Why trailer tire probs????
I didn't wont to take away from the 75 mph thread going, but it got me to thinking. Why do we here about, and see so many trailer tire problems?? How often do you see a tire come apart on a car or ...
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SprinklerMan wrote:
My rv gets the least amount of use out of all my trailers . But it runs at the highest speeds and longer distances . It has LT tires . my poor experiences with ST tires are all local , short runs , under weight and rarely over 50 mph . I have had numerous treads fly off , disformed tires , tires blow out while parked at the shop just sitting there . I use to run ST tires because thats what the tire store recommended . But after going thru 8 , and 10 tires a season I got fed up ( gets expensive). I started to switch over to LT and even P tires depending on the trailer . I havent had a problem tire since then . I have had nails in tires ( easy repair). I have even worn trailer tires out , something that I havent done in a long time. Is this scientific ? No just real life experiences from someone who uses trailers just about every day for work. Most of the other contractors I know have done the same thing for the same reasons ,the ST tires dont last .
I would describe you as I said in the previous post, a user with greater needs ( higher speeds, longer distances ) and higher expectations ( insistence on the highest likelihood of arriving without a failure ).
Your experience mirrored mine, and when I started hauling a lot of horses and having kids in the truck also at the same time, the need to "avoid being parked at the hazardous side of the road" to change a flat became ever greater. I sought a solution, and found it.
The oddest thing to me about this whole discussion over and over again is the absolute insistence from the ST fans is that we LT users are flat out WRONG. That part of the whole debate is just beyond my understanding, especially in every single thread on this, LT users are able to support their argument not only with individual experience, but with supporting facts from the industry. The ST proponents just won't hear of it though. Go figure......the internet.....it's a funny 'ol place.
As always, a new user, a person looking for answers needs to do some reading, do some actual use, and then come to their own conclusion.
EDIT: was just thinking about something a few posters have said about "why the tire industry does not promote LT for use on the 300,000 or so RV's sold each year" ?
A search indicates total car and light truck tire sales are over 200 million annually. It could well be the industry considers the RV market to be so small, it's not worth the effort to sell there ?
