Truck tires on tt?
We live in Florida & the summer heat destroys our tt tires. We keep them covered & don't drive over 65 mph, and yet, we blow tires every 2 years. We were advised by another RVer to use truck tires o...
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This reminds me of the argument, "Well my trailer came with silicone around my doors and windows. Obvious that's the best for the trailer or the manufacturer wouldn't have put it on." HAHAHA! The RV industry is an industry that's profit driven. "Adequate" and "Marginal" is the name of the game and means more money in their pocket. Everything from the tires to the roof is installed with profit in mind. So we get ST tires, marginal axles, and TV antennas that can only pick up signals 10 miles from the tower.
And of course no tire manufacturer would recommend ST tires over LT's. They would be out of their minds to businesswise.
- ST manufacturers only have to provide a short warranty to match their competitors.
- The cost to the company is low (cheap labor, lower cost source materials).
- Very little government oversight.
- It's a specialty market. There will be very little visibility when things go wrong.
- There's a good chance the tires will fail within a few years because people treat them like regular tires. We all know most people pick the cheapest thing off the self and that's where an ST tire will be smiling and waiting.
- You're locked in. There's a lot less competition in the ST market. They don't mind that people believe that they "have" to use these tires on trailers. It's the same how drug companies don't mind that people think that they have to use the name brand over the generic.
And of course no tire manufacturer would recommend ST tires over LT's. They would be out of their minds to businesswise.
- ST manufacturers only have to provide a short warranty to match their competitors.
- The cost to the company is low (cheap labor, lower cost source materials).
- Very little government oversight.
- It's a specialty market. There will be very little visibility when things go wrong.
- There's a good chance the tires will fail within a few years because people treat them like regular tires. We all know most people pick the cheapest thing off the self and that's where an ST tire will be smiling and waiting.
- You're locked in. There's a lot less competition in the ST market. They don't mind that people believe that they "have" to use these tires on trailers. It's the same how drug companies don't mind that people think that they have to use the name brand over the generic.
