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| slammer1! - 6/11/2015 9:15 PM
Talked to a Goodyear tire engineer at nascar race about trailer tires and he advised me to always use jack-stands to get most of the weight off the tire when parked for more than 10 days! He said that flat spotting ruins radial belts within the tire causing blow outs just as much as under inflation.
I can see the logic behind this. Sadly.
However, my question is this:
If this were certainly "the thing to do"...why is this not more common knowledge from retailer to consumer? When it comes to what could be deemed as personal safety and the safety of others on the road...to try and prevent a trailer tire from blowing while traveling down the road that "could" have that tow vehicle getting out of control potentially wrecking that vehicle and possibly harming those in that tow vehicle or crossing into oncoming traffic and potentially wrecking hurting or killing others in another vehicle...you'd think that this would be more commonly communicated to the consumer.
Seems there would have to be better technology behind the trailer tire construction these days, but...I guess may not...
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