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:
I often see "curbing" listed as a primary reason that ST tires fail..
I find this laugable. I have an old Blazer that I drive to work. When leaving it is easier/faster for me to drive over the parking curb than to back out and go around to the exit.
Since I am ALWAYS in a hurry to leave work. That Blazer has had it's LT tires curbed DAILY for over 20 years. No tire failures either.
Yet we are told that curbing an ST tire once will cause a failure!! JUNK.
I believe that when folks talk about "curbing" they mean jamming the sidewalls into the curb. Just rolling over a curb should do little damage to any tire. That said, just look at some tires on cars that are parked downtown, some will have more wear on the sidewalls than om the tread. A trailer that is forced to hop a curb, by cutting a corner too short, could damage any tire.
