Finally have a Maxxis issue!
Getting the trailer ready to leave for a week at the coast,Wrights Beach campground (On the Beach site), while checking lug nuts and tire pressures I found this: Glad I caught it before any da...
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I have had so many tire failures on trailers I lost count . I have 3 commercial tow behind air compressors , 4 dual axle equipment trailers , 2 single axle ennclosed trailers AND my camping trailer . Thats a lot of tires on the road . I would go thru 5, 6, 7 trailer tires a year .I use to think thats what happens . About 7 or 8 years ago , I had a tire blow on a trailer and noticed another one going . So I grabbed some car tires I had in my shop and mounted them on and went to work. I didnt give it much thought , but 2 years later they were still on there and were bald , first time I wore out tires on a trailer before they failed . So as tires failed I replaced them with either lt tires or the heaviest passenger tire I could find . I would get flats , but blowouts stopped happening . As of now the ONLY ST tires I run are on a small utility trailer that is local only , and spares . I use my trailers , I dont have time to cover tires , down time cost me money .
So I read many forums about tires , I could not find one where people were complaining about their LT tires failing . I read how great maxxis tires are , but they are 1 out of many ST tires . I never read where a certain brand of LT was favored , just LT , so people werent pushing a specific tire , but they were recommending a product not a brand.
I learned my lesson about ST tires thru experience , Luckily I generally run local roads under 55 mph with my equipment , stop and go traffic . Blowouts were a pain , but not a disaster . Now , towing my 10K Travel trailer with the wife and kids , hundreds of miles away from home , running highway speeds ( and yes I run 65 and sometimes 75 depending on the roads) running in the hot summer . There is only 1 choice for me , That is an LT tire . I have tires capacity of a bit over 12K speed rated for 95 MPH under my trailer . Plenty of extra capacity .
Best ST tire mishap I saw . Sitting under my awning at Hershey Park Campground , BOOM something exploded . Trailer across from me and 3 rows down Blew a tire on his trailer , sitting still , unhooked and parked for a day . And his tire blew sitting still parked . And another was disformed .
I know I made a good decision with LT tires
So I read many forums about tires , I could not find one where people were complaining about their LT tires failing . I read how great maxxis tires are , but they are 1 out of many ST tires . I never read where a certain brand of LT was favored , just LT , so people werent pushing a specific tire , but they were recommending a product not a brand.
I learned my lesson about ST tires thru experience , Luckily I generally run local roads under 55 mph with my equipment , stop and go traffic . Blowouts were a pain , but not a disaster . Now , towing my 10K Travel trailer with the wife and kids , hundreds of miles away from home , running highway speeds ( and yes I run 65 and sometimes 75 depending on the roads) running in the hot summer . There is only 1 choice for me , That is an LT tire . I have tires capacity of a bit over 12K speed rated for 95 MPH under my trailer . Plenty of extra capacity .
Best ST tire mishap I saw . Sitting under my awning at Hershey Park Campground , BOOM something exploded . Trailer across from me and 3 rows down Blew a tire on his trailer , sitting still , unhooked and parked for a day . And his tire blew sitting still parked . And another was disformed .
I know I made a good decision with LT tires
