Interesting Trailer Tire Info

[chasd60]

Good info on trailer tires here
   An interesting quote
   "All "ST" tires have a maximum speed rating of 65 mph."
 
 
  A PDF from Carlisle is where I got the quote below
 
  "High speed towing in hot conditions degrades Trailer Tires significantly. As heat builds up during driving, the tire

[howlinowl]

Good info on trailer tires here
   An interesting quote
   "All "ST" tires have a maximum speed rating of 65 mph."
 
 
  A PDF from Carlisle is where I got the quote below
 
  "High speed towing in hot conditions degrades Trailer Tires significantly. As heat builds up during driving, the tire

[dee106]

carllisle tires are the pits! we lost three of them on our last trip, its true doing 60 on a hot road blows  the tires! it was 90* out, and we were on the nj pike, blew one, 30 miles later the next one, and on the way home the third one!

[flyfisherman]

There's another tire mfg that says the 65 mph is tops, too; I've stashed that someplace and if I find same, will post it.

Over the years there have been a lot of controversy over Carlisle Tires and right here on this board. But my experience with them, for the most part, has been good. Had one road failure as I was tooling down the road; don't know if that was a blowout or if I had picked-up some trash on the road and the tire was just going flat. Did'nt even know the tire had disintegrated and was riding on the rim until someone pulled along side me and pointed to my little Starcraft (me and my fishing buddy were yaking away telling fish stories!) - We had just gone through a road constuction section of highway and I could have very well picked something up. But have to say that tire was well worn and should have been replaced sooner.  Also had some slow leaks due to picking up a nail one time and a screw another; here the tires had gone flat while parked.

A good friend of mine whose SIL works for a large tire distributor in this area says a large problem with RV tires is that they are parked most of the time and especially on bare ground and he says that add to a tire's shortened life. He went on to say that a lot of RV dealers will have a unit hanging around for a year (and even longer), parked in the back forty and on bare ground. Then along comes a buyer and pulls it along home and begins to have tire problems, usually from dry rot, one after the other. But he says Carlisle has been real good about replacing them at no cost.

Since I run the 12' tires and the cost of replacement has not been that much, and I usually run a goodly amout of miles every year, I simply replace them annually (with the exception of one year where we only made a few short trips).
But I watch the tire pressures real close and before a long trip, jack up the camper and give them a real good looking over. AND, I've now made my red line highway cruising speed 65, with maybe a few short higher bursts of  higher speed to pass or when going downhill and picking up some extra steam for climbing the next hill.


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