tires again!

myredracer wrote:

2edgesword wrote:
I think we can sometimes be too quick to claim defective tires rather than dig deeper to examine the other factors that might be the cause of a blowout or premature wear, some of the things mentioned in ReneeG’s post.

Absolutely!

Another thing I would do is check the reserve load capacity you have. Weigh the trailer and compare to rating on the tires. You want at least 15% and more is better. We have about 30% on ours by upgrading a load range. Some manufacturers put tires on that have little to no reserve capacity. If you get side to side weights, can even be overloaded on one side. Anything that causes internal heat (too fast, under-inflated, overloaded) damages ST tires. Damage is cumulative and one day, bam, you can have a failure for no apparent reason.

I always find these threads interesting!
I run LT tires on my 5er, they came with LT which I replaced at 12 years old, towed home from dealer with them 8 years old and all looked fine.
Every time we start talking blowouts on ST tires the blame goes to the following, brushed a curb, jumped a curb, hit a pothole, etc. Well do you have blowouts on the TV with LT tires after the following, brushed a curb, jumped a curb, hit a pothole, etc?
This is exactly why I run LT on my 12,360# GVWR 5er, the tires have a combined capacity of 12,168#, BUT the axles will only carry a max of 10,000# loaded to max GVWR. This provides me with a 17.8% "Reserve Capacity".
I see the only thing "Special" about ST tires is that they are build to a lower set of standards than LT tires.

In addition there is no ST semi tires, all HD truck tires are built on the same carcass just different tread pattern for different applications. truckers may move a wore set of steer tires to a trailer to get more miles out of them before having capped. Then may be capped as drivers or trailer tread (caps not allowed on steer axle). The trucker may move drivers to a trailer for more miles before capping.