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Old 12-23-2013, 12:00 PM   #5
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Good point about the safety vs tread wear relation to tire pressure.

Since it is recommended that the Goodyear Marathons ST tires should be changed out every 3-5 years, excessive center tread wear due to over inflation by 10psi should not be a very big issue during that time frame for the average yearly mileage put on TM's. I agree that Goodyear is siding with the safety and not tread wear issue with this bulletin but the big assumption/expectation is that the TM owners are changing out the tires every 3-5 years and not putting extremely high mileage on the TM tires every year.

Each TM owner has to evaluate their own circumstances to see if the 10psi over inflation works for them. It should for most.

Of course having Goodyear redesign this 14" tire to carry a bigger load would be ideal even if it costs consumers a bit more.
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