I need to change tires on my daily tomorrow, i have a sweet set of g78x14's and got to thinking, do i need tubes? I'm pretty sure they should be stock wheels, and from the outside i cant feel a safety bead but i've never really paid attention.

When we first started using the Dodge Maxi Van 3500 for towing our trailer and hauling our pow wow stuff they came with light truck rated Michelin tires. We always seemed plagued with blow outs. When a tire was worn to maybe half way or, need to replace it for next summer, they would fail. We were traveling to Florida on business those years and averaged one blow out a year. Had one in central Florida on a two lane side road and little pull off. Exciting! About a mile up the road was a tire shop so I pulled in there. Asked the owner if he had any Michelin truck tires and he told me "I don't carry them anymore and won't even order them". He then asked about blow outs and I told me our yearly story. According to him their LT tires had a problem with the steel belts separating causes them to fail. Looking back almost every failure we had was the outer belt that started it. I have never run Michelin tires since and blow out problems are down to what I would call normal.(can't remember the last one) 

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Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire