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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I completely agree. In the old days, almost all, if not all trailer tires were speed rated at 65 mph. So for me,who also drives at 62-63 range, I was near the max speed rating. Yet I saw many a person pulling the trailer at the speed limit of 65, which allows no margin of error. And by golly, it the speed limit on the interstate was 70 or more, they were going to pull their trailer 70 mph or more.
Speed creates heat, and under inflation creates heat, and heat is the biggest enemy of tires, and especially trailer tires. That's why so many TT tires failed before (including the so call "china-bombs). Way too many miles being pulled at above the rated speed limit of the tire, and way too many trailer tires not inflated to their max.
Speed creates heat, and under inflation creates heat, and heat is the biggest enemy of tires, and especially trailer tires. That's why so many TT tires failed before (including the so call "china-bombs). Way too many miles being pulled at above the rated speed limit of the tire, and way too many trailer tires not inflated to their max.
ChuckSteed wrote:
Everytime I read post about my tires are rated at 80 plus and i tow at 75 I cringe. Too fast folks and your costing yourself extra money on waste fuel. I’ll drive at 62 , get much better fuel mileage, and leave myself a safety margin should an issue arise.
