Goodyear tires - BAD

[Don Bradner]

I understand your point. Mine was not aimed at assessing blame, but rather
finding actual causes of a failure, and most likely course to follow to avoid
such failure.

I would much rather not have a tire failure than I would to have a failure and
be able to make a claim!

It appears that gross over-inflation can be and is a cause for failure, whether
or not the manufacturer would use that as a cause for denial or not.

There is no need to fine-tune the pressure in the way you are suggesting. With
12R or 315/80 tires the difference of one notch in the 5psi-increment table is
some 2000 lbs of total weight on 6 tires! If a position is supposed to have 90
lbs when you are fully loaded and 85 when you are nearly empty that is not going
to matter. Running that same tire at 120 or 130 is an entirely different matter.

I've stayed in this conversation because I know from prior talk that there are
those who truly believe they are doing something good by running max sidewall
pressure.

I do not believe that you can eliminate the possibility of tire failure, but I
do believe you can minimize such possibilities.

On 7/4/2009 at 7:22 AM RWW wrote:

>My question should have been ,,, even if the owner had the tires at
>the maximum pressure marked on the sidewall; even if it was not the
>'proper / correct' pressure for the axle weight - is the tire 'over
>inflated' for purposes of claiming cause and fault of the tire
>failure? Keeping in mind the tires had only 4,000 miles.
...
>If over inflated is defined as above the pressure recommeded on the
>axle weight charts, but below the max stamped on the sidewall, we all
>have a problem, as we consume our freshwater and fuel; drop off
>passengers, consume supplies and unhook trailers, etc. That can add up
>to a lot of weight being taken off the axles, which would put our tire
>pressures above the pressure recommended by the tire charts.