Tires again

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coolbreeze01 wrote:
Silly? Maybe too much truth for you.

A manufactures defective tire is not the owner's fault.

However, overinflation, underinflation, hitting road hazards, ignoring tire condition, including age, tread, cracking, etc. is the owners responsibility.

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Your comment said, "While tires can blow, usually the problem is a flat tire run to the point of disintegration. Driver error." The point of my comment was to show that there are multiple reasons tires fail beyond the "absent-minded operator riding on flat tires" situation you described. Also that tires fail when pressures are maintained correctly. Unless you have a good source that shows that the root cause in vast majority of ST tire failures is the operators riding on a flat tires, then it's all just fluff. No where in my comment did I assign fault or responsibility to anyone for the tire's failure so I'm not sure where you're going there.

Terryallan wrote:

coolbreeze01 wrote:
While tires can blow, usually the problem is a flat tire run to the point of disintegration. Driver error.

What if the disintegration happens at the time of the blow out? Who will you then blame it on?
I had a very well maintained tire shread in it's 4th year. It was instant. It was also a Marathon. There will be no more Goodyear tires on any thing I own. They just don't last.

I blame defective tires on the manufacturer, and to date, my defective trailer tires have been covered by warranty.

Two different brands with delaminations, I caught before they blew.

coolbreeze01 wrote:
While tires can blow, usually the problem is a flat tire run to the point of disintegration. Driver error.

What if the disintegration happens at the time of the blow out? Who will you then blame it on?
I had a very well maintained tire shread in it's 4th year. It was instant. It was also a Marathon. There will be no more Goodyear tires on any thing I own. They just don't last.

Silly? Maybe too much truth for you.

A manufactures defective tire is not the owner's fault.

However, overinflation, underinflation, hitting road hazards, ignoring tire condition, including age, tread, cracking, etc. is the owners responsibility.

donn0128 wrote:
YES, especially Marathons

You have an axe to grind with Goodyear Marathons for some reason and that is your issue. It is not right of you to paint an entire line of Quality tires with the brush of your own neglect or other mishap.

My Goodyear Marathons were on this 2004 trailer when I bought it and had I am guessing some thousands of miles before me.

My Goodyear Marathons were made in the 48th week of 2005.

I have pulled them more than 12000 miles THIS YEAR and they just completed 3 months and 3400 miles in the Baja on All kinds of roads including dirt, very rough rocky roads and off-roading. And I am not talking about just pulling off the road here I am talking MANY miles of those conditions.

Now me and my Marathons are well on our way to Alaska and I expect no problems out of them.

You cannot offer one shred of credible, independent evidence to support your view. Yet every time this subject comes up you rush to make the same derogatory comments...without foundation. Your only goal being to scare people away from the Marathon apparently to hurt Goodyear to satisfy some grudge you have.

I would urge the OP to buy a set of Marathons. Or any other name brand ST tire. and dont listen to those who are nothing more than naysayers with nothing positive to add.

Boon Docker wrote:
Tire manufacturers recommend replacing trailer tires every 3-5 years. Might be in your best interest to replace them with a new set of Marathons.

This is plainly not true: the tire manufacturers on their own sites recommend replacing tires DUE TO AGE between 8 and ten years depending on the MFG.

GOOGLE it and read the info from the TIRE MANUFACTURERS THEMSELVES not some disgruntled customer or wannabe expert.

That's a silly response. There's lots of reasons why tires come apart. Degradation from age, dynamic overloading, over revving, road hazards, wear, defects, install errors, or even a combination of events. Underinflation is only one. Numerous times there have been those who have wondered why their tires have blown despite the fact that they're pretty diligent at maintaining their pressures.

While tires can blow, usually the problem is a flat tire run to the point of disintegration. Driver error.

Replace them. I like Maxxis tires if you are going to stay with ST tires. As to whether you want to use LT tires, if you have a big heavy rig, it may be a good way to go if your wheels can handle the higher pressure, or you may wish to replace the wheels.