The size is ST 205-75R-15 Load range C, GVWR 7,000 lbs. Thanks for all your responses. The camper came with General tires, had good luck with them, now 5 years old, had a blowout coming north this past spring. Need a new set before heading south this fall.
Sunlline1
My advise spend some time looking for tires made outside of China. Hell the Chinese can't even make dog food right. I just had an issue with Duros that came on my '06 Max Lite. I noticed 3 months after my 1 year warranty expired that I had major sidewall cracking on ALL tires. Not just the tires the sun hit. Called Duro who gave me their standard junky warranty policy which covers 50% of the cost of new tires. Not any labor.. So basically Duro wasn't any help on these tires with about 3,000 miles on them. My next call was to the dealer and R-Vision to see if they could help. R-Vision allow 100% replacement of tires of my choosing. I went with a TowMaster tire, that was made in Canada. I have never heard of TowMaster until I began to look around so I'm uncertain on how they will hold up, but I do know the tires I have are stamped Canada on the sidewall.
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sunline1
I don't use ST tires on any of my other type trailers or even the RV. I've had to many problems with STs some years back and went with a LT rated tires on my trailers that were on the road making my living. My last cargo trailer came with the size you mention. This trailer was on the interstate at 75 mph every day so I had BFG LT225/75-15 C installed. My ST tire problems on this particular trailer were eliminated. I keep LTs on all my trailers and just don't worry with tire problems at any speed or weights or just sittin' around. I'm always amazed at folks that have trailer tire problems and continue to use just a ST trailer tire when there are better tires out there to be used.
Dayton/Cooper/BFG/Delta/Uniroyal/etc and other manufactors that market in your area make LT tires [all season tread works best] that will work. Some truck tire dealers can help you with a LT rared tire for trailer use. Most tire dealers down on the cornor don't have a customer base that gives them much experience with knowing what makes a good trailer tire.
JIM
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My husband has a theory--spare tires that are not used for quite a few years have a very short life! We lost 2 GY Marathons (225x75R15D) when they were 5 years and 3 months and 5 years and 4 months old (from mfg date). We have 2 spares. The May sidewall blowout was an original spare, put on the road in 2003 or 2004 when we hat a flat (ran over a screw). Put the NEW spare on in May--never on the road. It blew less than 1000 miles later--huge split in the tread. We replaced all 6 (1 in May 5 in June) with NW dealer Les Schwab's tires--Towmax, supposedly made by a major US mfg--Kelly or Cooper--can't remember exactly. The key here was the five year threshhold--the other 3 tires, all originals, held up. We are going to retate these tires frequently--both spares to rear, rear to front, front to spare position to see if it helps. We air up to the load specs on the tire, check frequently and have about 3000# more carrying capacity than needed. Tires are covered most of the time in storage.
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Linda and husband Dave (retired US Army) W7DDW
Jake, the 86# Black Lab "kid"
2002 Arctic Fox 25R, Honda 2000i
2003 DODGE 3500 SLT Quad Cab, 4x4, SRW, HO CTD, 3.73, 48RE, Jake Brake
I bought a TOWMAX tire from a tire dealer, in Georgia, for a spare after I got a flat tire. At that time, I hadn't heard all the bad about "CHINA" quality.
Happy Camping !!!
Sunline1
Goodyear has always been the tire for my TT. Marathons. I figure if they designed it for a trailer I'll use it for a trailer. But JIMLIN has spent so much time trashing TT tires I am starting to waffle. Mine are in their 4th year, I always run full pressure and they have about a 10% carry capacity cushion. So far so good!
I am particularly interested in this subject since I sold tires or ran tire store/service centers for the past 20 years. Only ran a Goodyear store for 3 months when I accidentally got talked into working for a company that ended up being sold.
Goodyear, Towmaster, Maxxis trailer tireshave been spoken of well on this forum. Many brands of truck tires have recieved endorsements here.
The China question is one of economics, manufacturers are moving there for lower labor costs. But they have to do perfect quality control in the current environment. It seems like so many defect issues we hear of come from there. Because of this I only buy safety and health connected stuff that is backed up by a brand or seller that I am comfortable with. And I try to avoid any products til they are proven. The economy is now worldwide, keep your eyes and ears open.
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cmabrey wrote: There are hundreds of threads on trailer tires, but I went with Michelin XPS Ribs. Yes, they are Light truck tires, not trailer tires. But I never noticed any undue scrubbing on my 31 foot 10,000 trailer. I also went up a load range from C to D and got rid of the aluminum wheels and got chrome steel and metal valve stems. This was because I was running 80 pounds pressure for the heavy load. It was expensive, but not compared to a lot of the horror stories you will read about trailer blow outs and $2,000+ damage from the tire fragments.
BTW, if you are prejudiced, Michelins are French. :-)
while you give no information, LRC tires should have never been on a 10,000# 31' trailer to begin with, and a LRD LT tire would be undersized as well, unless other changes were made as well like wheel size.
the LRD tire should be run at 65PSI not 80 PSI and is dangerous at 80 PSI even on steel wheels.
Love my mass produced, entry level, built by Lazy American Workers, Hornet
We're quickly getting to the point that we don't even have the choice of buying American made goods....and we're just putting our fellow Americans out of work.
In actuality, American workers have (and are) put themselves out of work. Union wages scales/benefits have made it almost impossible to make domestic products that are affordable for the average worker. It is frightening that more and more of our major manufacturers are moving outside the US, and putting more Americans out of work, but it is also understandable. Profit is still necessary for a business to survive.
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