Towmax blown tires

CapriRacer wrote:

joebedford wrote:
In another tire thread, some ... ummm ... person thought it was funny that I thought weight of a tire correlates to durability. When I asked to be filled in on what the joke was, I got no answer.

Anybody care to fill me in on the joke?

So that's the joke: There is so much variability in tire weights - and quite a bit is caused by differences in tread rubber - that trying to equate tire weight with durability is an exercise in futility.

To CapriRacer and FE:
What is not a joke is to compare sidewall strength of a ST tire and a LT tire side by side.
If after doing the comparison regardless of tread depth and the slight weight differences tread depth may produce the vast difference in sidewall strength and stiffness is not obvious to you both then we have no hope in changing your minds.
Casing and sidewall construction differences will make up more weight differences than a couple more 32'nds of tread depth.
The only hope we can offer to other people like the OP is that we can combat the likes of you folks and the authors of the piece of bogus propaganda written in the June Trailer life magazine about trailer tires which is simply free advertising for the ST tire maker.

The flimsy ballon sidewalled ST tires creates much flexing and therefore heat buildup which leads to rapid tire failure when loaded heavily on rv's over 10K lbs.
A quality centre rib, solid block tread, solid shoulder LT tire of an appropriate size and weight rating will always perform better than a balloon ST tire.

To the OP:
Your max tires ratings must equal or exceed your axle ratings. E-rated rubber won't cut it and you can't base your tire selection on the weight on the tires.
Time to move to 17.5 inch H-rated wheels and tires (I recommend Sumitomo's) if you want piece of mind and will be towing further than your closet RV park.