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CHD_Dad
Explorer
May 19, 2014

Trailer Tire Pressure/Temp/Speed vs. failure ?

I was told that speed is a big killer of trailer tires along with age, overloading, hidden damage, etc. but the big reason they tell you to stay at slower speeds is to keep the tire from overheating o...
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vesh1717
Explorer
May 28, 2014
Prob going to start a war, but since I have switched to lt tires I cannot for the life of me understand why I ever used st tires. It just makes total sense to me, unless you plan to never run over 60ish mph. Since I like driving the speed limit at least, it made sense.

So to answer op, make the switch and you will have less worries. I am not am expert, but just sharing my current thoughts.

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