ST trailer tire 75 mph rated
For those who prefer to tow a little faster than 65 mph, as well as for those who would like some extra cushion in their tires' speed rating, I recently learned that Hercules ST tires are rated for 75...
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I don't think people fully understand the difference between LT's made for trailer service and LT for Light Trucks..
Can you tell us how different one LT in made for trailer service vs a LT made for a truck ?
Your erroneously assuming a tire like the LT G614 RST is some how made different than a LT for a truck.
4x4Dodger wrote:
As for the contention that LT tires were once used for trailers...This I am looking into. But my recollection from my family's business (Trucking) from when I was a kid...50 years ago is that we had ST tires then. But my memory is just not clear on this and neither is my older brothers. But my guess is this contention is just more myth than fact.
Bad memory and bad guess....I made my first commercial tow in '62 with a one ton '58 GMC pulling a new GN flatdeck trailer with 16" 8 ply bias ply truck tires delivering windows and doors to mobile home manufactures/dealers in KS/OK/TX/MO. All tires on all trailers then were bias ply truck tires or bias ply passenger car tires. There were no radials tires nor were trailers using ST tire yet.
Early RV trailers were small so passenger car tires worked great on even the largest 18'-22' RV trailer.
