Atlee wrote:
You can drive at 70 and higher all you want. It's your business, until someone else is involved in an accident.
No one has said (or shouldn't be at least) that going 70 and above is going to result in 1) blown ST tires, and 2) accidents all over the place.
However, the faster you go, the odds of it happening go up.
And for me, it's not so much about pulling at 70+, it's more about stopping from 70+.
My pickup does not stop on a dime, with 9 cents given back in change, like a Corvette will. My stopping distance while hitched to my 5k trailer is even more.
So I'll continue to tool along on the Interstates at 60 to 65 mph while firmly anchored in the right lane, and anyone that wants to pull their trailer at 70 to 85 mph are free to pass on the left.
Bionic Man wrote:
I love the sanctimonious responses that you are putting your life as well as others at risk by driving anything above 65 MPH. Come and travel in most western states - Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana are the ones I am most familiar with - and if you are going 65 or under you will be passed on a regular basis by boats & RVs, most running ST tires. I have not seen an epidemic of loss of life and limb in any of these states.
Well yep I can pull at 70 to 80 also, I find myself creaping up on 75 all the time on four lanes all the time. Just because the truck can do it doesn't make safe or smart.
I drive Oregon coast two lanes at 60 (5 over the posted 55), as that is a speed I still have control, and hold up far less traffic!
Driving too slow on a two lane creates backup and will cause impatient drivers to do stupid things.
Tires, I run LTs on my 5er, as my TV, semis run the same tires drive, steer and trailer no reason LT truck tires will not work just as well for all positions!
