Tow Master Tires
Just had our third blowout in three trips with our 5er. The tires range from 1 1/2 years old to 10 months old. Two happened this summer in 100+ degree weather. Yesterday's happened in cool weather. ...
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kedanie wrote:artguys wrote:
Folks...most tire failures are a result of owner neglect. One poster on this thread talked about his automatic system...nice but many times they're unreliable. I've bought and tested those units and don't recommend them.Nothing is better than a eyes on thump of each tire. And by neglect I mean every time you make any kind of stop you should be thumping your tires, not kicking but thumping with a more reliable instrument. To my customers and clients I suggested using a 1" id by 2' piece of steel or galvanized pipe. Wood clubs work but not as well as pipe.
Strange comment!
On the last fiver we had, I changed from ST to LT tires following the typical problems cited here. Nothing else changed but the tires and we had zero problems in the next 20,000 miles.
The pundits here like to blame all the ST tire problems on the owners. Facts are that the ST tire is an antiquated design. The capacities are artificially inflated and then used by manufacturers with insufficient reserve capacity.
The reports of LT tire problems are few and far between as compared to ST tires.
Keith
I don't think it's antiquated design as much as, as you say, artificially inflated load capacities on top of just plain s****y build quality. There are plenty of STs being successfully used on light trailers, provided they have enough ventilation to cool them. It's when you get to the 10k+ lb range that ST problems seem to show up.
Lyle
