wnjj wrote:
fj12ryder wrote:
"I find it hard to believe that “blowouts” on 2-3 year old tires of any type is anything but a road hazard or overloaded/under inflated tire in most cases. Remember, one small screw can turn “properly inflated” to “under inflated” as you drive. Several year old tires are another matter."
You may find it hard to believe, but it's true. I blew out two tires that were barely 2 years and less than 8,000 miles. Pressures were good and not overloaded. In fact there was about 2500 lbs. on "E" rated 235/85-16 ST tires. Just poorly constructed tires.
You missed the first part where I said road hazard. I also said “most.” While you can control the load and check pressures it’s impossible for anyone to know of everything their tires come in contact with. You may have suffered from a terrible coincidence or something like what happened to me when a new snowmobile trailer tire failed hours later because the tire shop failed to notice the rim had a leak which is what killed the first one.
Valve stems fail, road hazards and slow leaks happen but yes, sometimes tires just fail because they are defective. Replacing tires sooner and sooner won’t help those cases.
Yes indeed, I did miss that "most". But it always seems like the flat tires seem to go away after changing from ST tires to LT or "better" tires. I'm sure habits and driving practices don't change, but suddenly no more flat tires. And personally I think the tires being put on trailers now are better than the ones that were being put on trailers around 7-10 years ago.
