Towmax blown tires
We have had our 5th wheel for 1 1/2 years. We had all four original Towmax tires blow (at different times). The new replacements are now bad. We kept 80psi in the tires. I am very confuseed as to what...
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FastEagle wrote:
I wish someone with CapriRacer’s experience would explain the mechanics of tire weight to Me Again.
It seems he cannot understand why tires from completely different designs have completely different weight ratios.
For instance: A steel cased high mileage tire, size LT235/85R16E, with 15/32” tread depth, on top of a retreadable casing having an extra (3rd) steel belt with sidewall inserts for scrubbing protection has a weight of 58#. Yet its maximum load capacity is just 3042#
Then he compares it to a ST235/80R16E (a smaller tire) with 10/32” tread depth polyester cased (age out) tire without the added durability protection, and it weighs, on average, 35-38#. Its maximum load capacity is 3520#.
FastEagle
p.s. I think you will find that the 3042# tire has that load capacity by design, so it can meet the standard specifications model for that size tire set by the T&RA, and others.
So Calvin can you please explain why the M8008ST beside being built heavy gets better ratings for the users than the bunch of 35 pounds. In the other tire thread about the ST Maxmiler getting good reports, we have yet again an ST tire that is built heavier like the M800ST Maxxis, yet you continue to dismiss more robust ST offerings.
This tread is about multiple failures of your beloved Towmax failing when used within its design limits. Must be the OP does not know how to maintain his tires, right? Or is it that ST tires when used up in the extra 10 percent capacity just can not cut the mustard? Yet trailer manufacturers continue to install them OEM!!!
Chris
