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I have the same opinion regarding sidewalls. I have been in the auto repair industry for more than 25 years and have felt for a long time that the tires with softer sidewalls had a lot more trouble with failures. On our last trailer it had Carlisle tires, and we had one fail. They sent me a replacement under warranty, but the replacement was a differnt style. I called and asked them about it and they informed me that the replacement was made in China and the original was made in the USA by Goodyear. The replacement had much softer sidewalls, but it was just put on the spare rim, and it was free so I let it go. What is amazing is the the orinial is the line that had all of the failures that they talk about on the other forum. I hope we have better luck with the "Mission" tires that are on the Moutaineer.
We all do really abuse these tires, with heavy weights, curbs, sharp turns and other obstacles. It is truly amazing that there are not more problems. Just the nature of the beast...
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