Weight, speed, heat, distance.....how far, how hot, how heavy and how fast did those old ass tires run?
Just because you can poke along over to the dump at 47mph top speed with a load of kitchen garbage bags once a month and not blow a tire doesn't mean it's a good tire.
I wasn’t referring to my tires. They are old, worn, large, heavy, wide, amd no doubt the weather checking and heat has caused the One to be on its last leg
I had chosen to use these tires because 1) they matched 2) I had them 3) the trailer had a full load of wood that needed to go a few miles before I could use it for it’s current purpose and as such a 10 ply that had some life left was a good option esp since I had no idea this idea would pan out. Fast forward to today, they have out served their purpose by a excellent degree and they will be replaced accordingly.
the tires I was referring to are the ones my dad Has on his skid steer trailer that for a long time had old ass tires, older than 2000, and he used up to 55 but for that time the 4 tires weren’t loaded more than a couple hundred pounds on top the weight of trailer which is very nicely balanced to when he would hookup and he used it this way for a long time. But these tires are the ones that will casually have nails sticking in them and they still work. Once he started having to move his skid steer more he put new ones on and kept one old for spare
they are a special size tho, not sure if the fact they are open wheels with rim clamps (like a mobile home) affects the situation or not, but the tires are definitely made to take abuse.. anyway.. yeah,so please don’t assume I meant my tires which I already fully understand what they are and how they are past their prime.
I totaled a car and got a nasty scar from the airbag because of a defective tire(Kelly, but not a Kelly edge) infact I still have an example of the tire from the opposite side (driver) if you want to see it. I cut the tread with bolt cutters to get part of the suspension out to get the wheel and tire off, but it’s mostly intact just been In the weather for a bit. It was a rather shocking experience and one I don’t want anyone to have to take part in (eating a culvert at speed in January) and I take tires very serious with regards to safety.
On the weight comment, my tire actually got the sidewall slit and bulge immediately after I pulled shy of 1000 pounds which is about 5x the normal weight of a full load, which isn’t a lot to think about, but it was hot, I drove at 70mph(15 more than normal) and my coupler has some odd wear… it wouldn’t tighten up to be properly snug snd it was doing some push-pull from the slack(I have to replace it, a cheapie hf bolt on), the trailer prob weighs close to..800.? Bed + frame + 14 bolt+ Wheel/tire + topper, I’m not certain but even tho two 10 ply are definitely able to handle that combined weight, the large footprint, at construction, stiff rubber, and all the previous variables probably all means a good amount of heat. A lot more than normal? Idk, but 30 minutes with load, after 7-9 runs in last year, all that taken together I’m sure quickly brought it from “will suffice” to sidewall slit and bulge
and they are from 2011. Old af. All I know is I’m not using them on road till I get the new 16.5 and throw on some wagon wheels I have that are actual trailer tires and are narrower.
what was the point again…? Oh yeah, I wasn’t complimenting my tires with the comment you replied to. I was complimenting the tires my dad used for a long time on his trailer that are 7x14.5 tires that are heavy duty tires which were being used very far under their rating and equally shared between 4 and thus I’m sure that’s why they lasted long despite their age.
I would expect them to be failure prone if they were still around in use ad he loaded his skid steer and tried driving that somewhere
