Traveler: The part that followed your post "No Guarantees" does indeed hold true. Our 38RL3 with 17.5" tires shed the entire tread surface of the streetside front tire when the trailer was less than 6 months old. I didn't even know it had happened until I noticed the "shiny" steel belts and missing chunks of fender trim while I was walking back to the rig from a Flying J fuel stop.
The tire stayed inflated so I was able to verify that all four were the same and they had all been inflated to 125 cold. The interesting thing was the infra-red gun I use to check temps showed that one was cooler than the other three so I guess steel belts run cooler with ashphalt contact then rubber.
