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There is a big company that imports the tires and wheels and supplies mounted wheels and tires to the RV manufacturing industry, I forgot their name. They use mostly WillPop brand tires mounted on cheapo ChiComm steel spoked wheels. My guess is the trailer or frame manufacturers pay something like $25/wheel for mounted wheels and tires ready to bolt onto their new trailer frames.
Manufacturers dodge the quality issue because they don't deal directly with the tire failure issue so maintain their distance and deniability and can "truthfully" say they believe their tires provided good service and they are not aware of any problems.
Some of the lesser American brands are no better than WillPops. My HitchHiker was delivered new in '07 with Uniroyal Laredo 16" light truck tires. I blew one running 65 mph on I-40 between ABQ and Santa Rosa when the tires were eleven months and 16,000 miles old. When the tires were removed to install a set of Michelin XPS Ribs the next day the tire guys showed me another one was already separating tread from casing.
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Harvey Barlow
2008 Ram 3500 SLT QC & Chassis w/ CM bed
2007 HitchHiker Discover America 32 LKTG
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