yose guys lied to me !
When ST tires are spoken of it always comes up that they have a speed rating of 65 MPH . The tires that I am looking at have a speed rating of 106 MPH .Carlisle st 205 75 15 . If I had them last s...
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Boon Docker wrote:
I would be a bit concerned about my safety towing a trailer at 106 MPH. :E
Enough already with these foolish comments. I don't know if these a re jokes at this point or what, but they are down right moronic. Every tire you ever owned for your street vehicle has a tire rated for well over 65mph, do you drive at the tires rated speed often? EVER?
Or may be some of you are implying its not ok to have a ST tire rated for 75, 87 or more??? This is a joke to you? Its meaningless?
Hmmm. Why then...do so many on here feel the need for the highest LOAD rating possible on their tire for NO OTHER REASON than the belief is wont fail as easily as a lessor rated tire for the same load. High load ratings does not have a direct correlation with failures, but people think it does.
So when it comes to speed ratings...OHHHH...the sky is falling? I cannot buy a higher speed rated tire and feel better about traveling at 70-75mph knowing the tire was designed and tested for these speeds? There is something wrong with a well built tire that can handle high speed...even if I'm not driving that speed???
Many claim to switch to LT trailer tires to allow for higher travel speed. Yet I don't see the same amount of flack I see here regarding ST tires and speeds over 65mph. What a joke.
