LT Tire vs ST Tire
I assumed I wanted ST Tires for my camper and some people are telling me to go with LT Tires. Now I'm confused, and guess I shouldn't assume.
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I went through this debate last year when a number of folks with teardrop trailers had catastrophic blowouts with damage, and these are tires that are underloaded by a large factor (usually less that half the rated weight). Through church I know a Goodyear exec who said China made trailer tires "are crap, but getting better". There is a study done by the Good Sam club with better than 17,000 respondents that has a better than 30% failure rate, some are no doubt neglect but...
Finding non China ST tires proved impossible for our teardrop so I bought Micheline Harmony (14") passenger tires each of which has a weight rating more than our trailer weight. This is not a solution for most who do have the weight but I would feel LT tires would be safer. One thing I found was that the weight rating for our ST tires were only 100# more than the passenger tires. If you do buy ST and have a blow out report it to the NHTSA they will only act when there is enough evidence, and most do not.
Finding non China ST tires proved impossible for our teardrop so I bought Micheline Harmony (14") passenger tires each of which has a weight rating more than our trailer weight. This is not a solution for most who do have the weight but I would feel LT tires would be safer. One thing I found was that the weight rating for our ST tires were only 100# more than the passenger tires. If you do buy ST and have a blow out report it to the NHTSA they will only act when there is enough evidence, and most do not.
