The China-Bomb debate Put to rest
Almost every week or more a thread appears with someone with a tire question. And just as predictably the China Bomb experts come out and start decrying all Chinese made tires. Then usually they re...
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Huntindog wrote:rbpru wrote:Are you suggesting that the ST tire sales are anywhere close to LT tire sales?
There are over a million ST tires use annually just on TTs and 5vers, not to mention horse trailers, cargo trailers, utility trailers etc. plus the stores that service the farm and ranch market.
The ST tire world extends far beyond our little TT corner of the world.
If I may add:
The issue is that with the Millions of ST Tires IN USE just in the USA the numbers of failures represent a MINUSCULE percentage that is statistically irrelevant. ie. Nothing can be learned or assumed by it.
By and large tires OF ALL kinds are very reliable and rarely fail. If used properly, kept properly inflated, and not overloaded. Those by the way are the NTHSA's own list of what constitutes most failures.
NOT manufacturing defects.
