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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gitane59 wrote:
"Once more, I understand your position that theoretically tire durability isn't measurable by weight, however in a real life practical application the durability 2 tires, one a 37lb ST and one a 56Lb LT will be dramatically different on the same fifthwheel and I do not accept the position that weight has no bearing on this different performance. Yes the entire tire construction is different, leading to a higher weight but that is precisely why they perform better."
Because we as consumers can not see inside a tire to see how it is made, we need some other way to better determine a good or bad product. Over the last 9 years that I have been following these tire issues closely, after buying a new trailer that had Kenda Klever LT235/85R16E chinese maypop tires, I came to the conclusion that lack of tire weight increased the number of reported problems. That is what we call gathering real world stats. Cost is another fairly good item to track, and the cheaper the tire is generally there are more complains.
All tires look pretty much the same from the consumers view. They are black and round! So why not use history, weight and cost as a measure of quality?
Many posters have stated: "After multiple ST failures, I switched to LT tires and the tire problems went away without me changing anything else!" If only "you know who" had made this switch also, tire treads disagreements would have greatly declined over the years. And we would not need an engineer to try to insert engineering logic into a simple problem that has a simple solution. GET RID of the product, as it does not work well if you want to see America with your trailer.
Chris
"Once more, I understand your position that theoretically tire durability isn't measurable by weight, however in a real life practical application the durability 2 tires, one a 37lb ST and one a 56Lb LT will be dramatically different on the same fifthwheel and I do not accept the position that weight has no bearing on this different performance. Yes the entire tire construction is different, leading to a higher weight but that is precisely why they perform better."
Because we as consumers can not see inside a tire to see how it is made, we need some other way to better determine a good or bad product. Over the last 9 years that I have been following these tire issues closely, after buying a new trailer that had Kenda Klever LT235/85R16E chinese maypop tires, I came to the conclusion that lack of tire weight increased the number of reported problems. That is what we call gathering real world stats. Cost is another fairly good item to track, and the cheaper the tire is generally there are more complains.
All tires look pretty much the same from the consumers view. They are black and round! So why not use history, weight and cost as a measure of quality?
Many posters have stated: "After multiple ST failures, I switched to LT tires and the tire problems went away without me changing anything else!" If only "you know who" had made this switch also, tire treads disagreements would have greatly declined over the years. And we would not need an engineer to try to insert engineering logic into a simple problem that has a simple solution. GET RID of the product, as it does not work well if you want to see America with your trailer.
Chris
