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Monkeyman_and_Lady

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BTW, got home okay, but kept speed at 65 as best I could.


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Monkeyman_and_Lady wrote:

Just bought the dolly this year. Date code on tire is 2017. They are indeed ST tires.

Do they make LT tires in the 12 inch range?


I guess I'm never too old to learn something new. In a previous post you mentioned tire pressure being 75 psi and I thought that seemed high from my experience. Then in this post you refer to 12 inch tires which also surprised me, but makes more sense out of the higher pressure.

I've don't recall ever seeing a tow dolly with 12 inch tires. The one we towed for many years had ST205/75-14's as stock and were replaced with similar tires as needed. If memory serves, we got 5-7 years out of them.

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A couple of thoughts:

First, it is possible that this was just a road hazard - it happens.

Second, what tire size is it? As was mentioned, LT tires do not come in 12"! Why is it that some people immediately assume that you can replace any ST tire with an LT?

Third, How did you get home? Replace the tire? Got it patched?


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CapriRacer wrote:

A couple of thoughts:

First, it is possible that this was just a road hazard - it happens.

Second, what tire size is it? As was mentioned, LT tires do not come in 12"! Why is it that some people immediately assume that you can replace any ST tire with an LT?

Third, How did you get home? Replace the tire? Got it patched?


ACME says that towing at posted highway speeds hasn't caused any issues, so they're thinking road debris. And it's entirely possible that's all it was, since the tire was shredded by the time I got a look at it, I will never know.

Tire size ST145R12. I don't expect I can replace this with anything else. The LoadStar tire is 10 ply rated E, so it's good stuff, again pointing to a road debris failure.

Called recently acquired Good Sam roadside to get the tire replaced with a spare I bought. Now I need to replace the spare. Thinking I'll get 2 as they're small enough and inexpensive enough to keep in the underbays.

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