Costco Michelin Ribs update

Me Again wrote:

up2nogood wrote:

Me Again wrote:
Translated, he wants you to install more tires of the type you just had problems with. No one seems to understand the safety in doing that! Fool me once! Fool me twice???

Chris

I think the point trying to be made is very simple, all the tires mentioned in this thread are under the weight rating of the OE tires with the exception of the G614 . Will these tires hold up, many say they do. Many seem persistent to recommend a tire that does not meet the OE ratings. Justify it all they want, the fact remains.

OP trailer came OEM with 6K axles and ST tires rated to 3420 pounds each. Were these tires the best available or the cheapest that the manufacturer could install to meet the requirement. I believe the later is the case! And it is repeated over and over again. We read about it here in this forum and on specific trailer forums repeatedly. Same goes for horse and boat trailers.

With the OP having 6K axles he can ignore the "recommendation" from the manufacturer, industry and government, and install a more reliable LT tire rated to 3042lbs. Or, he can follow the manufacturer's guidance and continue to have issues! Or he can buy both new higher rated tires and WHEELS. Again! Fool me once! Fool me twice???

The trap is that manufacturers are installing wheels that are not rated for high inflation rated tires.

It seems to all go back to the business model of companies like Tredit and Tireco, and trailer manufacturers operating on the cheap(low bid)! Why are these two mass vendors not talking the trailer manufacturers into spending a couple bucks more per wheel and installing their offering that allows for a 110LB inflation tire. Could it be that would not create additional sales of short life sub-par tires that they are the importer of?????

Where is 60-Minutes or 20-20 when we need them?

Chris

No argument on what is reliable or not, as I have said many times ,many are putting on a less rated tire then then OE , FACT still remains, a underrated tire. In this case we have a fifth wheel that should have had 7K axles , and did the following year 2007, I have the same fifth wheel, a 2008 Montana 3400 RL with 7K axles, same shipping weight as the OP,actually the same weights other then GVWR, naturally mine is higher. Same rims ,same OE tires etc etc. There is no way that I am going to put an E rated LT tire on that big of fifth wheel, nor am I going to put on a higher rated ST tire. These trailers are over 38' ,and nearly 12K empty if you want to believe the specs. The lightest mine has weighted partially loaded is 12740. IMO a large of fifth wheel as these should run a G rated tire.