ST trailer tire 75 mph rated
For those who prefer to tow a little faster than 65 mph, as well as for those who would like some extra cushion in their tires' speed rating, I recently learned that Hercules ST tires are rated for 75...
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So what has all this rhetoric proved?? Well nothing!
• The vast majority of the RV industry and the Tire industry are still going to mount and recommend ST tire for TT use.
• There are some TT manufacturers who feel that their particular TT design would be better served by LT tires.
• There are some TT manufacturers who feel their TT design can be used with either ST or LT tires.
• There are some individuals who have looked at the testing of LT and ST tires and in good conscience feel the RV and Tire industry are wrong.
• And of course there are some individual would rather not second guess the RV and Tire industries and simply use the tire their TT was designed around.
I was watching the Travel channel last weekend and they were doing a high dollar restoration of a 1940’s vintage TT from a long defunct manufacturer. With painstaking effort they dismantled and restored all the components or replaced them with vintage parts. Upgrading the wiring and adding a toilet and microwave were the only modern changes I noted.
When it was time to add tires, they replaced the original tires with new made bias-ply replicas of the era with the wide white wall. They were the original style the TT was designed around which the professional TT restorers found perfectly suitable for the application.
Finally much of the ST tire controversy stems from a strong bias against tires imported from the Far East manufacturers; just as there was when Sony and Panasonic started importing electronics. And like our electronic and automotive imports, the Far East tire manufacturers will be here with Nissan, Kia and VW long after the naysayers have passed.
• The vast majority of the RV industry and the Tire industry are still going to mount and recommend ST tire for TT use.
• There are some TT manufacturers who feel that their particular TT design would be better served by LT tires.
• There are some TT manufacturers who feel their TT design can be used with either ST or LT tires.
• There are some individuals who have looked at the testing of LT and ST tires and in good conscience feel the RV and Tire industry are wrong.
• And of course there are some individual would rather not second guess the RV and Tire industries and simply use the tire their TT was designed around.
I was watching the Travel channel last weekend and they were doing a high dollar restoration of a 1940’s vintage TT from a long defunct manufacturer. With painstaking effort they dismantled and restored all the components or replaced them with vintage parts. Upgrading the wiring and adding a toilet and microwave were the only modern changes I noted.
When it was time to add tires, they replaced the original tires with new made bias-ply replicas of the era with the wide white wall. They were the original style the TT was designed around which the professional TT restorers found perfectly suitable for the application.
Finally much of the ST tire controversy stems from a strong bias against tires imported from the Far East manufacturers; just as there was when Sony and Panasonic started importing electronics. And like our electronic and automotive imports, the Far East tire manufacturers will be here with Nissan, Kia and VW long after the naysayers have passed.
