LT tires on your TT? Let the fight begin
The long Honeymoon just released a blog entry advocating using LT tires not ST. I have to admit I don't even know what brand of tires my TT has on it. They have been problem free. But I have had plent...
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I just did some searches. Most say that tires temps will rise by 50 degrees in a half hour at highway speed.
Wow! That would put my tires at 160-170 degrees!
I do belive it though. My last Blowout was a brand new Marathon LRE, in the summer heading north from Phoenix. The pavement was so hot, I had to take the floormats out of the truck to rest on changing the tire.
DW whent behind to wave traffic over as the TT was rocking pretty bad from the windblasts.
After getting back on the road, she was really upset about all of the issues we had experienced, and wanted to know what else we could do... I told her about reading here on LTs, and that it would be an expensive swap, but it was the only thing left to do.... She said do it, I don't care what it costs. That was in 2006. No more failures.
Wow! That would put my tires at 160-170 degrees!
I do belive it though. My last Blowout was a brand new Marathon LRE, in the summer heading north from Phoenix. The pavement was so hot, I had to take the floormats out of the truck to rest on changing the tire.
DW whent behind to wave traffic over as the TT was rocking pretty bad from the windblasts.
After getting back on the road, she was really upset about all of the issues we had experienced, and wanted to know what else we could do... I told her about reading here on LTs, and that it would be an expensive swap, but it was the only thing left to do.... She said do it, I don't care what it costs. That was in 2006. No more failures.
