75mph ST tire
I offer this only as info for the always entertaining and ongoing argument....ooops, I mean "discussion" regarding tires. I was out this morning shopping for a new horse trailer, so of course I looke...
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RinconVTR wrote:
@Huntingdog - You can post all the Federal standards you want, they are meaningless because (AGAIN) we will never know what any given OEM actual test specs are.
What you posted are minimum standards, that I highly doubt many...if any...OEM's do not exceed.
Take Carlisle and Goodyear for example, both allow speeds well over 65mph on some of their ST branded tires. You think they never tested their tires at such speeds? They never exceeded the Federal test spec? Yaaa riiiight.
And all the subjective testing in the world will not prevent blow outs. They will continue to happen on EVERY make and model tire in the world. That's a fact!
I have based my decision to go to LT based upon my own ST experiences and the fact that LT tire are tested to a higher standard.
My experience over the past 5 years are two blow outs on ST tires that were both in excellent physical appearance, not overloaded, on a TT and 5er. Both blow outs caused damage to the RV. Carlisle and Goodyear were the brands. That's enough personal experience for me to make the switch.
