A concern about tires..
I have to get new tires.Dont have rims to get G rated tires.So read hundreds of tire threads about going to LT tires. My concern is how well will they do on sharp turning and flexing. I have to make...
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64thunderbolt wrote:John&Joey wrote:
FWIW, Most of my knowledge is with MH's, but I've jumped ship to the 5'ver side of things. I own two, a smaller 28ft with a slide, and an older triple slide that I leave south which takes the blunt of the salt air where we winter.
Now that older one came with Michelin LT tires that has a slight amount of cracking (I only pull it 50 miles a season from storage.) Point of my story is if you could see how wide those cracks get when those tire flex (even just a little turn, without skidding into a spot)you might not buy everything you hear on this forum about the greatness of LT sidewalls.
Now I just put new tires on my smaller traveling 5'ver. I went with my mechanics advice of ST's and his comment that he hasn't had any problems with them. Small town so word would get out fast. Time will tell how they hold up.
I have had much better luck with ST tires than my friends with LT tires for this very reason. The sidewalls are the key. St's have stronger sidewalls. I get about twice the life from my ST's than my friends do with LT's. Operator error is the cause of most failures on any tire. Curbs, rocks low pressure etc.
WHAT ST TIRES ARE YOU RUNNING?
