Damage after a tire blow out

gmw photos wrote:

JIMNLIN wrote:

I'd be willing to bet there are no tire manufacturers recommending LT tires over ST tires for trailer applications. Legally speaking, makes no sense for them to do so.

legally speaking you would lose that bet.
You must be a new guy to the trailer towing world. I was a new guy also....many years ago.
Before the tire makers came up with a ST tire OEM tires on our trailers were light truck and passenger car tires.
And before the net RV trailers came OEM with LT tires

I have Emails from Michelin/BFG/Cooper/Goodyear/Bridgestone all recommending a particular line of LT tires for trailer use and we get a full mfg warranty just like we always have.

There are no legal issues/no vehicle code violations regarding using a P or LT on a trailer as long as it meets or exceeds the trailers axles ratings or the trailers registered gross weight if a state enforces such.

Yes sir, you would be right. He would lose that bet.

Let's look for instance at the Kumho 857. The tire is described on the Kumho website as being be designed and built for commercial light trucks, van and trailer use.

And to SprinklerMans post about his trailer manual stating that LT tires are appropriate for use, that is also in the manual for my LoadMax equipment trailer as well as my Titan and Kieffer Built horse trailers.

This is the same old tired argument that ST tire proponents launch every single time this comes up.

But again, hopefully the new folks to the forum can look past it and do some research and reading and come to their own conclusions as to what might work best for them and their trailer. Who knows....for them, they may decide the ST is what they want to run. But at least they have been given the suggestion to look a little deeper at the whole process of selection. After all....tires are pretty important.

One thing we can all agree on hopefully is the importance of correct inflation.

First of all I want to be clear, I am not a proponent of one particular tire over any other. What I AM is a proponent of common sense and facts over MYTH and Flat Earth-ism.

You are right that some LT tires may be ok for trailering. BUT that is Because the manufacturer has included enough design elements of the ST tire into the LT to give the properties of both. Tires are not either or on the design table. You can change the thickkness of the cords, the diameter of the steel belts, you can use harder or stiffer compounds, you can in fact make just about any tire you please.

But generalization comes with some compromises.

I have never argued that you cannot use one manufacturers LT tire that has been SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED and advertised as a multi position tire...What I am arguing is that ST tires have special design qualities that make them THE BEST CHOICE for use in a trailer. And that to sweepingly brand them all JUNK as one poster did is just laughable.

This is why I posted the information from Carlisle. And I might also point out that virtually every tire manufacturer will issue the same information.

But inadvertently you have made my point for me by pointing to a tire that has been designed and advertised as a multi position tire. Yes by all means use this tire! It is essentially an ST tire (it is also an LT tire) But not all LT tires are designed the same.