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RinconVTR
Mar 14, 2016Explorer
I drive/pull various trailers with mileage totaling well over what the majority here total and have never owned an american made trailer tire NOR LT trailer tire. I am over 40 years old, a 3rd gen RV'er, and NEVER had a tire failure while I was at the wheel. This includes those little 8" donuts tires, which I've pulled thru dozens of state at 80mph when they were rated at 45mph!!!
Is it a matter of time? May be. Well then, the same can be said for motorcycle riders. The odds of hitting pavement are pretty good. Will it happen to you? Who knows. What ultimately has control over this fate? Hmmm? Not much that is fully in your control, now is it?
My problem here is blaming a particular tire, a variety of tires made outside of the USA, a tire that is mounted on practically EVERY trailer produced. The statistics are NOT in the favor of the "china bomb" haters on here. So give it a rest people.
Every and any tire can fail at any time. I can post pictures of all the gators on the interstate from tractor trailers, exceeding your ST failures by a large factor. Various blow outs on every other vehicle on the road, you have no chance to compare.
Go find an oil brand or octane thread to loose sleep over. This is not the debate you are looking for.
Is it a matter of time? May be. Well then, the same can be said for motorcycle riders. The odds of hitting pavement are pretty good. Will it happen to you? Who knows. What ultimately has control over this fate? Hmmm? Not much that is fully in your control, now is it?
My problem here is blaming a particular tire, a variety of tires made outside of the USA, a tire that is mounted on practically EVERY trailer produced. The statistics are NOT in the favor of the "china bomb" haters on here. So give it a rest people.
Every and any tire can fail at any time. I can post pictures of all the gators on the interstate from tractor trailers, exceeding your ST failures by a large factor. Various blow outs on every other vehicle on the road, you have no chance to compare.
Go find an oil brand or octane thread to loose sleep over. This is not the debate you are looking for.
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