What I saw at the campground.
Every Christmas we take two weeks to visit family at the coast and travel down the coast. This year we spent a few days in Myrtle Beach. We were cruzing around the campground and I saw at least two ...
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Camper G wrote:Hannibal wrote:
We were rolling down I-10 a few years ago with cruise set on 65mph when along comes a Tundra towing a HT towable 5th wheel about 28-30 ft long. They eased on past us slow pokes and disappeared over the hills.
Wow, that's crazy. It was probably wearibg ST trailer tires too. Those are the ones you you see rolled over on their side or half the side of the camper torn off because a tire overheated and blew out. Tires can fail for any reason, but I'm not going to press my luck by exceeding the speed rating. Ignorance is bliss for some folks.
Lots of new trailers and people that have replaced their tires have ST tires rated for 75MPH. As an example the latest Towmax STR II tires have an L speed rating, 75MPH.
I looked at a couple new trailers at an RV dealer and they had 75MPH tires on them and they weren't Towmax.
Not condoning driving 75 just providing updated ST tire info.
Towmax Tires
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