China Tire Manufacturing
In the referenced document you will find information that may help your fears about double standards for “off shore” tire manufacturers. This is about Passenger and Light Truck tires. Many of them ...
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BeerCan wrote:FastEagle wrote:CapriRacer wrote:BeerCan wrote:
I know I was one of the people bagging on the source of these documents. I think after CapriRacers post I can believe this "rule" is still in effect. I don't think it is a good one, and I also think people will misinterpret it. In the end we need our drivers to be smarter than their tires.
And what this does is put this squarely in the hands of the trailer manufacturers. They need to make it abundantly clear that either their trailer are limited to 65 mph or 85 mph based on how intense the loading is.
Honestly, we would not be having this discussion if the trailer manufacturers were doing the job they are supposed to do.
They are coming around. There is a copy of the generic Keystone RV Owner's Manual in the reference below. It is a 2013 document (pdf). In chapter 4 - page 19 they list speed restrictions for ST & LT tires.
Keystone Ref
FastEagle
They use the word "typically" in each sentence, so not really a restriction on their part but more of a suggestion. Very weak on their part IMO
Very similar to saying a tires "should" to replaced with ones of equal or great weight carrying capacity. No where does it say "must". Chris
