Power king tires

Shadow Catcher wrote:
A study done by Good Sam with 17,000 respondents found a roughly 33% failure rate. I have known personally two folks with teardrops that have had catastrophic failures on very underloaded tires.
I talked with a Goodyear exec that I know and he said tires made in China are******and from personal frustration try and find ST tires that are not.

As stated above the vast majority of ST failures are by abuse....that's all. Speeding beyond the rating is number ONE!

A study done by Good Sam with 17,000 respondents found a roughly 33% failure rate. I have known personally two folks with teardrops that have had catastrophic failures on very underloaded tires.
I talked with a Goodyear exec that I know and he said tires made in China are******and from personal frustration try and find ST tires that are not.

bob213 wrote:
I have PowerKIng tires on my current trailer. I was told that they have switched to a new construction design like Maxiss. Does anyone know when they switched over? Can I tell by the date code if they are new or old design?
EDIT....
Never mind... I see the overlay construction is only for 15" and 16".
I guess it doesn't matter when my 14" were made, they will still be "China Bombs".
If I make it home with them, I'll replace them.

What does "china bombs" mean? Have you had problems with the powerking tires? If so what was the problem and what caused it. Where the tire is manufactured is not the problem or what caused the tire failure.:S

Four years and 9000 miles on my Duro 2100 'China Bombs'. Just replaced to go to a higher rated tire and not sure where the new ones are made. They are not stamped China anywhere. Hercules Power STR Radial.

My 5'er came with China made GY thons. I took delivery of the 5'er with only 5 miles on it. I wasn't sure if I'd make it the 300 miles to home from the dealer. I now have 5000+ miles on them. I don't know if they will make it another 5000 miles. I'll probably know around Oct of this year.

It's really amazing how such a reportedly poor made tire can hold up for so long.

I don't know anything about that brand, but I'm convinced one or two factories in China makes all these tires and sells them under about 50 different brand names. A new one pops up every day.

Campfire Time wrote:

bob213 wrote:

If I make it home with them, I'll replace them.

Well, that's one way to look at it. The other is to ask yourself how many trailers you see by the side of the road with failed tires. Not too many. And most of them are delivered with Tow Max tires. Actually I haven't seen any in the last 5 years or so. I know, that doesn't mean it isn't happening. But...

People will tell you all sorts of experiences. And that's just it, they are their experiences. We don't always know if the proper PSI was set, or if they were towing over 65 (and I see this A LOT!), nor do we know if they are towing over their GVWR. We don't know the road conditions, nor a hundred other things. People can say they were doing it right, but they can say anything they want.

I've had mine for one season now and no troubles. Granted, its only one season, but anecdotal accounts would have people believe that we wouldn't get 100 miles out of them.

So now I'm going to get shredded for this post. Go ahead, have at it folks. :p

More accurate words couldn't have been said. Last year i was on I-70 west of KC coming home from work driving my personal vehicle about 70 and a guy pulling a 5th wheel blew my doors off passing me. About 15 miles up the road low and behold he was setting along side the road with a blow out. Being a fellow RV'r i stopped to see if i could assist him. He had just got off the phone with his roadside assistance when i came along. He kept telling me how he always drove between 55 and 60 and was anal about the air pressure. He simply was beside himself how a tire could have blown. Not saying that is what caused his but it makes you wonder. He had no ideal he had blown my doors off earlier and i didn't say a thing. I know that doesn't represent everyone but i also know some people will tell you what they think you want to hear. JMHO

bob213 wrote:

If I make it home with them, I'll replace them.

Well, that's one way to look at it. The other is to ask yourself how many trailers you see by the side of the road with failed tires. Not too many. And most of them are delivered with Tow Max tires. Actually I haven't seen any in the last 5 years or so. I know, that doesn't mean it isn't happening. But...

People will tell you all sorts of experiences. And that's just it, they are their experiences. We don't always know if the proper PSI was set, or if they were towing over 65 (and I see this A LOT!), nor do we know if they are towing over their GVWR. We don't know the road conditions, nor a hundred other things. People can say they were doing it right, but they can say anything they want.

I've had mine for one season now and no troubles. Granted, its only one season, but anecdotal accounts would have people believe that we wouldn't get 100 miles out of them.

So now I'm going to get shredded for this post. Go ahead, have at it folks. :p