I called goodyear after three of their new trailer tires blew up on my trailer in one season. They gave me a song and dance about how trailer tires are not wear but time sensitive, when I told them it was three days after I left the tire shop when the first one blew, he said I most likely got a set that had been sitting in a warehouse too long, so he told me to always check the date of manufacture. I went to 16 inch 8 ply Light Truck tires and never had a blow out again. Just my experience. Several of my buddies did the same with the same results. I don't think the brand is all that important, just ask your dealer what he sells the most of and has good luck with.

I run a tire called “Westlake”, overseas I’m sure. 10 ply at 80 lbs cold. Dealer hear sells them to me for about $80.00 each. It’s 300 hundred miles one way to my local track, 10 times a year, with the occasional trip to Vegas or Arizona every year. I have went 3 summers on a set of these tires, compared to Carlyles and Goodyear’s junk, which I was lucky to get one season out of. I do cover them when parked and stores trailer in an unheated building during the winter. Jim