I usually just stay away from tire threads here, and I probably should have on this one too. No offense meant to anyone.
Fact is that I just cannot relate to all the ST hate around here. I've never had any problem with them. And my wild guess would be that 90% of RV trailers are sold with ST tires, and if they were blowing right and left like some would have you believe, I would see a lot of trailers changing tires on the highway. But I don't. Rarely see the obvious mismatched spare wheel mounted either.
But I also believe the respected forum members who have personally experienced failures. Seems like they tend to be the larger rigs that might have been running very near rated sidewall capacity. And those bigger units have to make large turns and necessarily jump curb aprons more often. Or maybe, like anything else in life, you don't want to ride the ragged edge of capacity. Shame on manufacturers for doing that.
Empirical evidence shows that ST tires are not as bad as the RV.net legend.
