On April 1, 2012, at 11:24 AM, Jerry Flanders wrote:
We should be more careful about the kind of air we put in our tires.
More and more tire sellers are inflating with metric air when they mount
new tires. After returning from Canada on a recent trip, I found out too
late that a service station had topped off my tires using metric. Two of
them blew before I could even get home. I emptied and reinflated the
others and it looks like they are OK for now, but I wonder about the future.
In addition to the problems with the air, the metric system also uses
different numbers than the American, putting more stress on the tires,
wheels and axles.
Jerry 4404
On 3/22/2012 7:12 PM, dtbw wrote:
> As compared to the damage that blowouts can cause, I will take the slightly stiffer ride issues any day. After many issues with numerous Marathons, I swapped out the rims for 16" high capacity, zero offset, aluminum rims and mounted Michelin LT tires (the rims had to be swapped to get to a suitable Michelin tire). Due to a slightly lower profile, the new tires have the same clearance in the wheel well as the Marathons. Not a single issue since (2+ years now). The new tires have significantly higher load-bearing capacity than the Marathons even at less than max pressure. The Michelins + CentraMatic dynamic balancers give the Bambi a glassy smooth ride. For the first time since buying the Bambi new in 2002, I actually think I will be able to run these tires for many years.
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> David T
> On Mar 22, 2012, at 5:33 PM, Steve Pfiffner wrote:
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>> I have heard the much stiffer sidewalls of truck tires can be hard on your
>> trailer, the soft ride of ST (special trailer) tires is part of an
>> Airstreams suspension system since the axles have very limited movement.
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>> Steve
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