Cheap tires + Speed = Blown tire
Last year around this time I posted how everybody on the highway whether car or truck and trailer were blowing by me and I passed maybe 2 people over several hours on the road with my cruise set at 67...
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As I sit at my site and watch people pull in and set up, I watch in amazement sometimes when I see people cranking on their X-Chocks. They are turning and grunting and standing on the wrench, forcing the X-chock into the tires. I have to wonder how much damage is occurring to the structure of the tire by the pressure.
All the grumbling about cheap Chinese tires... perhaps its the care and maintenance that is more important.
I've got my stock "China bombs" that are 3.5 years old and almost worn to the wear bars. I don't use X-chocks, I am VERY careful not to bang curbs on turns. I check tire pressure before every trip and check tire and hub temps at every fill up. They are D rated tires with 2500+ lbs of carrying capacity on a trailer rated to 9500 lbs. Never had an issue. I'll likely change tires this winter due to wear, not any other factor.
There is more to the equation than "China bomb" tires...
All the grumbling about cheap Chinese tires... perhaps its the care and maintenance that is more important.
I've got my stock "China bombs" that are 3.5 years old and almost worn to the wear bars. I don't use X-chocks, I am VERY careful not to bang curbs on turns. I check tire pressure before every trip and check tire and hub temps at every fill up. They are D rated tires with 2500+ lbs of carrying capacity on a trailer rated to 9500 lbs. Never had an issue. I'll likely change tires this winter due to wear, not any other factor.
There is more to the equation than "China bomb" tires...
