Tire question again for Voltage 3600
Posted last yr about going to FL and back on oem tires and had no problems. Fast forward to this yr and we have a trip planned for SC which will be about 1000 miles round trip. Still have the origin...
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Ric Flair wrote:rcpd34 wrote:
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.
Goodyear G rated 614 LT tires say "for trailer service" on the sidewall. What am I missing here? More importantly for you, what is your "Tire Expert" missing?
Haven't seen that. I've always thought LT means Light Truck and ST means Small Trailer. Maybe they got smart and addressed the issue.
