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Another thought
During compression (pot hole) the tire side wall will be flexed out, and could make contact with the wheel well. In addition the body of the car is traveling down around the tire. So the solutions you are looking at are to stiffen the suspension to limit the travel of the body of the car. (And it's worse with a trailer hanging off the rear end) Are there tires with stiffer side walls? Seems like going backwards, but isn't that what bias plys were all about?
Radials were created cause their rolling resistance was a lot less. Hense better fuel economy. They also became stronger with steel belts. however they do squat .... way more than bias ply tires. The other down side to radials is they do not hold air as well as bias ply tires.
I may be way off base. Just my musings.
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