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So I had a blow out with my 13 year old Goodyear Martathons last night. Yes I am guessing on age as the date code was only three digits and ended in 9 i'm guessing they were 99 tires and were originals on my 2000 shorelander trailer. Tires have really changed over the years I'm seeing as these were 4 ply C rated. Today C rated is 6 ply so I don't know if my thought of going up to D rated is overkill as the new C Rated have 50% more ply's than the original tires. I'm pretty settled on going with a Radial unless someone can give some really good pro/cons to the bias ply's that I haven't found in my research. The radials run cooler, lay flatter, wear better, and are just overall more effecient. No I will not put truck tires on a trailer as I have seen in my research way to many articles showing the construction of trailer tires are designed for trailers and running straight on non-drive, non turning axles where as passenger or light truck tires are not. I've also been in a pinch on a large utility trailer at 3am with a flat we were forced to put car tires on it in Sc and barely made it to FL before it lost all it's tread. With all that being said. Does anyone have any secret websites or companys to buy a pair of radial tires from in a 185/80/13 size prefferably D rated... I will entertain a good deal on C rated as well... Will take tire and wheel combo or just tires depending on the deal...
