Thread: Trailer tires

I bought mine online and have bought both 12’s and 13’s in the past year or so. Make sure of the weight capacity as you look. A friend had 3 of five of the Good Year Marathons he had for his boat go bad in just a few months, and they weren’t old. No info other than that. I bought some Kenda brand for my 12’s that are doing fine.

I buy Goodyear Endurance tires. Much better than those cheap Carlisle tires from Walmart and other outlets. I made one 300 mile trip on those and they were worn out. Been running the Goodyears now for 3 years and no problems. They are wearing great. Just remember that most trailer tires are rated for 65 miles per hour on maximum tire pressure.
PPG

I like the maxis brand tires,,,top notch tire on my 19.5 ft Ranger trailer…

Bought mine online .... first ones were Kenda's and they were great until one of them broke a steel belt. why, but it did, so I went with another brand (again bought online). Sorry, but I don't remember the exact brand, but they are radials & D load range (65psi ... 65mph rating). My outfit weighs in at close to 2000lbs (boat/motor) ... 1999 ProCraft 16' w/90hp Merc.

I don't go all that often, but when I do go there's a big portion of the distance on the Parkway @ 70mph

When I got the boat (used) it had lite truck tires on it and I blew one out on the Parkway the second year I had it.

So not mentioning brands here since I buy from several marine warehouses but talking about any 12in bias tire the max speed rating is 60mph. Most bias tires sold on the cheap, I don't care which brand, go to their website and read ratings. Almost all are not intended for Interstate use. I was going through a pair a year just running around here. I was even buying a pallet of trailer tires each time the "Road Show" tire deals came around (always sold out). After noticing how quickly the tires wore I read up on the Duty or Service rating. Most said not recommended for sustained highway use or something to that effect. I just bought 3;

Carlisle Trail RH Trailer Tire - ST145R12 LRE 10PLY

$61.00 from Walmart. 75mph speed rating. They are a little taller, I had to turn the fender bolts around so the carriage head was on the inside to clear fender. Now for my personal trailer tires I go somewhere else than my suppliers to purchase.

Try. RecStuff.com.
I have bought wheels and tires from them.
Very happy with purchase.
Chuck


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To me trailer tires are a crap shoot…no matter the brand. Having said that I have bought a set of Carlisle Radial Trail HD 13 inch every year for the past 5 years with no issues on any of them. I’ve been lucky. I put about 15 thousand miles a year on a set just on the interstate…..and probably another 3 thousand miles on the highway. Even with that many miles there is still plenty of tread on them but I change them out religiously every year. My boat only weighs 1200 pounds. The only issue I ever had with a trailer tire was a blow out doing 70MPH coming home from a trip to Dale Hollow. Had not had the boat a year. Put the spare on and headed straight to Discount Tire and bought my first set of Carlisle. Not sure what brand was on the trailer when I bought it. Come March I’ll put the next new set on and keep on keeping on.

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Discount tire radials - E rated. Believe they were Carlisle. Had a blowout on my stock ones, never an issue with these. FWIW this was on my enclosed race trailer over 15 years, never have owned a boat