Re: Trailer Tires?
[Re: Jamie340]
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10/29/12 06:18 PM
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I will be purchasing new trailer tires this winter and would like recommendations. Towing roughly 8250 lbs. Pros and cons please. Thank you Jamie
My trailer is similar weight, 8300 to 8650 lbs on the axles, 700 on the tonque depending on how far I'm going to race and how much stuff I throw in the trailer. I use to have a lot of tire troubles on both my trucks and trailers, especailly the car trailer when i lived in the Mojave desert in SO CA, I moved to central Oregon in the spring of 2005 and have not had any tire troubles since beside running over a large rock in the rode at night Ruined both passenger side tires and rims on the trailer I have a mix of tires on that trailer now,all are 225x75x15 ST one Carlisle 8 ply D rating, two Tow Master 10 ply E rating and one other local brand E rated I carry two sparees now also and they are both D rated Chinese imports Buy the best you can find, especialy if you use the trailer in the heat of summer for long distances
Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)
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Re: Trailer Tires?
[Re: Jamie340]
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10/29/12 07:16 PM
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Stick with a dedicated trailer tire. 16" and load range E preferred. Nothing will ruin a trip to the track like a blow out.
Don't skimp on cheaper tires they will tear up a trailer when they blow and cost you more $$$ in the long run.
-Dustin 67 Dart, 9 second, 392" G3 Hemi 68 Barracuda 340 F/SA
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Re: Trailer Tires?
[Re: Gearhead383]
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10/29/12 08:25 PM
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If you have a lot of time here's some good reading. Many of the guys on this link travel full time and put on lots of miles. http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseac...%7B%7D/sr/1.cfm
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Re: Trailer Tires?
[Re: 64Post]
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10/29/12 10:39 PM
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Just bought 6 Hercules STR-235/85/R16 Load range F.. 12 ply I took advice from trucking companies.. These have a 3980# rating.. Hauling 16000# in a 48' 5th wheel.. Nice looking tire.. $1100.00 for 6 tires We'll see.. Chris..
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Re: Trailer Tires?
[Re: Jamie340]
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10/29/12 11:09 PM
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I want to thank everyone for the responses. May I ask a couple of more questions? The Goodyear Marathon are they considered one of the best? What about using LT style tire for this amount of weight. Thanks again Jamie
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my Goodyear Marathon ST's were G-Rated and 14 ply....awesome tires
Rickster
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Re: Trailer Tires?
[Re: rowin4]
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10/30/12 12:40 AM
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i had nothing but failures with goodyear 225 75 r15 d marathons. i went thru about a dozen of them, (3 on one trip) switched to towmaster 16 E radials, never had another problem.
here is a typical marathon
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Re: Trailer Tires?
[Re: Hemi_Joel]
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10/30/12 01:12 AM
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Does anyone still run bias-ply (non radials) trailer tires? If so do they have the tread separation issues like a radial does? I had a tread peel off on my enclosed trailer on the way home from MMW Gateway (put one of the spares on to get home)and it's probably gonna need a set of 4 (225/75r15 ST) before I use the trailer again. Most of what I see out there are radials, but I know of one guy that runs bias-ply (16"). None of them seem to last for very long, but separating and blowing out on the road sucks.
Kayse can't keep up at all now. lol
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Re: Trailer Tires?
[Re: Gearhead383]
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10/30/12 09:00 AM
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If your stuck with a 15" rim, like most of us, find a tire with a load range "E". I only know of two brands out there, there may be more. One being Carlisle which I just switched to. I use to run the Marathons ("D" range) but could only get 3 years before they blew. When one goes, the rest will soon follow. If these don't hold up, then I think will make the jump to 16" rims. Way more options on tires. Good luck with your search!
I have had great luck with Goodyear ST tires.
I have had 4 enclosed trailers over the years and all of them had 16" wheels on them. I swear I have trailered over 200K miles with my enclosed trailers and have NEVER had a Goodyear blowout or go flat, NEVER! all mine were 16" wheels and tires. Then I have trailered over 60K miles with my open trailer with 15" tires in the last 3 years and have had no blowouts. My open trailer is stock and no added tool boxes to make it over weight.
I also was very careful what I put in my enclosed trailers, never installed wooden kitchen cabinets or stuff like that that's does not belong in a trailer which I see all the time at the track in other peoples trailers.
I'd buy Goodyear if your asking me even if there made in china, but I would call and ask for US made tires before buying. My
I would not buy a trailer enclosed with 15" wheels. That's a way to get the price down but now you are going to have tire trouble because 15" is pushing the limits of the tire and your axles are too small also.
Hemi Joe...enclosed with living quarters are really heavy trailers and do not have a lot of payload capacity. So it makes it real easy to be overweight. Especially if you built something custom inside, lightweight is expensive. IMO it's time to remove stuff from inside your trailer to lighten it up. I'm sure you have 16" wheels on it, right?
I got lucky that all my Goodyears that I bought in the last 15 years were USA made, even the 15" that I bought from the Tire Rack in 2010. I now hear all of them are made overseas? I am going to call and ask for US made trailer tires next time I need them.
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Re: Trailer Tires?
[Re: Challenger 1]
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10/30/12 05:55 PM
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I used to sell tires, and I can tell you that all trailer tires are crap. Didn't matter what brand GoodYear, Carlisle they all fail inside of 5 years. Don't buy in to that LT tires won't work on a trailer BS. I put LT 235/75/15 C load range tires on my trailers, my fathers trailer, my uncles trailer, 3 of my racing buddies trailers. Not one issue, not one failure. If the LT tires on my 3 ton turbo diesel tow rig don't go to crap every time I turn around, seems logical that they would work as well under the trailer, and they have. Michelin BF Goodrich Cooper Good Year = worst tire brand I ever saw, nothing but advertising and gimmics. Easily the highest failure rate of all the tires I sold. Don't buy no name tires made in 3rd world countries.
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