Trailer Tires

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SeaRide

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Oct 3, 2006
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Chapin, SC
Boat Info
1999 230BR
Engines
5.7 EFI/Alpha
I plan on doing a couple of long roadies with the boat in tow this summer and will be replacing the trailer tires as they are the original Carlisle Sure Trail 215 75/14s. The trailer is a tandem axle Load Rite with torsion axles.

Brand suggestions and experiences are welcome.

Thanks
 
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Round would be a good a thing to look for.

I blew my Goodyear Marathons last year. When I looked into replacing them everybody seemed to have a grudge against one tire or another. I replaced them with Goodyears. We will see how they do. What ever you get make sure it is the correct load range. My tire store tried to sell me the wrong load range, not good.
 
I have had Titan and Goodyear Marathons. Both are great tires. Last spring I put a set of Goodyears on. Be sure and get radials and keep them properly inflated.
 
Sorrento 25 said:
Step up one load range.
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And get your trailer weighed. Check some of the RV forums like RV.net; you'll get more advice than you can believe.

This issue was pretty thoroughly discussed last August, or so.

I have had some blow outs with the travel trailer and the current boat trailer. Seems that a number of the RV'ers are using LT tires instead of ST. Most seem to support the idea that bias ply works better for trailers because of the unusual stresses put on trailer tires, especially with tandems or triples. Just make sure you do not use P series tires.

Another thing to remember is that ST tires are not designed for speeds above 65. The extra heat ruins them resulting in delams and blow outs.

Do not overload and do not go over 65 with ST tires.
 
I have really like the Maxxus tires that are on my trailer.
I also have had great luck with the Loadstars that were on my previous trailer.
 
Can someone elaborate on the difference between "LT" and "ST"....?
 
LT stands for Light Truck and ST stands for Special Trailering I believe.

The most important thing is to weigh your trailer and make sure you have WAY more capacity in the load range than you think you will need. Usually if you blow one tire, you end up replacing BOTH. If you have enough capacity in reserve, your other tire might not be compromised.
 
In every bit of honesty the tire name isnt the important part. I had a terrible trailer tire experince last year-and everyone should definitely heed this warning. I purchased tires from a local tire place that were the correct weight rating and were "st" which are trailering tires. After trailering on them for 3 months I had cracks in the side walls. A week later I had a large bubble in a sidewall-so I replaced the tire. The very next week I had another tire blow out. While replaceing the blow out I looked across the trailer and saw the inside sidewall on the other tire split WIDE open-about a 5 inch split. I VERY carefully limped my trailer and boat home. After extensive conversations with the tire store, and trailer manufacturer, we FINALLY found out what was going on. The trailer tires were the correct weight rating, but the sidewalls on the tires did not have enough plys. Does not make much sense to me that the tire can have the correct rating, but the sidewalls not be strong enough. Turns out after trailering and getting the tires warm the sidewalls would flex and give WAY to much-causing the tires to fail. All I can say to ANYONE trailering a boat....make sure when you purchase tires...get as many plys on the sidewalls as possible!!! After replacing all the tires with the most sidewall plys I could get I have never had a problem since. The extra money is well worth the saftey of your boat,trailer, tow vehicle and passengers!!!
 
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