new goodyear tires designed for RV's
Went to the Tampa RV show yesterday to check out the 338 TT like the one we have now. Boy what a difference 4 years makes, a lot of new features and other things changed to make them better. The one ...
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tomman58 wrote:I am awake. And my eyes are wide open.Huntindog wrote:JIMNLIN wrote:He said these were by far an important tire upgrade. period. The light truck tires do not have the rigid side walls that these new ones do and are not made for straight line pulling.
Like I said this was a head guy from Jayco and his info was invaluable. To bad all of us do not have access to people other than sales guys that have other interests.
LOL...the guy needs to stick with his product. His statements tells me he's not very knowledgeable about ST or LT tires.
Give him this blog http://www.rvtiresafety.net/2018/01/why-do-trailer-tires-fail-more-often.htmlfrom a actual tire engineer (Tireman9 ) for him to better educate himself on the subject of ST vs LT tires.
There are dozens of subject matter for days of reading about tires for all types of trucks/motorhomes/trailers/etc.
ROTFLMAO.
What exactly is so difficult about straight line pulling that requires "special" construction?
And LRE LT tire have plenty stiff sidewalls.
It appears that this new endurance tire is a LOT closer to LT type construction, including a higher price point that was previously unavailable in STs.
The 100,000 question is whether enough people will pony up the extra $$$ for what MAY turn out to be a quality ST tire.
The second big question is will the long term testing live up to the hype.
Please realize this isn't some nobody that has an "opinion" but an engineer that has real world information that has credibility behind it. The difference from listening to some lay person is the difference between intelligence and hear say. These tires have been out there for a year and a half and the folks on this thread have told of good things. Wake up.
The people touting these tires are the same ones that touted the previous ST tires.
That did not work out so well for me, and many many others.
12 years ago, I ended up with LTs (which is what we had before the low cost STs hit the market) and the problems stopped cold. There have been other ST tires that intially had rave reviews. Many here flocked to them as if they were the holy grail. Then problems began occuring
I will NOT consider these tires a success until they have a longer track record.. 5 years would be good.
Regardless, I will never run them. The ST tire makers lied to me about the tires they have produced in the past. I was a one time believer in their hype. That was proven wrong. Many thousands of dollars later, I discovered the truth. These same tire makers do not deserve any more of my money.
