MAJROBT
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Folks- I had 2 tires slashed on the left side of my trailer last night. The tires were original, no name brand tires. Q- Am I going to run into any problems with replacing the tires with Goodyear Marathons or another brand? Any recommendations on brands?
Thanks in advance for any advice-
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skipnchar
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If you're talking about mixing brands that there is no reason it would cause any problem. I've even run bias ply along side of radials on trailers with no ill effects. Marathons are a great tire, especially if you can locate some that are not Chinese made. I've also seen others who claim to still have good success with even the Chinese made ones but I'm skeptical. My last two sets were from Canada and New Zealand and between the two they gave me 75,000 trouble free miles and the New Zealand set is still going strong on the Rockwood. Another option is to move up a load range and use LT truck tires instead if you can find them in your size. Good luck / Skip
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JJBIRISH
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in general no... you could put your two good tires on the same axle right and left and replace just two...
brands seem to be a******shoot... but I would stay with a brand well known at least...
I will get blasted for this but if it were mine and not a real heavy trailer, I would just run Carlisle... but they are a four letter word to the members here...
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Rob,
You don't say what size tires you have, but most people on this post have had good luck with Maxxis ST tires. Stay away from the ST tires made in China, as they have proven to be troublesome by very many who have them on their TT.
While having the tires replaced, why not install metal valve stems, they'll last longer than the stock valve stems.
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MAJROBT
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Thanks folks- the tires are ST20575R14. Today I got the spray paint off the front, tomorrow I'll replace the tires with ones not made in china. I'm assuming the manufacturing location is located somewhere on the tire?
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pete42
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JJBIRISH wrote:I will get blasted for this but if it were mine and not a real heavy trailer, I would just run Carlisle... but they are a four letter word to the members here...
You won't get blasted by me, I have Carlisle tires on my 03 TT.
I must be very lucky, but it does say "made in USA" on the tires never had a problem yet.
Pete
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RandACampin
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Carlisles have worked fine for me as well, a made in the USA tire. I dont believe all this tire blowing******anyway. There has to a logical set of factors for it.
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JJBIRISH
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RandACampin wrote:Carlisle's have worked fine for me as well, a made in the USA tire. I don't believe all this tire blowing******anyway. There has to a logical set of factors for it.
there are logical factors for it... the largest factor is taking responsibility for our own part being one of them... but of all the reports of tire problems with Carlisle 100% of the owners adamantly claim to have never run low PSI... checked air before moving trailer every time... never overloaded... yet when questioned almost all have never scaled the unit and some couldn't say what size tire they had without going to the storage area to look... this can't be for someone that sends so much time taking of their tires...
they offer as proof they haven't had a problem after replacement, but fail to mention in the same breath they replaced with tires with new ones with a much higher load capacity... and that since it happen they actually do check them once in a while, it is the economic set back that causes them to check them, they knew, they read it before...
but like everything else we are all victims today and never to blame for our problems...
now we have a new target, and while I truly believe there is a problem with many Chinese tires they have taken on the roll that Carlisle used to... and I haven't read a Carlisle complaint since we readjusted our aim, other than a few that harbor resentment for Carlisle for some reason, even if they themselves never had a Carlisle tire failure...
this is only one of the logical factors, and there are many more...
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tomman58
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What happened to the view that you had to change tires after 4 years? One guy says he has 75000 on a set hard to think he did that inless than 4 years. Another has a 03 trailer, times up?
When I traded my trialer in last month it was a 2000 and the dealer looked and said those tires look good! I told him they were original but he didn't say anything about that.
I got blasted on another site some months back for keeping tires on my trailer for so long anyone care to have a different opinion?
Tom
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MAJROBT wrote:Folks- I had 2 tires slashed on the left side of my trailer last night-
Tires aside, I'm sorry to hear about your trouble. Slashing AND spray painting?? Yikes. I hope the damage wasn't too extensive and you're up and running again soon.
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