All this has been answered for you many times before JJ but I'll play your silly words game with 'ya :Z.
JJ asks wrote:
So what did you guys say to your sales man when he told you or you will have to stop on the way home and buy safe tires for your new rig???
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I always ask the tire manufacturer for their certain line of LT/P tire selection for my vehicles before approaching one of their tire dealers for service.
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Just exactly where on the mfg. web site or in their catalogs have any of these tires been recommended for trailer use???
As you well know its not on their website. We simply do a email or 1-800 to their tech line folks for the tire makers recommendations.
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like if the tire mfg. will not assume the added liability, why should I???
Thats just your assumption however We get the full manufacturers warranty protection with their P or LT tires when used on our trailers.
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now let me get this straight…
we have for profit companies that have a better tire for our trailer use, but they would rather keep it a secret from you…
it’s a lawful product and they will whisper that its better in your ear, but can’t tell you so out loud…
one of the free market mysteries of all time…
Funny conjecture and lacking in credibility of the actual free market system. The same type non sense could be made about replacing a P with a LT.
The ST is a low volume niche tire when we look at the overall big picture in number of tires sold. It doesn't makes sense for the P/LT tire maker to advertise their tires are for trailer use also . Who would want a tire that is advertised made for a trailer on their trucks/vans/SUVs/etc.
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and you are the same people saying a local dealer should do warranty work for the local resident that bought foreign…
Actually its the tire manufacturer and their dealers who gives us their full warranty protection for their LT tires on our trailers.
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why is it so many have never had a ST tire on the road failure.???
NO one has ever disputed that fact that I know of.
But the very big fact remains the ST has a much higher failure rate than the P or LT when the latter is used in a trailer position.