Francesca Knowles wrote:
Cox89XJ wrote:
I’m the one that post the picture of the failed Chinese tire on page 21 of this thread. It was a Mission ST225/75R/15D rated radial tire. If cruising at 65 to 67mph is abusing, yes it was abused. It definitely was not overloaded or run low of air. When I went to a B F Goodrich Commercial TA in size LT225/75R16E rated tire, I have not had any more tire problems. Still cruising between 65 and 67mph. Out of the five tires I had to fail, they all looked like the one in the picture, but one. It’s the one that came apart just North of Birmingham. No doubt, it started the same way with tread separation. The ST’s are like a heavy duty inner tube compared to a LT tire. Mine were anyway. We usually take at least two pretty long trips every year. (400 miles one way or more) Like I’ve said on short trips the tires don’t have time to build up a lot of heat so in my Opinion, that is why some people get by with the ST’s. Short trips or not very heavy campers.
Those are Load Range C six ply tires... is it possible they were undersized to begin with for the 2003 5th wheel they came on?
What part of ST225/75R/15D do you not understand. They were "D" rated. The camper they were on when I had the tire failures was a Keystone Lerado 29BH. It weighted 8,040 Ibs. empty when on the way home after buying new. After loaded and ready to go it weighted 9300. My son works at a feed mill so weighing my rigs has never been a problem. After 5 tire failures, I knew I had to do something else. So this is what I did and I have had no more tire problems. Stay away from ST’s.
