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Originally Posted by crunchman12001
Replace the china bombs as soon as you pull it off the dealers lot.
You have been EXTREMELY lucky with 8 year old factory tires. You have pushed your luck for 8 years, the price of new tires will be a mere fraction of the cost of a blow out repair.
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Why? Just finished 700 miles of freeway driving on my "China Bombs" with zero problens.
Get a good, accurate tire pressure gauge, check and add air if necessary before starting out for the day, and avoid hitting curbs when pulling into gas stations etc.
I've had exactly two Chinese made tires fail in over 20 years of towing my trailers. Both traces back to "curb shots" I accidentally made earlier in the trip.
Keep the air pressure correct, check when cold (before first miles), add as necessary. NEVER let air out of a hot tire just because it's over the starting pressure. Next morning when cold again it could be just right.
I plan on replacing mine when the tread depth is half worn (about 4 to 5 32nds remaining). I figure by then the Goodyear Endurance tires will have proven there not the same as Goodyear's Marathon trailer tires.