Motor Home Tire Failures
One of the more contentious threads on the forum are various topics revolving around Motorhome tires and they have gotten me wondering if perhaps a little survey might bring useful data to light. I...
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Daveinet wrote:
I'm really not sure what this survey accomplishes. For a survey to any remote scientifically valid conclusion, one must survey total miles driven on every brand of tire being considered. In other words, the only valid statistic would be a failure per mile for X brand of tire. ANY OTHER CONCLUSION IS COMPLETELY INVALID. If 80% of OEM tires are of one particular brand, the reported failures will be disproportional for that brand. You need to have a separate survey for everyone who has not had a blowout to report the particular brand and how many blowout free miles they have driven.
From previous posts about tires don't forget to ask whether the driver checks his tire pressure by hitting them all with a bat, or he waits until he gets a warning from his TPMS and then inflates the offending tire at the next stop, which may be many miles down the road. :B
