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CapriRacer
Explorer II
Feb 07, 2012

Revived Trailer Tire Thread (formerly on the 5th Wheel Forum

OK, I'll try this again but with a different tack. I am of the opinion that ST tires should have a 15% reserve capacity (85% of the load at a given pressure) in order to be reasonably sure they wo...
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JIMNLIN
Explorer III
Feb 18, 2012
A fabric cased tire can have steel belts under the tread and may/might cause more vehicle damage than all fabric cased tire with fabric tread belts.
However it would be a bad assumption/recommendation that we not use a steel cased 16" E tire or a tire with steel belts under the tread on our trailers because its percieved as causing more vehicle damage.

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