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CapriRacer
Explorer II
Feb 07, 2012

Revived Trailer Tire Thread (formerly on the 5th Wheel Forum

OK, I'll try this again but with a different tack. I am of the opinion that ST tires should have a 15% reserve capacity (85% of the load at a given pressure) in order to be reasonably sure they wo...
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Francesca_Knowl
Explorer
Mar 14, 2012
Beach-Rat wrote:


Any one ever go back to bias belted tires? how do they hold up?

Yes.

Bias-belted tires are well known to be superior to radials for trailers.

At least, among those that understand that there's a difference between the way trailers and pickup trucks respond to the road.

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