Other reasons ST tires fail??

CapriRacer wrote:

LarryJM wrote:
Too bad you can't remember the actual numbers, but I still think the opposite of what you think might be true. One real issue with using things like race car or similar scales is that they are fine for things like cars where the weights on the tires are distributed at for separate corners, but on tandem axle trailers putting a scale under one tire on a side will give you erronous numbers...........

Larry

I'm not going to quote the entire posting - takes up too much space.

Larry, it's obvious you've never seen race car scales. There are 4 pads and part of the set up is to make sure they are level. I am sure that anyone who would use them would be aware of this.

Second, EVERY time I have seen published results from a weighing of trailer where they did individual tires, there has been variation. I have seen enough of these to feel comfortable making this statement:

Because I want to give conservative advice (that is, one that is certain to produce good results) I recommend that if the trailer is weighed axle by axle, that people use a 10% factor to get the max load - and 15% if the weigh all 4 tires at once.

I'd like to see more individual weighings to further refining the number, but it doesn't appear to be very far off. - keeping in mind that I am looking for the maximum variation.