LETS TRAVEL wrote what I have often thought about writing in the past on this subject. I agree with all that he wrote.
We pull ranch trailers, semi truck trailers, and I have pulled five RV's over the past 50+ years. At every stop, fuel stop, rest stop, what ever, we check all the tires. We have, and adjust our truck mirrors to be able to see the trailer tires and along the sides, even in the "blind spots".
I have always followed the Manufacturer and Dealers recommendations for tires that I purchased for all of our equipment, hundreds of tires purchased over the decades. I have almost always been happy with the tires installed for the purpose as they were designed, except for two times.
One time Goodyear recommended a set of specific tires for our semi trucks that were were under Goodyear warranty. Those tires were faulty, wore down too fast. Goodyear replaced all ten of those tires after a few months use, at no cost to me and with a better warranty.
The second time I purchased a new Semi Truck that came from the factory with Michelin Tires. Seven of those tires failed within less than three months. Although Michelin has no warranty on commercial tires, Freightliner did replace all ten of the tires with Goodyear tires at no cost to me, even reimbursing me for the replacement cost of the seven tires replaced on the road away from the Freighliner dealer. apparently we were not the only ones having trouble with the Michelins since that same year Freightliner stopped putting Michelins on new trucks.
