New Trailer Tires - And THANKS
I'm sitting here waiting while the tire shop is installing my new Goodyear Endurance trailer tires. These are replacing the original factory-installed Westlakes, with date stamps of 2013. When I order...
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Cummins12V98 wrote:
At least someone here has decided the ENDURANCE is a credible tire now that it has made it to three full years on the market with stellar results. :B
That would be me.
Former tire engineer with a major manufacturer who tracked returns and developed algorithms to predict return rates. My experience said that after 2 years in the market, you could predict the return rate for structural failures - which peaked in the third or fourth year.
Since no one has reported a Goodyear Endurance ST tire failure in 3 years (They entered the market in the fall of 2016), my prediction is that there will not be any design failures until the tires age out. (We don't know when that will be.)
Please note: That even the best designed tire can suffer from road hazards (punctures and impacts) and those types of failures are difficult for the average person to diagnose. Ergo, people will report tire failures and blame it on the make/model tire even if the cause is not tied to the make/model. Been there, done that! That's why we examined every reported failure for root cause.
