some of the big power boat races run a LT tire with good results.

I blew 2 of the oem Featherlite LT235/85R16 Kumhos, but they were 10 years old. Jock Nicholson tipped me to only use LT tires, that have a complete UTG. It seems very few do.

My new USA made Goodyears have been doing fine for the last 20 months so far. Since we are in the desert we will see how they hold up from this point forward. It has not been unusual for me to start having problems about now. Even vehicle tires do not last near as long out here in the desert SW. When I was on my way home from the dyno Monday it was 121 coming across the desert, I saw my truck tire pressures rise 8lbs..

The lot at work yesterday was 168-180 on the blacktop..... brutal!

Excellent tire. I would bet I put more miles than most here on my trailer and I went with those last year. Wearing great....even the steer tires show no inside wear. I would recommend them highly. Not cheap but well worth the extra dollars.

Is this just the trailer axle weight or total gross truck and trailer?

8600 is a lot of weight on what I'm assuming is a 235/75/15 x 4. If it was a 1/2 ton pickup you would have to have 3500 lbs in the box to weigh that and you'd be surprised to get out of the driveway.

In any case I'd be running the highest load rated LT tire I could get for that size that had a highway speed rating of at least 75 mph.

Trailer tires are for utility trailers that never leave the farm.

Kevin

Buy 4 tire covers AND USE THEM.. I have blown
out 1 tire in all the years of hauling a 43'
enclosed trailer.. mine are 16" (4 tires only)
but are covered... I had 1 cover blow off while
it was parked.. thats been the ONLY tire to blow
but I also buy the best tires(brand names).. sun
light KILLS TIRES

I always carry a spare but have not had to use it. Better luck I guess. Running far and fast, I like to keep tire load to maximum 75% of rating. If I can't get make that goal, I get a higher rated tire... either higher ply rating or bigger. I inflate to rated pressure + 5 psi. I have mostly run trailer tires on my trailers but would not hesitate to run LT.

As general comment, trailer tires are rated at a certain speed and temperature (?? 65 MPH and ?? degrees F). Running hotter or faster de-rates the tires thus the need to have extra capacity.

I checked mine again tonight as I like to keep them at 90 pounds. All ready for another race weekend.

Is this just the trailer axle weight or total gross truck and trailer?

8600 is a lot of weight on what I'm assuming is a 235/75/15 x 4. If it was a 1/2 ton pickup you would have to have 3500 lbs. in the box to weigh that and you'd be surprised to get out of the driveway.

In any case I'd be running the highest load rated LT tire I could get for that size that had a highway speed rating of at least 75 mph.

Trailer tires are for utility trailers that never leave the farm.

Kevin [/quote]The tires are 225x75x15 ST E rated for 2830 lbs. per tire, the axle weights is what I posted so it has 11320 Lbs. load carrying abilty on all four tires and 8490 lbs. on three tires
the truck weighs a tad over 7600 Lbs with me in it with a half of tank of diesel and the trailer hooked up going down the road to the races with the old duster in it. My current S/P car weighs right at 1000 Lbs. less than the Duster did
I am going to reweigh it again empty and then with the new race car in it so I have current weight on the trailer going down the road.
I dug through my tire receipts for the truck and trailer and the tires that blew out may have been over ten years old
I will buy the covers and use them from now on
Hopefully this post will help someone else from repeating my mistake, I honestly thought that the tires on the passenger where less than three years old
Thanks to all for your help and comments

The tires are 225x75x15 ST E rated for 2830 lbs. per tire, the axle weights is what I posted so it has 11320 Lbs. load carrying abilty on all four tires and 8490 lbs. on three tires
the truck weighs a tad over 7600 Lbs with me in it with a half of tank of diesel and the trailer hooked up going down the road to the races with the old duster in it. My current S/P car weighs right at 1000 Lbs. less than the Duster did
I am going to reweigh it again empty and then with the new race car in it so I have current weight on the trailer going down the road.
I dug through my tire receipts for the truck and trailer and the tires that blew out may have been over ten years old
I will buy the covers and use them from now on
Hopefully this post will help someone else from repeating my mistake, I honestly thought that the tires on the passenger where less than three years old
Thanks to all for your help and comments [/quote]

My 2 axle trailer with living quarters is close to 10k lbs. loaded. As Cab stated, my ST225/75 15, E rated tires have a total weight rating of 11,320 lbs. I just put 4 USA made Goodyear Endurance tires on a couple of weeks ago because I didn't trust the Chinese made tires that were on it any longer. The Endurance trailer tires are highly recommended by many people and I'm happy with them after just coming back from an 850 mile round trip.

For an extreme case you may want to check out 19.5" conversions. It is fairly common for trucks with heavy campers to swap out 16" to 19.5". Much heavier load capacity than any 16". Just a thought.