Posted by Chris Case [75.36.46.120] on Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 19:05:05 :
In Reply to: XZL Failure... posted by CSCameron [68.228.198.56] on Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 11:36:21 :
And no real problem there, since they were worn out.
We're only concerned with tires on our trucks, not RVs or VWs.
It's likely that Micky Lin used different compounds on our GI tires. It's a good possibility that longer life was spec'ed in the mil std, what with pre-positioned ships parked around the globe.
But Mickey wouldn't tell the oubkic that their car tires use substandard compounds, eh? What about their big truck stuff? Earth movers? Still 6 years?