Tires; revisited; yet again
I thought I knew what I wanted. I really did. I am looking to replace my ST235/80/16 Goodyear Marathon tires due to age and the begining of rot. I was going to get the same tire, just move up to E ...
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Ric Flair wrote:CKNSLS wrote:
Ran ST tires all the way around the country-over 8,000 miles NO ISSUES. NEVER RAN OVER 60mph. The above poster is right, I have seen 85% of RVers exceeding 65mph when I traveled. Excessive speed is the NUMBER ONE issue.
85% over 65 mph and that's the "number one issue" causing BlowMax failures.
Who could argue when faced with such incontrovertible facts. Guess I'll head on over to Discount Tire and have them yank my G rated LTs for ST.....
....Hey, wait a minute, what happened here? This one was on a brand new trailer, sitting on the lot at the dealership (courtesy of the Heartland Forum):
Hummmm
Yep, and I have seen pictures of plenty of ST tires that were blowouts that were obviously a "road hazard" situation but try telling that to the ST haters.
When was the last time you saw a post on any forum stating something as follows-"here is a picture of my blown ST tire. I was going 75mph on a hot day through the Southwestern desert with my tow hauler running heavy with fuel and water so I could go to the dunes and boondock and I had a blowout"!
I have NEVER SEEN ONE. Please post a link if you have.
