Elk Ridge tire failure

gmw photos wrote:

Francesca Knowles wrote:



Most shops just won't perform such an installation, but there's always the option of carrying the wheels in oneself, I s'pose. Or just going to a higher load range LT, of course.

Francesca, have you actually walked into tire shops ( you say "most", so can we assume you have walked into several different shops and asked ) and actually, really, truly been turned down when you requested to do a swap like this ???

I for one would not request such a deration, so the answer is of course "no". Not that you would believe me if I said I had- or had ever even been inside a tire shop.

I s'pose Walmart's nationwide tire operation is no "expert" in your mind, but for what it's worth here's the language posted at their page for one tire recommended previously: the LT245/75R16

Walmart wrote:
WARNING: For safety reasons, Walmart will not install tires with a load index below that of your vehicle's Original Equipment (OE) tires. Please make sure that the tires you select meet the load index requirements for your vehicle.

I'm not arguing type, just load carrying capacity. Which according to presumably competent authorities (see one below) must be equal to or greater than that of the originally spec'd tires.

Michelin wrote:
A tire with a lower load index than the Original Equipment tire indicates the tire does not equal the load capacity of the original and should not be considered for installation on the vehicle.

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Since when is this even an "issue"???