Michelin LT failure
Well, I never expected to be writing this but I had a blowout on my second set of Michelin 16” LT load range E tires. They were only a year old. We were on our way back to Houston Tx a week ago fr...
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FastEagle wrote:wacdmc wrote:
To fuel the fire: 2012 Keystone Copper Canyon with Power King Tow Max 235/80's. 5400 miles on tires with religiously maintained 80psi. June 2, 2013 blowout on I40 in TN at max speed of 65 MPH. $4,365.25 damage to camper. ST folks say what you want but I'm switching to LT's.
Your post is typical of most catastrophic RV trailer tire failures posted in internet tire forum threads. The owner doesn't know the cause and doesn't care. It's the tire's fault and that's that.
Do some troubleshooting. Failures that cause that much damage are usually caused form a tread separation. Tread separations are almost always caused by excessive heat. The excessive heat is most often caused by a slow leak in the tire, rim or valve stem. Over loading and speeding can also cause the tread separation.
FastEagle
You're still drinking and selling the Coolaid FE.
How may ST tires do we hear failing with no obvious reasons even after the owner states that they religiously maintained air pressures who once they switch to LT's never have a problem again.
I don't believe like you do that the owners of ST's like you are negligently aiming for all of those road hazards with their ST's and suddenly start avoid all those slow leak producing road hazards after switching to LT's.
Hey those road hazards even attack ST tires while they are mounted to the rear bumpers of trailers as spares causing them to blowout while up in the air.
Evil road hazards!:R
