Michelin Ribs Bad Tires for a Trailer????
Hi All, On another forum I participate in a poster is claiming: 1) Steel Carcass tires (like the Michelin Ribs) are "bad trailer tires" 2) "The flex/stress put on the trailer tires with ste...
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JIMNLIN wrote:buc1980 wrote:
My RIB blowup over the weekend and damage the trailer.I am done with them they are not right for use on the FW.
You have a very heavy 35' Kountry Star that you were using G614 tire at 3750 lbs capacity. You then replaced them with a set of 3042 lb rated XPS Ribs knowing your trailer had right at 12000 lbs on the axles. You ran them for 5 years and 16000 miles and now are complaining because one tire has a bubble on the sidewall and saying their not right for a FW !!! :S
buc1980 wrote in another post!
"I see a small buble on the side about a 50 mile from the destination but with 6 mile left on the trip it blow up.":S:S:S
But he does win a prize for being the one of first here to report a Rib failure on a 5th wheel.
