Double star tires

Check the suspension bushings and wear pads.
As the front pad on a air leaf system wears down the drive line moves out of alignment resulting in drive line vibrations.

 

Put a full load on the tandems and see if one of the tires has a bulge in it. If it's the tires, they are somehow distorting out of round under higher pressure.

 

Definitely not suspension related on my truck and trailer, I am meticulous about checking axle alignment on all 5 axles.

Double Star and other Chinese tires don't last on a spread axle because of the torsional force generated on them in turning situations. In the last 14 years with the same trailer I have watched 3 Chinese tires fail shortly after they were purchased. Most recent was a Double Star, before that was a Kumho and before that was an Ohtzu. All were purchased on the road after each failed. Some shops only carry Chinese stuff and the shops that have better tires want WAY too much money for them.

I run Bfg ST230's without any issues on this trailer, in fact every BFG has lasted till wear markers.

I have been slowly replacing the BFG's with Sumitomo ST series and they are just as good as the BFG's, wear down to the markers.

 

The bond between the tread and the steel belting separates.

 

i have used chinese tires had to balance every time. every one. made a 100 % better difference. saving 2 grand on a set of 8 drives though was worth it. still have them on truck so far got over 40,000 miles more than the b.f.st230 that i took off before i put the chinese tires on.

 

I don’t want to be a know it all here... but it’s probably in your best interest to do a little research on the brands you have just quoted. You said 3 Chinese tyres... only one of the 3 brands you stated are Chinese - Double star. Kumho being Korean and Ohtsu being Japanese... oh, and Ohtsu is made by Sumitomo Rubber Co. After reading all that, and it may sound far fetched or just pot luck, but are you sure you didn’t run the tyres that failed flat resulting in the failures?

Sometimes, just sometimes, it pays to use google and research.

 

It pays to use spellchecker too.
Oh and by the way your quoting a year and a half old post.

 

Sorry buddy, only came across this last night when reading and using the search tool which could have been used initially to find facts.

 

I stand behind what I said. I'm also certain I know a lot more about what works for me and my application than you do as we are way beyond a "Google search" when it comes to tires for my spread axle
My feedback to this topic was specifically what can handle and what can not handle front spread position based on my real world experience..
Those tires I mentioned were made in China. They could be made elsewhere but mine were China. I've also had Sumitomo made in China but most are made in Japan.
We are wearing BFF ST series, Yokohama and Sumitomo down to the limit on front spread, tri-axle and quad axle without issue ( not including accidental damage).

 

That’s understandable. But there’s a big difference between a Chinese branded tyre, and a Chinese manufactured tyre that’s engineered in a completely different country. The way it was worded seemed as though you were categorising them all as Chinese branded tyres, when they are not. Also, each brand makes specific trailer rated tyres. However some brands manufacture the exact same pattern with two different load ratings, one for trailer use with a higher load rating and one with a lesser load rating you would use on a truck. So that may also be a factor to your poor experience of products.