Manufacturers making defective tires
I have owned several trailers throughout the years and always got at least 3 years out of the tires. I keep them covered, properly inflated, balanced and check them frequently. My new 2013 trailer cam...
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As the next generation of rv buyers begin shopping for new rv's the last thing they worry about is safety (from china bombs).
They will spend on the pretty options but not on tires. A new tire "looks pretty" has lot's of tread so what is there to worry about. If they weren't safe, they would not be selling them, right?
Of course, will nearly all know the worst thing for ST's is lack of use, not tread wear. Checking psi often and keeping it maxxed, avoiding curb-strikes, pot holes big enough to lose a smartcar, protection from sun - would all help.
When I moved up from tents to tent trailers to 5vr's, I never worried about the ST's as long as the tread looked okay. I was so oblivious of the potential problems of blown tires, I even changed out the ST's on my first 5vr and had dealer install USED passenger car tires, for trip to OK, 1500-mi each way. Got caught up in the truck traffic doing 100-mph or so, up to 85-mph before DW slapped me down.
Ah, ignorance is bliss!:S
BTW, on average we see at least 2 blown tires on trailers - about the same for cars.
They will spend on the pretty options but not on tires. A new tire "looks pretty" has lot's of tread so what is there to worry about. If they weren't safe, they would not be selling them, right?
Of course, will nearly all know the worst thing for ST's is lack of use, not tread wear. Checking psi often and keeping it maxxed, avoiding curb-strikes, pot holes big enough to lose a smartcar, protection from sun - would all help.
When I moved up from tents to tent trailers to 5vr's, I never worried about the ST's as long as the tread looked okay. I was so oblivious of the potential problems of blown tires, I even changed out the ST's on my first 5vr and had dealer install USED passenger car tires, for trip to OK, 1500-mi each way. Got caught up in the truck traffic doing 100-mph or so, up to 85-mph before DW slapped me down.
Ah, ignorance is bliss!:S
BTW, on average we see at least 2 blown tires on trailers - about the same for cars.
