Just an FYI to any of you who may be running Mission tires. I've had all four of mine fail over the past 4 years. My 2004 MY trailer came with them from the factory.
The last one just began to separate this spring, I just noticed it yesterday. It had a bulge in the tread face, and it was starting to come apart where the tread face meets the sidewall. Luckily, I caught this one before I had to buy a fender and other trim. Mine were 225/75/15 D. Tread face looked like new, hardly any wear, total mileage on the tires was under 10,000 miles, always kept properly inflated.
The last one blew out in dramatic fashion and of course took many other expensive parts with it.
Just goes to show that a routine visual tire inspection is time well spent on your RV, no more Mission tires for me - made in Taiwan. I replaced it with a North American made Cooper. $178.00 total installed and balanced.
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Chinese made tire was $102, Cooper was ~$150. Then we have 2 taxes here (local and Federal), then a eco fee for "tire disposal/recycling" added on. Installation and balancing included. Remember, these are CDN funds as well.
Check the date of manufacture on that Cooper tire and please let us know what you find. The date is the last four digits of the DOT number...the week and year of manufacture. I though Cooper left the ST trailer tire business in 2005, although there might still be stock in warehouses. If you used LT tires, fuggedaboutit.
The loonie is about par with the greenback, so no difference in currency values there. It seems that too many prices have stayed pegged to the discounted Canadian dollar and that is not the case any more. You taxes are a big hit, but then, no one in Canada goes bankrupt or loses their home due to medical bills.
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wayne_tw wrote: I am convinced that all trailers should be equipped with light truck tires.
Me too. I will not use STs on mine again.
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Me three. I just upgraded from 16" G rated to 17.5" H rated at a cost of just over $2700.00 because the tires on our new trailer (not in sig yet) were marginal at best.
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Kenneth wrote: Check the date of manufacture on that Cooper tire and please let us know what you find. The date is the last four digits of the DOT number...the week and year of manufacture. I though Cooper left the ST trailer tire business in 2005, although there might still be stock in warehouses. If you used LT tires, fuggedaboutit.
The loonie is about par with the greenback, so no difference in currency values there. It seems that too many prices have stayed pegged to the discounted Canadian dollar and that is not the case any more. You taxes are a big hit, but then, no one in Canada goes bankrupt or loses their home due to medical bills.
Date code is "3007" and it was made in the USA.
I looked into using LT tires, but at the size I need (225/75/15) there weren't any heavy enough. These ST tires are load range "D" and carry 2540# each @ 65psi. I know MAXXIS brand makes an ST 225/75/15 in a load range "E" (seen it advertised in Trailer Life magazine), but none of the retailers here carry it.
When I got looking at the tire, it doesn't have the Cooper brand name on it anywhere, it just says "CUSTOM TRAILER PLUS" on it, and the tire salesman referred to it as a "Cooper". I just knew I didn't want the Chinese tire.
I have mission tires on my 2004 keystone laredo 5'er. Blew a tire on the turnpike yesterday. Tire tread did alot of damage to under side of trailer, even bent a steel support.
I have had nothing but problems with mission tires. Flats, tread seperation and now a blow out. I guess I'm in the market for 4 new tires, should be five but bought one last year. I always check my tire pressures before going. The tread is like new, I might have 5000 miles on these tires.
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