Tires
Are the tires that come with the TT from the store cheaply made? I am going to puchase one soon for fulltiming since my work takes me all over the midwest. I think im already set on one with 4 whe...
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Gdetrailer wrote:donn0128 wrote:
Please do a search using the function at the top of the page. There are dozens of threads on this subject. General consesus ifnthe tirenis made in China they are junk.
Wrong.
According to the "consensus" of this forum, EVERY "ST" or Special Trailer" tire is "junk" and that EVERYONE should go to LT load range "E"s even for popups..
The "consensus" of this forum highly ignores that OVERLOADING AND UNDERINFLATION of trailer tires are more likely to cause problems with blowouts..
I have towed with what this forum would consider as THE MOST WORST BRAND (Carlisle) ST tires for the better part of 15 years without a blowout.. Just in the last couple of years my local tire shop didn't have the Carlisle and I ended up with some other china import..
My "secret" is that even though my TT has 7,200 lbs capacity, I DON'T LOAD 7,200 lbs in it!
I have a flat bed trailer which has 10,000 lb capacity.. I DON'T LOAD IT TO 10,000 lbs either!
My second "secret" is that I INFLATE THE TIRES ON THE TRAILERS TO THE MAX SIDEWALL PRESSURE NO MATTER WHETHER EMPTY OR FULL LOAD.
OP, GO AND TOW.
Flats and blowouts do happen and often are way outside your control.. Road debris like wood, steel, nails, screws and bolts often are not easily avoided and can cause damage to your tire that may be hidden.. Large deep potholes, jumping or scraping curbs can also cause hidden damage..
Keep a spare, make sure you have a jack, some blocking and a wheel wrench that will work for your trailer and don't worry about what type of tire is "best".. They ALL can and do fail..
What many are overlooking in this discussion is the variation in quality of the off shore trailer tires. Some hold up and others come apart even with careful monitoring tire pressure, holding speed at or below 65 and not overloading. It was just a few years ago that a Chinese tire company was found guilty of leaving out a critical step in passenger tires leading to many tread separation failures. During the peak of the Carlisle ST tire debacle the Casita factory finally switched to Goodyear because there were so many failures.
Most who have switched to LT tires of the same load range have had no more catastrophic failures driving the same way with the same trailers.
Dick
