Flogged to death but require info on tires
Okay my question is why should I go to light truck tires as opposed to trailer tires ? I do no off roading unless you consider a 1/8 mile of gravel off road. I don't get it, better ride, stability, pr...
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IMO, there is no need. If you stay 5 mph below the speed rating of the tire and 10-15 percent below the weight ratings of the tire, keep it inflated, andeither one will work fine.
Some people anecdotally prefer LT and see the smaller number of complaints on here as evidence. There have been threads here with examples of tread separation and other failures of LT tires as well though, and of course, one has to watch out for selection bias. (If you never see a Tesla broken down beside the road but do see Ford and Chevy, is that evidence of the reliability of Tesla? Probably not. There are just fewer of them.) Most people here, and elsewhere, use ST tires, so most complaints are about ST tires. Unfortunately, there isn't a good source of testing or true statistical data.
Also keep in mind that just because a tire fails with tread separation doesn't mean that tread separation was the cause of failure. The tire could have been punctured by road debris, then had the tread separate as a result of running with low pressure. People in this forum seem to assume that any failure is a result of manufacturing issues and never possibly road debris or other damage.
(FWIW - I've had one ST tire failure in 30 years. On that same trip I also lost two TV tires. All of these were on the same side of the vehicle, and all of them were caused by the same type of metal bits puncturing the tires. I blame a bridge crew for spilling something. :) Made for a fun trip.)
Some people anecdotally prefer LT and see the smaller number of complaints on here as evidence. There have been threads here with examples of tread separation and other failures of LT tires as well though, and of course, one has to watch out for selection bias. (If you never see a Tesla broken down beside the road but do see Ford and Chevy, is that evidence of the reliability of Tesla? Probably not. There are just fewer of them.) Most people here, and elsewhere, use ST tires, so most complaints are about ST tires. Unfortunately, there isn't a good source of testing or true statistical data.
Also keep in mind that just because a tire fails with tread separation doesn't mean that tread separation was the cause of failure. The tire could have been punctured by road debris, then had the tread separate as a result of running with low pressure. People in this forum seem to assume that any failure is a result of manufacturing issues and never possibly road debris or other damage.
(FWIW - I've had one ST tire failure in 30 years. On that same trip I also lost two TV tires. All of these were on the same side of the vehicle, and all of them were caused by the same type of metal bits puncturing the tires. I blame a bridge crew for spilling something. :) Made for a fun trip.)
