No Warning Tire Failures UPDATE
Was driving up in the mountains of AZ yesterday up to the rim when I heard a belt squeal like sound for a second and felt like a transmission shift. Watched the gauges, nothing abnormal, told the G...
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TravelinDog wrote:
What kind of tire life are you guys that run LT tires getting?
I used nothing but LT tires on my small 7 trailer fleet when I had my construction business ('80s). I was using ST tires but they simply were too expensive to use. Most never saw 20k miles before either worn out of they came apart. With only 9 or 10/32 on tread on a new ST tire they didn't make cents/sense for this type of work. LT tires have 15-16/32nds for a much longer tread life and much cooler running. Tires run hot as the tread wears away and gets closer to the carcass plies.
Truck tire dealer moved all my trailers to LT tires on my heavy GN trailers with 5k/6k axles or P tires on small 7k/3500 lb axles cargo trailers I used as on site tool trailers. Cut my monthly tire costs 90 percent. That was huge for a on the road business.
LT tires on trailers isn't anything new. We used P and LT before ST tires hit the streets.
My current '97 11200 lb trailer has 16" LT tires (3rd set) with around 15k-18k miles. Ran the first set for 7 years and 55k miles.....ran the 2nd set for 52k miles and just over 7 years...no issues.
