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I need some new ones, had two blowouts this year, one on the carhauler (China junk) and the other on my camper (15+ year old good years).
I will be hauling on road many miles with them, both on my utility trailer (205/75/14C) and the carhauler (235/80/16E) what have you got that you like and what to stay away from, also who did you get them from?
 
Yokohama geolander hts for all my trailers tires. Oilfield overloaded in the Texas heat with very few failures.
Excellent tires at a great price. I have purchased over 70 of them and run em bald.
 
FOR MUD said:
From what I've read these are good and won't brake the bank http://www.intercotire.com/tire/197

After 20+ years of towing I've finally switched over to radials. Their the cheap Chinese ones, I've only got about 1600 miles on them this year so far. I'm not ever switching back to bias.
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Man my Chinese radials got worse and worse over the miles... At around 8-10,000 I had a blowout and blistering on the sidewalls of 2 others. I've been looking at Canadian and US made tires exclusively now. I know there are hundreds of Chinese names out there now, I hope you have better luck than I did.

obijuank5 said:
Yokohama geolander hts for all my trailers tires. Oilfield overloaded in the Texas heat with very few failures.
Excellent tires at a great price. I have purchased over 70 of them and run em bald.
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Are those ST rated or LT?
 
Good question, LT. The ST tires I was trained to sell by Bridgestone were designed and are rated on duty cycles and not mileage. They are not made to handle steer loads like an LT.

Truck tires are made with more material in all the right places to bear load and have stability in the sidewalls. I have a 26' gn for my blazer and them tires scrub pretty hard on turn arounds with keeping the crown of the tire on the ground. The tires our trailers came with new were providers, which we were lucky to get 5000 miles out of, would fold under the same scrub action. They would fold and be riding on the sidewall a little.

I'll never put an ST tire on ever again.
 
I may get crap for this. But switched all my trailers out to 235 75 15 and run anytire I can find.

My flats never seem to come from weight.

Now if i had to choose a tire to run new i would use the BFG Commercial TA. I have 2 over 10 years old
 
How much weight are you talking on the utility trailer?

Mine is a homemade jobby, 550lbs empty, and I've been running cheap "used" tires on it exclusively (all car as far as I can remember), simply because the thing sits 99% of the year, the car tires are rated for 12 or 1500lbs each, and I've got a spare. I just can't justify buying new tires for something that might get 1500 miles a year. My load (I call the trailer "Exxon Valdez II"...propane, gas and diesel) has been 1540lbs the last few years, so 2090lbs. This year I'll be bumping it up to ~2800lbs. I'm more worried about the old axle than I am the tires, but it could be a learning lesson lol.

I've not had any issues using the car tires. Only one I've destroyed was because it was too wide and under load rubbed a spot on the frame and took out the sidewall. It sees logging roads with nice potholes, loaded. I try to take it easy, but it still bounces around a lot.

The 8 year replacement is not a joke on tires. I'd rather run a nearly bald tire on a trailer (or vehicle) that is two years old, than one that has full tread but is 9 years old. My BFG's started to slowly leak around 9 years (through the tread area, not the bead), and I had trailer tires that started to slow leak after they were well past their prime as well.

It's getting harder and harder to buy non-chinese tires. :(
 
been running goodyears on the trailers for the past 15 years or so.

I've heard good things about those intercos on pirate.
 
I've been running carlisle's on mine with good luck. Probably only have 2k miles on them but they are holding up. I hope to upgrade to a gooseneck after I get my new truck.
 
My 18' tandem axle came from the factory with generic P-rated 235/75R15 car tires.....and when I mean generic I can not find and company name on them and they sidewalls only say something like "S2000" with the size and load rating stuff. Ran those for years hauling my 1-ton diesel K5 on 40's including 3-4 hours non stop on the freeway at 70 mph. Finally had one blow-out after about 6-7 years.

Replaced them with Carlisle E-rated 10 ply radial trailer tires in the 225/75R15 size. One blew out after about 5 trips and replaced it with another new one, and recently noticed another one has a knot in the tread. I had heard some bad things about Carlisle in the past but attributed it to the typical internet bad mouthing, but am second-guessing myself now.
 
I had Carlisle tires on a trailer. 3 axle toy hauler. Had 3 flaten in July on the 40 day in Arizona and California. Had 3 spares. Carlisle warranted all nine tires with new shipped to my door. And sent a $200 gift card to mount all 9.

Sold the trailer soon after.

If my trailer has 16" wheels, they get G rated tires.
 
dyeager535 said:
How much weight are you talking on the utility trailer? The trailer weighs 700 empty, it has a 3500lb rating. The tires are 17 years old (F78-14's) and have been absolutely trouble free.... I have only used it locally the last few years, but with a trip to CO coming up I want new skins on it!

Mine is a homemade jobby, 550lbs empty, and I've been running cheap "used" tires on it exclusively (all car as far as I can remember), simply because the thing sits 99% of the year, the car tires are rated for 12 or 1500lbs each, and I've got a spare. I just can't justify buying new tires for something that might get 1500 miles a year. My load (I call the trailer "Exxon Valdez II"...propane, gas and diesel) has been 1540lbs the last few years, so 2090lbs. This year I'll be bumping it up to ~2800lbs. I'm more worried about the old axle than I am the tires, but it could be a learning lesson lol.

I've not had any issues using the car tires. Only one I've destroyed was because it was too wide and under load rubbed a spot on the frame and took out the sidewall. It sees logging roads with nice potholes, loaded. I try to take it easy, but it still bounces around a lot.

The 8 year replacement is not a joke on tires. I'd rather run a nearly bald tire on a trailer (or vehicle) that is two years old, than one that has full tread but is 9 years old. My BFG's started to slowly leak around 9 years (through the tread area, not the bead), and I had trailer tires that started to slow leak after they were well past their prime as well.

It's getting harder and harder to buy non-chinese tires. :(
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Truth!
 
Lots of guys on the tractor forum say the new Carlisle tires they bought are already cracking in a year or so,even with them not being left out to the weather or in the sun...ditto for "Chen-Shing" China tires..

Most of the guys I know with trailers just run "good used" tires off cars or trucks from salvage yards or craigslist...most of them say the tires most often dry rot long before they wear out due to lack of use,and they cant see buying brand new tires when they do not tow things often or very far..
 
I will be towing far...I want new tires for that reason.
 
I run 225 75 R15 Good year Wranglers on my tandem axle boat trailer and have used passenger tires for 20 years.
 
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