Towmax Tires - Another One Bites the Dust !
Here is my 2013 Cyclone 3800 just under 2 years old. Blown Towmax Chinese junker. So lets talk about this. We have big triple axle toy hauler being sent out of the factory with barely enough tire on t...
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I keep seeing statements about reporting tire failures to the government. Apparently we are not doing that. I know I did not report my one and only failure.
But I have a hard time believing the numbers reported.
In justifying changes to tire retention requirements, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration quoted some statistics.
Nine complaints about trailer tires in 15 years ????
From the Federal Register
"Based on the foregoing information, the agency could not identify a current safety problem related to a trailer rim's ability to retain a tire in the event of rapid deflation. Over a 15-year period of consumer complaints, we found only nine complaints related to trailer tires, a rate of less than one complaint per year, and few, if any, of the complaints appear to be related to the rim retention requirement. Thus, we tentatively conclude that there is no continued safety need justifying the requirement that trailers comply with the rim retention requirement in S4.4.1(b) of FMVSS No. 110. We do not believe that excluding trailers from this requirement would have any measurable effect on the safety of light trailers. "
But I have a hard time believing the numbers reported.
In justifying changes to tire retention requirements, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration quoted some statistics.
Nine complaints about trailer tires in 15 years ????
From the Federal Register
"Based on the foregoing information, the agency could not identify a current safety problem related to a trailer rim's ability to retain a tire in the event of rapid deflation. Over a 15-year period of consumer complaints, we found only nine complaints related to trailer tires, a rate of less than one complaint per year, and few, if any, of the complaints appear to be related to the rim retention requirement. Thus, we tentatively conclude that there is no continued safety need justifying the requirement that trailers comply with the rim retention requirement in S4.4.1(b) of FMVSS No. 110. We do not believe that excluding trailers from this requirement would have any measurable effect on the safety of light trailers. "
