Upgrade Tires

Jim,

From someone that often disagrees with you, and has been confrontational with you, but respects you experience and knowledge,

This comment of yours,

" Very few RV trailer mfg will puta 80 psi rated wheel on a trailer with 15" 205/75-15 C tires. From all the posts I've seen most are the 50 psi rated wheels. Most with the 225/75-15 C or a D tire report a 75 psi rated wheel. "

And this comment of someone else,

“Jim assumes that the trailer manufacturers only use a 50 PSI wheel”

Proves my opinion in this comment that,

“as a matter of fact most of the argument comes from some that try to twist words and meanings of phrases into a strict and incorrect, this or that, that drives the argument…”

this is not meant to be a flame, no matter how much it seems to be,
but It also shows their lack of credibility, reasonability, and responsibility, whose only purpose is to be argumentative in these threads…

gmw photos wrote:

JJBIRISH wrote:

....snip....

..... 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.

I have no single argument with anything you have said, and don’t believe I have ever posted any differently…

It is and has been my opinion for some time and I have stated it many times that the Maxxis M8008 is the” best ST tire” made today… I don’t believe that is in conflict with your statement though… … I have also stated I only personally in depth and thoroughly researched the Maxxis that fits my trailer…

I have one issue with using the LT tire and that has nothing to do with the tire but with the tire companies lack of responsibility on the subject… we won’t even get into that here…