sparky723
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I have read many replies and articles today.
Some are saying stay away from the GY Marathons some are saying they are fine if made in USA.
Some are saying to go with a LT tire, but the tire guys at Pep Boys said very wholeheartedly NO!. They said a LT tire sidewall isn't strong enough.
My spare GY Marathon is load rated C. They said that wasn't high enough for my 5er.
What's going on here?!?!
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sparky723 wrote:I have read many replies and articles today.
Some are saying stay away from the GY Marathons some are saying they are fine if made in USA.
Some are saying to go with a LT tire, but the tire guys at Pep Boys said very wholeheartedly NO!. They said a LT tire sidewall isn't strong enough.
My spare GY Marathon is load rated C. They said that wasn't high enough for my 5er.
What's going on here?!?!
Yikes!.
Pep Boys !!. .
What's going on here, is you are ignoring good advice and listening
to somebody who may have been employed at Taco Bell last week - -
and is now a tire expert!
Use the search feature - both current and the archives.
Search: Goodyear, Goodyear Marathon, LT vs ST, ST vs LT, Chinese Tires, and - almost any tire brand you can think of, etc.
When you are finished with your "reading assignment", you will be light years ahead of the guy at Pep Boys..
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sparky723
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Nobody still hasn't stated WHY Lt is better (or worse) than ST.
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sparky723
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Well, I need these tires by Thursday. I live 1hour from town. If need be I'll get some online and have them shipped.
What I'd like to understand w/o a ton of reading right now is why should I buy LT over ST if that is what the ST's are specifically made for?
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Running out of time..
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johntank
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sparky723 wrote:I have read many replies and articles today.
Some are saying stay away from the GY Marathons some are saying they are fine if made in USA.
Some are saying to go with a LT tire, but the tire guys at Pep Boys said very wholeheartedly NO!. They said a LT tire sidewall isn't strong enough.
My spare GY Marathon is load rated C. They said that wasn't high enough for my 5er.
What's going on here?!?!
A US made Goodyear might be ok, I had trouble with them back in 96.
Pep Boys said NO to useing a LT tire that the sidewall was not stronge enought, IMO they want to sale you something they have in stock (a ST tire). Some of the newer 5er's come stock with LT's.
As far as load range goes not only look at it but also look at the max load it can carry in lbs. I have seen load range D's that will carry more than a E, so a tire that can carry 1/2 or more of your axle weight (4,000 lbs.) might work for you.
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BlackSilver
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My camper came with LT tires (Goodyears). Tread separations on 3 tires in the 5th year of use, about 15,000 miles. Good tread, but the rubber was brittle.
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sparky723 wrote:Nobody still hasn't stated WHY Lt is better (or worse) than ST.
Because it would take too long and the thread would most likely end up locked.
I don't think Pep Boys sells trailer tires and that may be the reason they told you their LRC could not replace a ST Marathon. The same sized LT tire has a lower load capacity than the ST tire.
Call around until you find somebody that knows something about RV trailers and their tire requirements. It's best to have a good bill of sale in-hand after replacing RV trailer tires.
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Trailer tires or normally bias ply where the truck tire is normally a radial ply. Bias ply tires have stiffer side walls and can carry more weight than a radial tire if everything else is equal. The trailer tire also has a smaller contact patch which equates to less rolling friction and less heat. IMO, the trailer tire by design is better suited for trailers but probably lack the quality control that a passenger truck tire has due to lower liability issues. For what its worth, I worked at a truck tire plant and all out OTR truck tires were radial and I would not hesitate to put a good quality LT tire on my 5th wheel. Thats what I have on my trailer now.
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Sorry, duplicate post
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sparky723
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Just got off phone with guy at rv tire place. All they sell is commercial tires/ rv tires.
I explained my situation to him and told him about 1/2 were saying go with Maxxis ST and the other 1/2 were saying go with an LT tire.
Well, since he sells BOTH and probably didn't work at Taco Bell yesterday...he strongly recommended going with the Maxxis load rated E tire.
If I have read all posts here and elsewhere correctly, I think that even if I was gonna switch to compatible LT tires, I'd have to upgrade to 16" rims to gain the same (or exceed) the load rating of the Maxxis tires.
I do not have the funds to get 4 new rims AND 4 new tires.
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