upgrading tires
Hi, I'm buying new tires for the trailer, as 20,000 miles has done in the marathons. I plan on buying maxxis, but not sure on whether to buy load range E vs D. the Ds seem adequate, as that's 2...
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rbpru wrote:
In as litigious a society as we have now, if ST tires were the bombs some claim, the trailer and tire companies certainly would not use them on the millions of TT tire being sold. They are playing the numbers. Most TTs will sit far more than they are towed. Just about any tire will work for them.
There is no doubt that LT tires will work in TT service, they have been used for years. One would think that given the volume of LT vs. ST tires produced that LT would be the less costly of the two. But the industry uses STs. There must be a reason.There certainly is. And you just nailed it. Cost.
Like anything else, it costs more to make a better product.
LT tires come in many price points, and quality levels. STs... Not so much.
Nobody want to be sued or issue a recall for inferior tires.
