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Location: Chicago, Beverly | Got a lot of things to cover here..
1st, never seen a trailer tire rated for over 65mph... many are rated less...how fast was everyone who had blowouts really going????
2nd, what are the tire build codes on the allegedly bad run of carlisle?? It is one thing to say there was a bad run, another completely different thing to withhold safety information such as what was the build code on the unsafe batch so I can get nthem off my trailer..
3rd, what is the likely hood that so many with carlisle tire problems have the same exact build code or had them under/over/inflated or were driving too fast etc.... everyone tows differently..
4th..this one is related to #1..... back to speed.... many of you who had blowouts, how far had you driven non stop before it happened?? 5 miles or 200miles?? According to one thing on boat trailers I have read you should stop every 50 miles to check your hubs for overheating.... I vary that depending on how far I am driving... if only say 125miles, I will stop only once to check... 350 miles I will stop a few times, maybe 3 total unless hubs felt warm on one of the stops...what does this have to do with your tires?? well, it gives your tires a chance to cool down when you stop..plus if your hubs are getting too warm, chances are your tires are too...
5th, I got this little tidbit off of the carlisle website: http://www.carlisletire.com/product_care/articles/trailer_tire_safe... but could not find a list of the bad build code tires.... if there was a bad run surely this list exists people......please post it
6th.. almost forgot this one... the tires experiencing the blowouts, have they mostly been BIAS PLY or RADIALS??
Edited by kevin 4/7/2006 8:52 AM
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