Sailun Tire Failure
It was bound to happen, and it did. Any experts want to weigh in? Luckily, no damage to fifth wheel or rim. 2 year old Sailun S637 , inflated to 100 psi.
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Me Again wrote:laknox wrote:
Ford and Firestone certainly didn't pay attention to load ratings back in the 80s, when they killed and maimed a bunch of people by putting inadequate tires and inflations on Expeditions, and such. Really? A P tire on a 4-5k lb vehicle, then only inflate to 28 psi? Drop a load of kids and some gear into one and, guess what? You get blowouts at freeway speeds, rollovers, injuries and death. Morons...
Lyle
I believe it was Explorers! Chris
Whatever. It was Fords... :B
FWIW, my dad had a full size van that drove like absolute cr@p and was, IMO, downright scary. Now, these things were built on the F150 chassis and had the old Twin I-Beam front suspension. So, what did the idiots at Ford do? Yep, put P tires on a truck chassis. It was downright scary to drive down the road and if you happened to hit a parallel pavement seam, could put you into the other lane. Dad went through about 4 sets of tires in 2 years trying to fix the problem UNTIL, an "old tire guy" said, "well, you've got passenger car tires on a truck". DOH! Put a set of LTs on and, instantly, almost no more sway. Yes, "almost", as that front suspension was sketchy by design, but it was at least drivable.
Lyle
