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dfletch wrote:
My 5th wheel tires are rated to 75MPH. I set my cruise control on 65MPH where alowed.
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rbpru wrote:
How fast you can go is not nearly as important as how fast you can stop.
Tire failure is probably the smallest percentage of the reasons for accidents. Impaired or just plain over driving your stopping skills has to rank higher.
It is also in the math, twice the speed means four times the amount of energy that needs to be transferred to the pavement to stop. Hopefully it is transferred through the tires and not the mangled wreckage of the tow vehicle and trailer sliding down the road.
In my experience, when you have to stop fast, a lot of pavement goes by before you and your TT have come to a stop.
โNov-11-2017 04:27 AM
OP wrote:
Someone told me that the tires on most trailers, including semi-trucks, are not made for speeds over 55-mph; is this correct?
โNov-11-2017 03:32 AM
temccarthy1 wrote:Larryzv7 wrote:
Why do you think States, like California, have a maximum speed of 55-mph when towing? Someone told me that the tires on most trailers, including semi-trucks, are not made for speeds over 55-mph; is this correct?
Your best bet for towing a TT is to stay between 60-65 regardless of speed limit.. I try to stay around 62 max. It is safer for control and gas mileage really drops drastically above 65! I think most campers pulling a TT are of this mindset.
โNov-11-2017 02:48 AM
ROBERTSUNRUS wrote:Larryzv7 wrote:
Why do you think States, like California, have a maximum speed of 55-mph when towing? Someone told me that the tires on most trailers, including semi-trucks, are not made for speeds over 55-mph; is this correct?
๐ Hi, it is normal for people in California to do at least ten MPH over the speed limit. Can you imagine if the California limits were higher?
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โNov-10-2017 08:13 PM
Larryzv7 wrote:
Why do you think States, like California, have a maximum speed of 55-mph when towing? Someone told me that the tires on most trailers, including semi-trucks, are not made for speeds over 55-mph; is this correct?
โNov-10-2017 06:06 PM