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Had a blowout on the way home Saturday night .
What the best replacement tire?
Who has had good luck with what brands?

Thanks
Dave Dobbs

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Not sure how it goes around your parts but I havent paid for a trailer tire in years. I go to the local kost tire and ask them if I could rumage around in the scrap tire trailers. They havent charged me yet and usually I find matched sets of brand name tires in great shape. A penny saved is a penny burnt on racing.

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I am look for new it's 187 miles to LPS one way . Thanks for the idea.

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[hairracer44]

Discount Tire does trailer tires and they beat or match pricing. If you have one close I would see what they can do for you.

[dberrio]

i have been selling commercial truck and trailer tires going on 40 plus years now if you own a trailer that has 15/16 inch st type tires. i would highly recomend the goodyear marathon tire. always. i mean always, on every trip check your air pressures. low air pressure is 80 percent of the reason for tire failure.

[DunaganRacing]

As an owner of an automotive shop and tire store and as a Goodyear dealer I can vouch for the marathon trailer tire being the best but very expensive! I sell allot more Carlisle's than Goodyear when it comes to trailer tires. I have then on the company trailer. Message me and I'll get you prices on both, always helping racers when possible!

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[flatout18]

When I bought new ones last year, the tire shop stressed the fact that I needed to stay away from Carlisle tires at all costs. Other than that, they didn't have anything bad to say about any other brand.

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Thanks everyone, we live near St.Louis. The 1st 3 tire stores I called put down the Goodyears. Most were pushing the Towmax.
That's why I was asking. Didn't figure the Goodyears were that bad.
Thanks
Dave

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[fasster23]

I have Goodyear Marathons on two trailers and haven't had any problems. They seem to be more sensitive to air pressure than others I've had but no complaints.

Btw isn't there a Dobbs tire in the Lou? Just walk in like you own the place and grab what you want.

[ISF]

We just went through the investigative process of buying trailer tires over this winter. I want to say up front that I personally have had very bad luck with Goodyear Marathon trailer tires and know first hand of people I'm close to that have had similar problems. They have blown at highway speeds and have done considerable damage to fenders, etc.

If your rim size is 15" and you have room to accommodate 16" wheels and tires, and it is economically feasible to change to 16" you should look seriously into doing so. At that point your tire woes are greatly decreased since a 16" 10 ply trailer tire has a load capacity of around 3420 lbs. which on a tandem axle trailer would get you to a combined load capacity of over 13,500 lbs.

If your rim size is already 16" the best I've been told of and have read about are Michelin. Some guys swear by putting LT (light truck) load range E 10 ply tires on their trailers other stick with the ST load range E 10 ply. I haven't heard anyone who switched over to have a problem after they did. You do not have the option of either ST or LT with 15" tires. LT tires are not an option with 15's to my knowledge.

If you have 15" rims and cannot fit 16's under the fenders or if it isn't economically possible the selection process becomes a bit more confusing. You want to go with ST load range E in the 15" inch. The best tire I've had personal experience with is a Maxxis model M8008 load range E 10 ply which will give you a loading capacity of 2830 lbs. @ 80 lbs. air pressure. There are other load range E 10 ply trailer tires out there but the Maxxis M8008 has as good of a reputation as any.

Unfortunately our trailer will not accommodate 16" tires so I had to also replace my rims to match the load ratings and air pressure capacity of the heavier capacity 15" tires. I never found a steel trailer rim that had the capacities I needed and aluminum rims were very nearly as inexpensive as steel so I went with aluminum and the specs match the tires exactly.

The Maxxis M8008's I bought last December were around $106.00 per tire from a small tire dealer located about an hour from us in Fairbury, IL who generally has the best tire prices in the area. I mounted them and had them balanced and filled with nitrogen at a local tire shop.

If you go with the 15" LR E 10 ply you need to check your rims to make sure that they are weight and air pressure rated to accommodate the 2830# load @ 80# of air pressure. Many trailer rims are rated at around 2500# (not sure that figure is totally accurate) @ 65# of air pressure. So, if you get the LR E tires and don't have rims with equal capacity...... well you see where this is going. At that point, if you need rims as well then obviously the 16" is the way to go if your trailer has room for them.

One other thing, all 15" trailer tires are speed rated at a maximum of 65 MPH. On a hot summer day this is critical as higher speed means higher tire temps which means much better chance of catastrophic tire failure. 16" trailer tires will handle higher speeds without pushing the limit on tire temp. And as was mentioned and rightfully stressed earlier, make sure the air pressure is where it needs to be at all times. I even went so far as to purchase a tire thermometer and we will check the tire temp at fuel stops, etc. just to see if there is a problem developing.

Basic message here, go with 16's if you can, if not, be discriminant in choosing a 15" tire and make sure you select a tire with adequate load and pressure capacity and that the rims are up to the to the task as well.

Good luck.