Huntindog wrote:
JJ likes to talk a lot about the legalities as that scares some people... But really, according to him I should still be running ST tires as there are no other options...
In spite of the fact that I spent MANY thousands of dollars continuously upgrading the size and load rating of ST tires as I bought into all of the claims that are made for them.
And here is where you would be wrong again…
While I do believe there are legal issues I have never claimed there are no other options…
I have never claimed a LT are not an option providing it’s the right LT… the rules create these controversies and the vehicle manufacture apply the rules for their vehicles, and the tire companies respect the vehicle manufactures authority to size and spec the tires available to the particular vehicle…
And I would love to see the full quote where I suggested you should still be running ST tires…
Warranty issues exist only because tire manufactures have chosen to not include some uses in most cases and exclude them maybe in some others… tire manufactures have paid many dollars to lawyers to exclude words and create ambiguities to relieve them of certain liabilities… that is why you don’t find broad based words like trailer, their absence doesn’t mean inclusion… or GY includes very limited models for RV’s
Commercial tire manufactures with one exception go out of their way to exclude the word trailer for liability reason also…
As an example this information is taken directly from the Continental tire website and catalog about their commercial Vanco tire line…
1 - “The growing demand for short-distance transport of passengers and goods
also leads to increased requirements so that the performance of modern day
((vans)) nears that of passenger car.”
2 - “The concept of the VancoTM Camper is to use long well-proven Vanco
technique, optimize its performance for distinguished ((motorcaravan))
requirements and thus ((cater to the needs of this specific target use)).”
3 - “The Continental Vanco Camper tyres are part of Continental’s Vanco tyre
range that comprises ((tyres exclusively for vans)).”
They make no such mention or even a hint of trailer use and exclusively seem to say for trucks and vans…
Legalities may never become a problem for you, and I hope they don’t, but if you are somehow involved in an accident, some slick lawyer will find all of the ambiguities to exploit and you may have voluntarily relieved the tire manufacture of their liabilities and raised the price of defending yourself very much…
This is OK, but you should be FULLY AWARE of how your decisions can involve yourself and accept those elevated risk…
Anyone you recommend this to should also be able to hear about those potential risk to…
So be as critical about them as you please, disagree all you want, but they are there and should be discussed… they should also be considered by anyone taking it on their own even with your recommendation to consider everything…
