TIRE TIRES TIRES

352 wrote:
Does anyone have any information from the tire manufacturer why we should use trailer tires instead of truck tires on trailers? If all the side wall ply and tread ply are the same, what is the difference?

Big issue for me is that there are no major well known tire companies making ST tires except Goodyear with their Marathon. Goodyear moved production of that tire to China and the quality went down. Most ST tires are made in China by manufactures few would recognize. The only ST thats often recommended here would be Maxxis. A 2nd possibly might be Carlisle. They have a long history of having a horribly bad tire. However, they came out with a newer design about 3 years ago that many say is decent. In otherwords, my issue isn't ST vs LT. Its manufacture and consumer experiences for me.

Simply put, there just aren't very many top brand ST tires made but there are a ton of junk China brand ST's. There are quite a few LT's that many here have had great luck with. Michelin does list their XPS Rib LT's as being suitable for RV's. I have about 15,000 miles on mine so far and doing great.