Another thought I had while driving home today again from our holiday camping trip up north. I posted about driving to fast and not surprisingly I was told I was going to fast at 68mph even though I was the slow one on the road. So this weekends trip (560 miles round trip) I set it to 65mph per good advise here on the boards ;) and of course all (dozens) but two rv's (who kept pace with me) passed me anywhere from 66mph to i'm guessing 80mph. so my fuzzy math is telling me that 95% of the rv's, boats, jet ski's, etc were going above or well above 65mph. This was also true of my last trip of 700 miles.So here is the question, I know the Chinese tires have a bad rap and I know they are of low quality. But how much of the problem do you think is because of simply going to fast for the tire? How many of you who travel under 65mph (where are you guys btw?) have had blowouts? Dan

I think 90% of tire blowouts are caused by ignorant people not following the directions. Forget the fact it's made in china, tire pressure, and tire speed ratings are IMO the number one cause of pre-mature wear and blowouts, hands down.

My tires are rated to go 75 and I'll tow up to that speed. I do keep an eye on my pressures and I have pretty new tires. I don't feel like that's an unsafe speed with my setup as long as conditions allow for it. We have wide open highways out west and long distances to cover so I'm not going to dink along at 65 mph.

Made the short trip to daytona for the races this past week, I try to keep it around 60(so there's a few of us) and like you getting past by most

"I know the Chinese tires...are of low quality"How do you know? Please share the study or studies that you have.

Lwiddis wrote:"I know the Chinese tires...are of low quality"How do you know? Please share the study or studies that you have.Bad generalization on my part. There are some good ones, I'm thinking of towmax which is popular with manufacturers. Dan

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BarneyS
Explorer III
Jul 13, 2017
phillyg wrote:
Snip...
The thread has been steered far from the original question.

Yep, and it is time to close it down before we start discussing the price of bread in China. Thanks for all your contributions.

Start a new thread over in General RVing Issues forum if you wish to continue to discuss speed for us old timers vs the young guys. :)
Barney
phillyg
Explorer II
Jul 13, 2017
Tinner12002,

You don't speak for everyone here. Grit Dog offended me, and perhaps others, with his back-handed comment about old drivers.

As a reminder, this is what the OP asked: "So here is the question, I know the Chinese tires have a bad rap and I know they are of low quality. But how much of the problem do you think is because of simply going to fast for the tire? How many of you who travel under 65mph (where are you guys btw?) have had blowouts?"

The thread has been steered far from the original question.
tinner12002
Explorer
Jul 13, 2017
Grit dog wrote:
phillyg wrote:
Grit Dog said, "Typical closed minded 'retiree' mentality, IMO."

Nice to lump all us retirees in one pot there, Grit. I'd like to think that us old folks have a bit more wisdom.

Not all, just typical based on observations here AND in the real world. Notice I never condemned driving slower, just that others impart the "my way is the only way" on here like it's gospel and those of us in a hurry are somehow offending them or an impending disaster on wheels.
And you can pretty much tell whos driving a RV by how fast they're going. Running down any freeway, the loafers typically are my parents age and those keeping up with traffic are usually younger. Just how it is.
Cheers. See you in the slow lane!

Lol! Not offending anyone here Grit!
MFL
Nomad II
Jul 13, 2017
Grit dog wrote:
noteven wrote:
I'm retired.

When I'm riding one of my bikes I'd like the lardass rv's only doing 75 to get out of my way. :)

That's what I'm talkin about! If they weren't meant to go that fast, the speedometer would t go that high!

When riding your bike, at speed, you can't expect traffic to get out of your way. That is what Canyon Racer's call threading the needle.:C

While my bike speedo shows 180, it will only do 172-174. No biggy, 160 is about it for me anyway.:)

BTW, seeing more members agreeing with Grit, indicates the forum may be changing directions.:B

Jerry
noteven
Explorer III
Jul 13, 2017
Grit dog wrote:
noteven wrote:
I'm retired.

When I'm riding one of my bikes I'd like the lardass rv's only doing 75 to get out of my way. :)

That's what I'm talkin about! If they weren't meant to go that fast, the speedometer would t go that high!

:B
Grit_dog
Navigator
Jul 13, 2017
noteven wrote:
I'm retired.

When I'm riding one of my bikes I'd like the lardass rv's only doing 75 to get out of my way. :)

That's what I'm talkin about! If they weren't meant to go that fast, the speedometer would t go that high!
hawkeye-08
Explorer III
Jul 12, 2017
Sometimes we forget that heat damage to tires is accumulative. You may not have an immediate failure. Think of the times you had to add some air to your tires. How long were you running them low (low usually means additional heat from sidewall flexing)? I try to check my frequently and the only time I have needed to add air is spring before going out the first time.
ktmrfs
Explorer II
Jul 12, 2017
hotpepperkid wrote:
Get rid of the ST tires and go to LT then you don't have to worry about the speed rating of China made tires. They will have the same speed rating as your TV

seems like that is a very common "solution" commonly suggested. However if you have 15" wheels, getting a LT tire with a load capacity of an ST is virtually impossible if you have 225/75-15 ST tires, LR D or E. I know of ONE mfg of a 225/75-15 tire with LRE LT and they are very very specific on the website that the tire is NOT to be used on trailer applications.

There may be others, but again they are pretty rare animals.

If you have 205/75 LR C, then there are more LT tires that would work.

And going to 16's may or may not be possible depending on axle spacing and clearance. At the least it means new rims and a careful check for clearance.

Now if the trailer has 16" to start with, much easier.
hotpepperkid
Explorer
Jul 12, 2017
Get rid of the ST tires and go to LT then you don't have to worry about the speed rating of China made tires. They will have the same speed rating as your TV
noteven
Explorer III
Jul 12, 2017
I'm retired.

When I'm riding one of my bikes I'd like the lardass rv's only doing 75 to get out of my way. :)

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