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rcpd34
Mar 20, 2014Explorer
Bit of an update. I went to my tire distributor. He is a large distributor stocking millions of dollars of tires and also a full service tire installation center that does trailers every day. I showed him the thread and the other linked thread as well. He advised he will not put LT tires on a trailer. He also advised it is illegal. At least in this state. May even be a Federal law about going to other than OEM rated tires. If a trailer comes to him for inspection without ST tires it will fail. He wasn't going to get drawn into a debate, but his first question after looking at the load ratings published in the thread was why would you give up load capability and sidewall strength? I also went by the local RV dealer and every new trailer I looked at on the lot had ST tires; NONE had LT. Got me thinking about liability and if an LT tire blew and caused a serious crash the resulting investigation either by authorities or the insurance companies may call this into question. Not worth it. My position is do whatever you want on your own rig; we're all adults. I'm sticking with the ST's.
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