I have to agree with you Heinz. It looks as if this controversy will
rage on and on and on. Most of us should just agree to disagree. Until
the tire shop says "don't put those tires on your motor home" most of us
will do what our own experience has taught us. D's or E's, as long as we
feel it is the right decision, whether it is or isn't, that is what will
work, individually. From a safety point of view. As long as you maintain
and constantly monitor your coach, catastrophic failures become less
likely. If you blow a tire, that is life. Buy a new one and move along.
On to more important issues.
Is there going to be washrooms in Albuquerque for us going down in a
partially completed coach. I feel this is a more crucial issue than tire
selection. At least from my point of view. Darren
>
> >
> >> I guess you missed the part where I said I don't condone my father's
> >> actions, eh? I'm not trying to justify what he does - I want to know
> >> why he hasn't paid for that mistake.
> >
> >No, I didn't miss that part, I understood that you believed in the E rated
> >tires enough to run them yourself. And I really don't have any idea why he
> >gets away with it and some others apparently have not. Perhaps he doesn't
> >drive as fast or as heavily loaded.
> >
>
> Perhaps some of the failures are bargain tires and/or old?
>
> I wasn't going to jump in again but I can't help but wonder about all these failures of D's that apparently happen leftg and right.
>
> Many failures may simply be old age. perhaps the tire(s) that failed shouldn't be on the road anyhoo.
> I think far more folks stretch their tires in age vs overload. Of course there are exceptions but I don't think it's quite fair to attribute a failure due to age to the tire itself. That's a failure of the user.
>
> I'm not a member of the "lucky" department (or I'd be in 'Vegas) so I can only attribute 250,000 miles on D's to good D's and fresh D's as I've always thrown them at the wear mark or sidewall checking, whichever comes first.
>
> I'd be more concerned with running on old tires instead of whether they are D's or E's and at next "scheduled" replace, replace with E's just for that little extra comfortlevel for the tummy part.
>
> That's what I did anyways....
>
> Heinz
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76 Experimental
Another Fab Day
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rage on and on and on. Most of us should just agree to disagree. Until
the tire shop says "don't put those tires on your motor home" most of us
will do what our own experience has taught us. D's or E's, as long as we
feel it is the right decision, whether it is or isn't, that is what will
work, individually. From a safety point of view. As long as you maintain
and constantly monitor your coach, catastrophic failures become less
likely. If you blow a tire, that is life. Buy a new one and move along.
On to more important issues.
Is there going to be washrooms in Albuquerque for us going down in a
partially completed coach. I feel this is a more crucial issue than tire
selection. At least from my point of view. Darren
>
> >
> >> I guess you missed the part where I said I don't condone my father's
> >> actions, eh? I'm not trying to justify what he does - I want to know
> >> why he hasn't paid for that mistake.
> >
> >No, I didn't miss that part, I understood that you believed in the E rated
> >tires enough to run them yourself. And I really don't have any idea why he
> >gets away with it and some others apparently have not. Perhaps he doesn't
> >drive as fast or as heavily loaded.
> >
>
> Perhaps some of the failures are bargain tires and/or old?
>
> I wasn't going to jump in again but I can't help but wonder about all these failures of D's that apparently happen leftg and right.
>
> Many failures may simply be old age. perhaps the tire(s) that failed shouldn't be on the road anyhoo.
> I think far more folks stretch their tires in age vs overload. Of course there are exceptions but I don't think it's quite fair to attribute a failure due to age to the tire itself. That's a failure of the user.
>
> I'm not a member of the "lucky" department (or I'd be in 'Vegas) so I can only attribute 250,000 miles on D's to good D's and fresh D's as I've always thrown them at the wear mark or sidewall checking, whichever comes first.
>
> I'd be more concerned with running on old tires instead of whether they are D's or E's and at next "scheduled" replace, replace with E's just for that little extra comfortlevel for the tummy part.
>
> That's what I did anyways....
>
> Heinz
- --
Darren Paget
76 Experimental
Another Fab Day
paget
http://www.TZEplus.com
