are being used for, AKA they must be rated to carry the weight the axle they're to be attached to is rated for. In my case the tires are each rated for just under 2700 pounds each and are mounted on an axle rated to carry less than that, therefore they are well within their legal required ratings.
There is no LEGAL issue here. Again, if they have a POLICY against it that's one thing, but be clear about it - one Canadian Tire location had no problem not only selling me the tires, but mounting them on my rims and even helping me put them back on the trailer in the parking lot. The other Canadian Tire in question made my life unnecessarily miserable about the whole situation and then proceeded to cancel my warranty on the tires based on misinformation and lies.
- It is not illegal.
- Many RV manufacturers are now shipping their RV's out of the factory with LT's as factory equipment and placarded as such.
- LT's are approved by manufacturers for trailer usage.
- There is NO law in the USA nor Canada that disallows LT use on trailers.
All of this was discussed at length earlier in this thread...with links and such to backup these facts.
The only legal requirement is that the tires are capable of carrying the weight for the application they are being used for, AKA they must be rated to carry the weight the axle they're to be attached to is rated for. In my case the tires are each rated for just under 2700 pounds each and are mounted on an axle rated to carry less than that, therefore they are well within their legal required ratings.
There is no LEGAL issue here. Again, if they have a POLICY against it that's one thing, but be clear about it - one Canadian Tire location had no problem not only selling me the tires, but mounting them on my rims and even helping me put them back on the trailer in the parking lot. The other Canadian Tire in question made my life unnecessarily miserable about the whole situation and then proceeded to cancel my warranty on the tires based on misinformation and lies.
