Upgrade Tires

JJBIRISH wrote:

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..... the first choice to reduce tire failure risk is good tire maintenance and not over loading or under inflating the tire (including while parked or stored) or exceeding the speed rating…

If you need tires anyway, just buying a better tire the correct size can reduce risk…

Jack,
My major "problem" with this whole tire failure issue relating to trailers ( not just travel trailers, but horse, equipment, and cargo trailers as well ) is this: let's assume for a moment that everybody keeps their tire correctly inflated. I know that is a false assumption, but let's assume for the sake of argument, that all the tires rolling down the road, or even parked, are correctly inflated. That leads us to your other point, and that being this is an industry that is notorious as we have seen for fitting tires that are barely adequate regarding load carry capacity. And then we get into your part of the comment, "just buying a better tire...."

....I'm going to take that comment and put my spin on it, and that is, using a LT tire is a step in that direction. And again, not trying to start a flame war here, but after all, the title of this thread is "upgrade tires". My experience, and observation has been that LT tires have been more reliable, and longer lasting. In my mind that could certainly be construed to mean, they "are of better quality".

Personally, I make sure "all" of my numbers work. I am not a trained engineer, so I place faith that what these guys and gals write into their specs are far more likely to have merit than any guess I can make on my own.

To me, this is not really all that hard folks...write to the company that made your wheels. Write to the company that built your trailer. Find out what the specs are. Ask what standards the components are built to, and then research those standards.

This whole argument as to whether Maxxis tires are any good or not, I have no idea. I have not used them. Are they "just another ST tire".....or are they "a tire that will meet and exceed my needs" ??? I do not know the answer to that question, but what I "do know" is the various LT tires that I have chosen for my four different trailers have worked ( knock wood ) as they should. In other words, I have found what works for me, and as long as it's on my nickel, I am going to stick with what works.